EXECUTIVE  ORDERS 


RELATING  TO 


The  Panama  Canal 

(March  8,  1904,  to  December  31,  1921) 


ANNOTATED 

1921 


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THE   PANAMA   CANAL  PRBS3 

MOUNT   HOPE,  C.  Z, 

1922 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS 


RELATING  TO 


The  Panama  Canal 

{March  8,  1904,  to  December  31,  1921) 


ANNOTATED 
1921 


THE  PANAMA   CANAL  PRESS 

MOUNT   HOPE,  C.  Z. 

1922 


Compiled  and  Annotated 

J.   J.    McGuiGAN, 

Under  direction  of  the  Governor, 

The  Panama  Canal, 

1921. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Chronological  list  of  Executive  Orders  relating  to  the  Panama  Canal 3 

Introduction _ 17 

Executive  Orders  relating  to  the  Panama  Canal 19 

Index - ^ 305 

CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST  OF  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS. 

Page. 

Letter  of  the  President,  Mar.  8,  1904,  relative  to  duties  of  Commission 19 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26,  1904,  prescribing  compensation  of  Commis- 
sioners  - 20 

Letter  of  the  President,  May  9,  1904,  placing  Commission  under  supervision  of 

the  Secretary  of  War  and  defining  jurisdiction  of  the  Commission 20 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  24,  1904.  Establishment  and  administra- 
tion of  customs  service  in  the  Canal  Zone 26 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  24,  1904,  establishing  postal  service  in 

the  Canal  Zone , - 27 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  15,  1904.     Classification  of  Commission  under 

civil-service  laws.. 28 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  3, 1904.    (Taft  Agreement.)    Importations 

into  the  Canal  Zone 29 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  6,  1904.    Importations  into  the  Canal  Zone         31 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  8,  1904,  waiving  United  States  citizenship  of  em- 
ployees on  the  Isthmus -.         33 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  16,  1904,  revoking  order  of  June  24,  1904, 
relative  to  establishment  and  administration  of  customs  service  in  the  Canal 
Zone - - - 32 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  28,  1904.  Establishment  of  customs  ad- 
ministration in  the  Canal  Zone 32 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  5,  1905,  amending  civil-service  rules  applicable  to 

the  Commission 33 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  7,  1905.    Entries  of  merchandise  at  ports 

of  Canal  Zone - - 33 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  13,  1905,  appointing  Joseph  L.  Bristow  special 

Panama  R.  R.  Commissioner .- 34 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  17,  1905,  appointing  members  of  Joint 

Expropriation  Commission 37 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  19,  1905,  amending  order  relative  to  mem- 
bers of  Joint  Expropriation  Commission 35 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  1,  1905,  reorganizing  the  Commission 35 

Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  30,  1905,  recommending  reorganization 

of  the  Commission 38 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  3,  1905,  fixing  compensation  and  allow- 
ances of  Commissioners 40 

Action  of  Commission,  Apr.  3,  1905,  in  connection  with  its  reorganization 40 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  18,  1905,  amending  order  relative  to  mem- 
bers of  Joint  Expropriation  Commission -... 42 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  24,  1905,  authorizing  appropriation  from 

Canal  Zone  Government  funds  for  contingent  expenses 42 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  31,  1905,  amending  order  fixing  compen- 
sation and  allowances  of  Commissioners -.- 43 

Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1905,  appointing  S.  L,  Lupton,  F.  R.  Parks, 
E.  S.  Rockwell,  William  K.  West,  and  Paul  C.  Norris  to  positions  under  the 
Commission 43 

Order  of  the  President,  June  24, 1905,  appointing  board  of  consulting  engineers         43 

Order  of  the  President,  July  15,  1905,  prescribing  compensation  of  Joseph  L. 

Bristow 44 


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Page. 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  31,  1905,  prescribing  compensation  of  members  of 

the  board  of  consulting  engineers 44 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  1905,  amending  civil-service  rules  relating  to 

removal  of  employees •    44 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  5,  1905,  prescribing  rules  and  instructions 

relative  to  the  accounting  system  of  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone 44 

•Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  15,  1905,  authorizing  temporary  appointments  on 

the  Isthmus _.. 49 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  25,  1905,  amending  order  prescribing  compensa- 
tion of  members  of  the  board  of  consulting  engineers 50 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  7,  1905,  fixing  date  for  holding  quarterly  session 

of  the  Commission 50 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  18,  1905,  appointing  Miss  Anna  F.  McCormick  to 

position  under  the  Commission 50 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  8,  1906,  appointing  Ralph  Whitman  to  position 

under  the  Commission 50 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1906,  revoking  order  authorizing  temporary 

appointments  on  the  Isthmus.. ' 50 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1906,  amending  civil  service  rules  applicable 

to  employees  on  the  Isthmus 51 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  19,  1906,  amending  order  prescribing  compensa- 
tion of  members  of  the  board  of  consulting  engineers.. 51 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  26,  1906,  amending  order  prescribing  salaries  and 

allowances  of  Commissioners 51 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26,  1906,  defining  intention  of  order  fixing  sala- 
ries «nd  allowances  of  Commissioners .-. 52 

Order  of  the  President,  May  31,  1906,  prescribing  rules  under  which  appoint- 
ments, transfers,  and  promotions  on  the  Isthmus  may  be  made .,  ...         52 

Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1906,  fixing  compensation  and  allowances  of 

Commissioners 52 

Order  of  the  President,  July  17,  1906,  making  permanent  certain  temporary 

appointments  on  the  Isthmus 53 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  27,  1906,  amending  rule  17  of  rules  and 

instructions  relative  to  accounting  system  of  government  of  Canal  Zone 54 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  20,  1906,  fixing  date  for  holding  quarterly  ses- 
sion of  the  Commission 54 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  24,  1906,  appropriating  funds  of  the  Canal 

Zone  government  for  school  purposes 54 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  24,  1906,  appropriating  funds  of  the  Canal 

Zone  government  for  contingent  expenses... 54 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  17,  1906,  authorizing  purchase  of  Panaman 

stamps  out  of  funds  of  Canal  Zone  government 54 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  17,  1906,  reorganizing  the  Commission 55 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  21,  1907,  authorizing  transfer  of  John  E.  Kidwell 

from  Isthmian  service  to  classified  clerical  position  in  the  United  States 57 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  21,  1907,  ratifying  action  of  the  Commis- 
sion in  increasing  salaries  of  employees  of  the  Canal  Zone  government 57 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  28,  1907,  ratifying  acts  and  resolutions  of 

the  Commission  changing  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone... 57 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  28,  1907,  ratifying  action  of  the  Commis- 
sion authorizing  payment  by  Commission  of  premiums  on  surety  bonds  of 
employees 57 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  4,  1907,  placing  Joseph  B.  Bishop,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Commission,  in  charge  of  Washington  office 58 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  4,  1907,  appointing  John  F.  Stevens  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Commission  and  Lieut.  Col.  George  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  Army,  as 
member  of  the  Commission 58 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  establishing  rules  for  making 
and  recording  instruments  in  writing  affecting  real  property  in  the  Canal 
Zone - 58 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  extending  United  States  patent, 

trade-mark,  and  copyright  lav/s  to  the  Canal  Zone 59 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  appointing  members  of  Joint 

Expropriation  Commission — .•- 59 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  prescribing  regulations  for  insur- 
ance companies  doing  business  in  the  Canal  Zone 60 


CONTENTS  5 

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Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  providing  for  the  celebration  of  mar- 
riages in  the  Canal  Zone 60 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  dividing  the  Canal  Zone  into  adminis- 
trative districts -— — — 60 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  amending  Penal  Code  and  Code  of 

Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone 62 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  14,  1907,  refusing  permission  to  aliens  to  enter 

continental  territory  of  the  United  States 63 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  16,  1907,  appointing  Maj.  William  S.  Sibert,  i 

U.  S.  Army,  Maj.  David  Du.  B.  Gaillard,  U.  S.  Army,  and  Civil  Engineer 
H.  H.  Rousseau,  U."  S.  Navy,  as  members  of  the  Commission,  and  fixing 
their  compensation  and  allowances 63 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  18,  1907,  amending  order  relative  to  allowances 
for  Lieut.  Col.  Geo.  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  Army,  as  member  of  the  Commis- 
sion  - - - - - 64 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  22,  1907,  promulgating  Code  of  Civil  Procedure 

for  the  Canal  Zone.- - - 64 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26,  1907,  authorizing  transfer  of  W.  P.  Armstrong 
to  any  competitve  position „ 64 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  1,  1907,  appointing  Lieut.  Col.  Geo.  W.  Goethals, 

U.  S.  Army,  as  Chairman  of  the  Commission 64 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  1,  1907,  appointing  Joseph  C.  S.   Blackburn  a 

member  of  the  Commission  and  fixing  his  compensation  and  allowances......         64 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  2,  1907,  vesting  authority  of  Governor  or 

Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  Chairman  of  the  Commission... 65 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  15,  1907,  amending  civil-service  rules  relative  to 

transfers  -- .-.         65 

Order  of  the  President,  May  31,  1907,  providing  for  celebration  of  marriages 

in  the  Canal  Zone 65 

Order  of  the  President,  June  5,  1907,  amending  civil-service  rules  relative  to 

transfers 66 

Order  of  the  President,  June  11,  1907,  authorizing  transfer  of  George  S.  Fox 

from  Isthmian  service  to  a  classified  position  in  the  United  States 66 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  22,  1907,  amending  act  No.  24  of  the 
Commission  relative  to  adminstration  of  estates  of  deceased  employees  on 
the  Isthmus -. 66 

Order  of  the  President,  July  1,  1907,  transferring  purchase  of  material  and 

supplies  to  supervision  of  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army 67 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  3,  1907,  revoking  order  authorizing  transfer  of 

George  S.  Fox  to  classified  position 67 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.   12,   1907,  fixing  salary  of  Lieut.  Col.  W.  C. 

Gorgas  and  Jackson  Smith 67 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  15,  1907,  reorganizing  Washington  Office  of  the 

Commission ..' 67 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  15,  1907,  reorganizing  disbursing  and  accounting 

systems 68 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  15,  1907,  appointing  Maj.  H.  F.  Hodges, 
U.  S.  Arm}',  as  General  Purchasing  Officer  of  the  Commission  and  pre- 
scribing approval  for  vouchers 69 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  15,  1907,  providing  for  payment  of  com- 
pensation to  Panaman  members  of  the  joint  tribunal 70 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  17,  1907,  providing  for  payment  of  travel- 
ing expenses  of  B.  S.  Ambler  and  Montgomery  Blair,  members  of  the  Joint 
Commission 70 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  4,  1907,  ratifying  contract  between  the 
Commission  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  respecting  water  rates  in  the  city  of 
Panama 70 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  4,  1907,  amending  liquor  regulations  per- 
mitting sale  in  restaurants,  hotels,  etc 70 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  13,  1907,  authorizing  payment  of  $15  per 

day  to  Ramon,  Arias  F.,  Panaman  member  of  joint  tribunal 71 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  13,  1907,  amending  tax  regulations  to 

permit  of  baseball,  etc.,  without  license  fee 71 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  25,  1907,  authorizing  purchase  of  bricks 

from  Rogers  &  Co.,  of  Barranquilla,  Colombia 71 


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Page. 
Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  16,  1907,  amending  sewer  and  water  regu- 
lations  - - 71 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  6,  1908,  modifying  order  of  Nov.  17,  1906,  reor- 
ganizing Commission  and  defining  its  duties... 72 

Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  5,  1908,  transmitting  draft  of  foregoing 

order  of  the  President 73 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,   1908,  providing  punishment  for  vagrancy, 

intoxication,  and  disorderly  conduct  in  the  Canal  Zone.- 7-t 

(^rder  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  providing  for  disposition  of  unclaimed 

freight  and  baggage 7  i 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  dividing  the  Canal  Zone  into  three  judi- 
cial   districts 75 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  providing  for  fines  to  prevent  Chinese 

escaping  on  the  Canal  Zone 75 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  27,  1908,  amending  civil-service  Rule  VIII  on 

temporary  appointments. 75 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  6,  1908,  establishing  jury  trials  in  the  Canal  Zone..  76 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  7,  1908,  authorizing  reinstatement  of  Douglas  B. 

Thompson  with  privilege  of  transfer  to  departmental  service 78 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  8,  1908,  restricting  gold  employees  to 

American  citizens 78 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  21,  1908,  authorizing  appointment  of  Edwyn  N. 

Purvis,  former  Canal  employee,  to  classified  service  in  the  United  States 78 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  27,  1908,  establishing  ordinance  for  driving 

automobiles  in  the  Canal  Zone .- 78 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  Feb.  27,  1908,  fixing  charges  to  be  paid  by 
Republic  of  Panama  for  care  of  her  indigent  sick,  lepers,  etc.,  in  Commission 
hospitals .-_ 79 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  31,  1908,  amending  order  establishing  jurj'^rials 

in  the  Canal  Zone 79 

Order  of  the  President,  x\pr.  24,  1908,  amending  laws  of  Canal  Zone  making 

it  a  misdemeanor  to  deface  or  remove  boundary  or  survey  monuments 79 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  25,  1908,  transferring  certain  work  from 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  to  the  Department  of  Civil  Adminis- 
tration  79 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  19,  1908,  appropriating  Canal  Zone  gov- 
ernment funds  for  contingent  expenses,  operation  of  public  works,  and  for 
school  purposes 80 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  3,  1908,  amending  section  321  of  the  Code 

of  Civil  Procedure,  providing  for  the  authentication  of  signatures 80 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  6,  1908,  appointing  Capt.  F.  C.  Boggs, 

U.  S.  Army,  as  General  Purchasing  Officer  and  Chief  of  Washington  Office  ...         80 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  6,  1908,  fixing  compensation  of  Everett 

C.  Bumpus  and  Edwin  Denby,  members  of  the  Joint  Commission 81 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  6,  1908,  fixing  compensation  of  Messrs. 

Ponce  and  Fabrega,  Panaman  members  of  the  Joint  Commission 81 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  12,  1908,  approving  resolution  of  Commis- 
mission  authorizing  Chairman  to  direct  assistant  to  the  chief  of  office  to  ap- 
prove for  payment  vouchers,  etc. 81 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  J4,  1908,  amending  section  344  of  the  Penal  Code 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  making  grand  larceny  punishable  by  not  exceeding  10 
years'  imprisonment - - 81 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  10,  1908,  appointing  members  of  interdepart- 
mental statistical  committee  and  defining  duties — 82 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  15,  1908,  appointing  Doctors  Hcfpkins  and  Cun- 
ningham without  reference  to  civil-service  rules - 82 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  17,  1908,  changing  names  of  certain  divi- 
sions under  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration 82 

Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  23,  1908,  to  the  President,  transmitting 
draft  of  order  of  Oct.  3,  1908,  relating  to  retention  of  eight  employees  in 
classified  service - -. ^^ 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  28,  1908,  increasing  compensation  of 

Everett  C.  Bumpus,  member  of  Joint  Commission 83 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  30,  1908,  authorizing  the  continuance  in  the 
service  of  George  Shaffer,  Olof  Ekedahl,  and  Willoughby  Culbertson  with- 
out civil-service  examination - °^ 


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Page. 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  3,  1908,  authorizing  retention  as  part  of  the  clas- 
sified force  eight  persons  employed  jointly  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Co.  and 
the  Commission -.., 83 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  3,  1908,  amending  schedule  A  of  civil-service 

rules  relating  to  the  Commission - 84 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  21,  1908,  amending  regulations  governing  employ- 
ment of  unskilled  laborers  at  Washington,  D.  C 84 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  23,  1908,  amending  order  fixing  compensa- 
tion of  General  Purchasing  Officer  and  officer  detailed  for  commissary  work..         85 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  7,  1908,  repealing  sections  44,  45,  and  46  of  Code 
of  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  permitting  appeal  from  judg- 
ment of  a  district  court  by  defendant..— .— 85 

Order  of  the  President,  November  9,  1908,  amending  schedule  A  of  civil-serv- 
ice rules,  authorizing  certain  appointments  for  Isthmian  service  without 
examination 85 

Order  of  the  Secretary'  of  War,  Dec.  23,  1908,  amending  order  restricting  gold 

employees  to  American  citizens 86 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  23,  1908,  appointing  H.  A.  Gudger  as  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone 86 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  23,  1908,  appointing  Wesley  M.  Owen  as  Associate 

Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone 86 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  6,  1909,  extending  safety-appliance  acts  to  the 

Canal   Zone... 86 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  20,  1909,  waiving  limitations  of  section  1, 
act  No.  24,  laws  of  Canal  Zone,  and  authorizing  collector  of  revenues  to 
administer  estate  of  John  J.  Korp 87 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  23,  1909,  amending  civil-service  Rule  X  regard- 
ing transfers 87 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  14,  1909,  abolishing  office  of  director  of 

hospitals.. 88 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  14,  1909,  amending  order  dividing  the 
Canal  Zone  into  administrative  districts  to  provide  that  fines  and  fees  shall 
be  paid  into  zone  treasury 88 

Order  of  the  President,  May  22,  1909,  providing  that  when  certain  holidays 
fall  on  Sunday  Government  offices  will  close  on  the  following  Monday,  ex- 
cept where  State  laws  fix  a  different  day  for  the  holiday 88 

Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1909,  fixing  four  hours  on  Saturdays  during 

July,  August,  and  September  as  a  day's  work  in  the  Federal  public  service....         88 

Order  of  the  President,  June  11,  1909,  amending  order  extending  safety-appli- 
ance acts  to  the  Canal  Zone 89 

Order  of  the  President,  June  25,  1909,  superseding  order  fixing  hours  of  work 

in  the  Federal  service  on  Saturdays  during  three  months  in  the  year 89 

Order  of  the  President,  July  16,  1909,  providing  that  the  two  orders  fixing 
hours  for  work  on  Saturdays  in  July,  August,  and  September  shall  not 
apply  to  Isthmian  employees. 89 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  21,  1909,  extending  authority  of  the  col- 
lector of  revenues  to  administer  estates  not  exceeding  $1,000  in  value •    89 

Order  of  the  President,  July  30,   1909,  authorizing  diminution  of  time  for 

good  behavior  for  convicts  in  the  Canal  Zone  penitentiary 90 

Order  of  the  President,  July  30,  1909,  fixing  punishment  for  murder  in  the  first 

and  second  degrees 90 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  Aug.  6,  1909,  repealing  former  ones  fixing  ton- 
nage dues... .■-.. 90 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  1909,  prohibiting  hunting  by  night  with  arti- 
ficial light  or  with  spring  guns  in  the  Canal  Zone 91 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  2,  1909,  making  cruelty  to  children  and  animals 

misdemeanors 92 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  2,  1909,  providing  for  a  board  of  local  inspectors 
to  examine  applicants  for  licenses  as  master,  mate,  engineer,  or  pilot,  on 
steam  vessels  in  Canal  Zone  waters 92 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  15,  1909,  exempting  insurance  companies 
whose  business  in  Canal  Zone  consists  solely  in  furnishing  bonds  of  em- 
ployees from  annual  fee  and  license  tax 93 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  23,  1909,  fixing  hours  of  work  for  telegraph  oper- 
ators and  train  dispatchers  of  the  Panama  R.  R.  Co 93 


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Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  23,  1909,  making  the  enticing  of  laborers  from 

the  Commission  or  Panama  R.  R.  a  misdemeanor 94 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  26,  1909,  directing  that  no  subordinate  shall 
apply  to  Congress  for  legislation  nor  respond  to  requests  from  Congress  for    - 
information  except  through  or  as  authorized  by  the  head  of  his  department..         94 

Circular  of  the  War  Department,  Dec.  4,  1909,  publishing  foregoing  order 94 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  1,  1909,  authorizing  members  of  gun  clubs 
to  carry  arms;  and  granting  enlisted  men  of  the  Marine  Corps  on  the  Isth- 
mus hunting  licenses  without  charge 95 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1910,  amending  order  prescribing  procedure 
in  submitting  recommendations  affecting  method  of  appointment  in  the 
classified  service — -. 95 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  26,  1910,  authorizing  certain  sanitary  improve- 
ments in  the  Zone  and  the  charging  of  a  proportion  to  owners  of  adjacent 
property 96 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  8,  1910,  authorizing  members  of  board  of 

local  inspectors  to  administer  oaths ..- 96 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  2,  1910,  providing  that  collection  of  moneys  for 
liquor  licenses  shall  be  made  by  collector  of  revenues  instead  of  by  district 
tax  collectors 96 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  12,  1910,  appointing  Maurice  H.  Thatcher  as  a 

member  of  the  Commission  and  fixing  his  compensation 96 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  16,  1910,  prescribing  duties  of  counsel  and  chief 

attorney  and  amending  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure 97 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  24,  1910,  abolishes  office  of  executive 

s^retary 98 

Order  of  the  President,  July  25,  1910,  empowers  Commission  to  establish  rules 

and  regulations  to  facilitate  and  protect  Canal  work 98 

Order  of  the  President,  July  28,  1910,  limiting  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone 

courts.. 98 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  20,  1910,  prescribing  method  for  married  women 
to  convey  or  mortgage  real  estate,  and  authorizing  certain  officers  to  admin- 
ister oaths 99 

.  Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  16,  1910,  amending  civil-service  Rule  X,  regard- 
ing transfers 100 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  4,  1910,  abolishing  the  office  of  district  tax  col- 
lector and  prescribing  regulations  for  collection  of  taxes 101 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  4,  1910,  placing  the  department  of  law 

under  the  direction  of  the  counsel  and  chief  attorney 102 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  7,  1910,  prescribing  the  manner  of  leasing  public 

lands  in  the  Canal  Zone 102 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  5,  1911,  amending  orders  relative  to  import 

duties,  and  exclusion  of  tropical  employees  from  commissary  privileges 103 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  16,  1911,  authorizing  use  of  French  dump  cars 

without  safety  appliances  for  obtaining  gravel  until  July  1 103 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  19,  1911,  creating  a  land  office  for  the  Canal  Zone..       103 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  2,  1911,  providing  a  method  of  executing  and 

recording  deeds,  and  repealing  a  previous  order —       104 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  11,  1911,  exempting  Juan  Vampero, 
Filipino,  from  operation  of  order  limiting  employment  and  providing  for 
discharge  of  aliens -        107 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  16,  1911,  appointing  Walter  W.  Warwick  as  asso- 
ciate justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone .-; 107 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  16,  1911,  appointing  Thomas  E.  Brown,  jr.,  as 

associate  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone.., - 107 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  20,  1911,  classifying  certain  employees  trans- 
ferred from  the  Panama  R.  R.  Co.  to  the  Commission  on  consolidation  of 
storehouses 107 

Order  of  the  President,  May  2,  1911,  making  it  a  felony  for  persons  to  return 

to  the  Canal  Zone  after  imprisonment  in  penitentiary  and  deportation 107 

Order  of  the  President,  May  6,  1911,  establishing  regulations  relative  to  arrest 

and  discharge  of  deserting  seamen - 108 

Order  of  the  President,  May  10,  1911,  prescribing  rules  for  the  government  of 

the  insane  asylum  for  the  Canal  Zone --       109 

Order  of  the  President,  May  11,  1911,  making  it  a  misdemeanor  to  evade  pay- 
ment of  fare  on  railroad  trains  in  the  Canal  Zone 112 


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Order  of  the  President,  May  13,  1911,  providing  for  the  collection  of  a  distilla- 
tion tax - - - - 112 

Order  of  the  President,  June  12,  1911,  amending  order  providing  for  collection 

of  distillation  tax 1 13 

Order  of  the  President,  June  28,  1911,  authorizing  Chairman  and  Chief  Engi- 
neer to  execute  revocable  licenses  for  lots  in  town  sites  in  Canal  Zone 113 

Order  of  the  President,  July  21,  1911,  providing  for  the  inspection  of  steam 

vessels ....-       113 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  4,  1911,  prohibiting  the  promotion  of  fights 

between  bulls,  dog?,,  or  cocks 116 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.   1,   1911,  appointing  Prof.  Emory  R. 

Johnson  special  commissioner  on  Panama  Canal  traffic  and  tolls. 116 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  1911,  establishing  the  postal  savings  system 

in  the  Canal  Zone '   117 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  1911,  prohibiting  placing  of  signs  on  lands 
and  property  of  the  United  States  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Co.  in  the  Canal 
Zone - - -. 118 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  14,  1911,  making  it  a  misdemeanor  to  unlaw- 
fully remove  packing  from  journal  boxes  of  locomotives,  coaches,  etc 118 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  21,  1911,  appointing  William  H.  Jackson  associate 

justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone .- - - 119 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  26,  1911,  amending  sections  51,  62,  and  526,  and 
repealing  sections  63  and  529  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  re  allowing  oral  pleadings  in  district  courts,  prescribing  rules  for 
keeping  dockets,  and  allowing  courts  discretion  in  taxing  costs 1 19 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  14,  1911,  amending  section  10,  act  No.  9,  providing 
sanitary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone,  to  require  reports  of  cer- 
tain diseases  to  district  physicians  or  district  sanitary  inspector 120 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  14,  1911,  prohibiting  the  practice  of  medicine,  sur- 
gery, dentistry,  pharmacy,  or  midwiferj'  without  a  license — 120 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  3,  1911,  amending  act  No.  14,  so  as  to  pro- 
vide no  charge  shall  be  made  for  hunting  permits  issued  to  enlisted  men  of 
the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States..    121 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  6,  1911,  providing  that  the  alumni  of  the  National 
School  of  Engineering  of  Mexico  may  be  employed  under  the  several  execu- 
tive departments  of  the  United  States  in  order  to  observe  certain  public 
works. 121 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  15,  1911,  prohibiting  the  unauthorized  purchase 
in  the  Canal  Zone  of  supplies  and  equipment  from  persons  in  the  Army  or 
Navy . 121 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  18,  1911,  amending  sections  1  and  2,  act  No. 

2,  of  Canal  Zone  laws,  relating  to  notaries  public 122 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  26,  1911,  amending  Executive  Order  of  Oct. 
14,  1911,  prohibiting  the  practice  of  medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy, 
or  midwifery  within  the  Canal  Zone  without  a  license 123 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1912,  providing  for  the  reinstatement  in  the 

classified  service  of  Paul  Brosig 123 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1912,  providing  for  taking  a  census  of  the 

Canal   Zone 124 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  24,  1912,  authorizing  reinstatement  of  Pembrook 

B.   Banton. . 125 

Proclamation  by  the  President,  Feb.  2,  1912,  relative  to  the  opening  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  in  1915,  and  inviting  for- 
eign nations  to  take  part — 125 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  5,  1912,  providing  an  inexpensive  method  for  the 
administration  of  estates  of  deceased  and  insane  persons  in  certain  cases, 
and  repealing  act  24  of  the  Canal  Zone  laws  and  orders  amendatory  thereto..        126 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  28,  1912,  prescribing  maximum  speed  for  motor 

vehicles  and  establishing  rules  of  the  road  for  the  Canal  Zone 128 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  17,  1912,  to  prevent  trespassing  upon  reservations 

in  Canal  Zone 129 

Order  of  the  President,  May  21,  1912,  amending  order  of  May  13,  1911,  relative 

to  distillation  tax  and  prohibiting  operation  of  stills  after  Jan.  1,  1913.. 130 

Order  of  the  President,  June  19, 1912,  waiving  provisions  of  eight-hour  contract, 

act  of  June  19,  1912,  asto  Canal  contracts  until  Jan.  1,  1915 130 


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Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  12,  1912,  consolidating  the  administrative  district 

of  Gorgona  with  that  of  Empire 130 

Proclamation  by  the  President,  Nov.  13,  1912,  fixing  Panama  Canal  toll  rates..       131 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  5,  1912,  declaring  all  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone 

necessary  for  Canal  purposes - 132 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  13,  1913,  amending  the  order  of  July  21,  1911, 

providing  for  the  inspection  of  steam  vessels 132 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  24,  1913,  fixing  compensation  of  L.  S. 

Rowe  and  R.  P.  Falkner,  American  members  of  Joint  Land  Commission 133 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  18,  1913,  excepting  the  area  of  land  known  as  Las 
Sabanas  from  the  provisions  of  the  order  of  Dec.  5,  1912,  declaring  all  lands 
in  the  Canal  Zone  necessary  for  Canal  purposes 133 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  18,  1913,  providing  that  all  artisans,  citizens  of 
the  United  States,  who  have  rendered  one  year's  satisfactory  service  on  the 
Isthmus  may  be  transferred  within  three  years  to  corresponding  positions  in 
the  classified  service ♦ 133 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  24,  1913,  prohibiting  the  entrance  into  the  con- 
tinental territory  of  the  United  States  of  alien  laborers  from  foreign  countries 
or  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  or  the  Canal  Zone..- l34 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  26,  1913,  providing  a  method  for  the  determina- 
tion and  adjustment  of  all  claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  em- 
ployees engaged  on  the  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad 134 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  19,  1913,  providing  for  the  protection  of  birds  and 

their  nests  in  the  Canal  Zone 140 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  19,  1913,  amending  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  6, 
1909,  relative  to  the  application  of  the  safety  appliance  acts  to  equipment  of 
rolling  stock  at  na\y  yards - - 141 

Order  of  the  President,  Ma/.  20,  1913,  amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Feb. 
5,  1912,  providing  an  inexpensive  method  for  the  administration  of  the 
estates  of  deceased  and  insane  persons  in  certain  cases 141 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  20,  1913,  prescribing  conditions  under  which 

foreign  corporations  may  do  business  in  the  Canal  Zone 142 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  24,  1913,  suspending  the  operation  of  the  Execu- 
tive Order  of  Feb.  26,  1913,  providing  a  method  of  compensation  for  personal 
injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of  employees. - 142 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  15,  1913,  providing  maritime  quarantine  regula- 
tions for  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
Republic  of  Panama 143 

Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1913,  amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6, 

1908,  providing  for  jury  trials  in  the  Canal  Zone. 149 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  7,  1913,  prohibiting  the  unauthorized  use  of  fly- 
ing machines  across  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  taking  of  photographs,  pictures, 
etc.,  therefrom ISO 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  9,  1913,  appointing  Richard  Lee  Metcalfe  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission - -- 150 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  29,  1913,  making  it  lawful  for  the  defendant  in 
criminal  proceedings  to  make  a  cash  deposit  in  lieu  of  a  bail  bond,  and  amend- 
ing section  310  of  the  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone... ---       150 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  20,  1913,  retaining  Lieut.  Col.  D.  Du  B. 
Gaillard,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army,  as  a  member  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  and  granting  him  leave  of  absence  with  full  pay  on 
status  of  sick  leave - 151 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  25,  1913,  providing  for  the  punishment  of  de- 
ported persons  w'ho  return  to  the  Canal  Zone,  and  repealing  the  Executive 
Order  of  May  2,  1911 - - 151 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  7,  1913,  providing  regulations  relative  to  the 

carrying  of  arms -       152 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  11,  1913,  fixing  the  rate  of  interest  allowed  for 

the  use  or  detention  of  money 153 

Proclamation  by  the  President,  Nov.  21,  1913,  promulgating  the  Rules  for 
the  Measurement  of  Vessels  for  the  Panama  Canal 154 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  20,  1914,  fixing  the  total  compensation 
to  be  paid  Prof.  Emory  R.  Johnson,  and  directing  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission to  provide  funds  needed  in  the  execution  of  this  order 154 


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Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  21,  1914,  providing  a  punishment  for  the  corrupt 

influencing  of  agents,  employees,  or  servants 154 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  27,  1914,  prohibiting  fire  hunting  at  night  and 
hunting  by  means  of  a  spring  or  trap,  and  repealing  the  Executive  Order  of 
Sept.  8,  1909 155 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  27,  1914,  establishing  a  permanent  organization  for 
the  Panama  Canal  and  abolishing  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  effective 
Apr.  1,  1914 ....: 155 

Memorandum  of  the  President,  Jan.  27,  1914,  accompanying  the  order  estab- 
lishing a  permanent  organization  for  The  Panama  Canal 157 

Order  of  the  President,  T"eb.  2,  1914,  providing  conditions  of  employment  for 

the  permanent  force  for  The  Panama  Canal — .       158 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  2,  1914,  establishing  a  Washington  Office  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  providing  temporarily  for  the  organization,  officials,  and 
employees  thereof,  and  continuing  in  force  for  The  Panama  Canal  rules, 
regulations,  and  Executive  Orders  which  may  have  been  made  for  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission 162 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  12,  1914  (effective  Apr.  1,  1914),  relating  to  the 

Canal  Zone  judiciary 163 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  20,  1914  (effective  Apr.  1,  1914),  providing  a 
method  for  the  determination  and  adj  ustment  of  claims  arising  out  of  personal 
injuries  to  employees  occurring  while  directly  engaged  in  actual  work  in 
connection  with  the  construction,  maintenance,  etc.,  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
or  of  the  Panama  Railroad 165 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  16,  1914,  establishing  regulations  relative  to  the 
payment  of  tolls,  and  of  bills  of  materials,  supplies,  repairs,  harbor  pilotage, 
towage,  and  other  services  furnished  to  vessels  by  The  Panama  Canal 172 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  8,  1914,  fixing  compensation  of  Levi  Mon- 
roe Kagy  and  David  Marks,  American  members  of  Joint  Land  Commission..       1 74 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  13,  1914,  approving  acts  and  resolutions 

of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 174 

Order  of  the  President,  May  13,  1914,  relating  to  pardons,  the  remission  of 

fines,  and  for  forfeitures,  and  other  subjects... 174 

Order  of  the  President,  May  20,  1914,  creating  a  committee  to  formally  and 

officially  open  the  Panama  Canal .". •- 175 

Order  of  the  President,  May  26,  1914,  setting  apart  a  site  for  Balboa  Naval 

Radio  Station 175 

Order  of  the  President,  June  9,  1914,  fixing  hours  of  work  on  Saturdays  from 

June  15  to  Sept.  15,  each  year  in  the  Federal  service - 176 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  16,  1914,  excepting  Isthmian  employees 
from  order  fi.xing  working  hours  on  Saturdays  from  June  15  to  Sept.  15,  in 
the  Federal  service 176 

Order  of  the  President,  June  15,  1914,  amending  civil-service  rules,  including 

transfers  from  Isthmian  service ...- --- 1/6 

Order  of  the  President,  July  3,  1914,  relating  to  certain  duties  of  the  clerk  of  the 

District  Court  and  his  assistant —       177 

Order  of  the  President,  July  9,  1914,  requiring  ocean-going  vessels  to  be  fitted 

with  wireless  apparatus .-       178 

Order  of  the  President,  July  9,  1914,  prescribing  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
operation  and  navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  approaches  thereto, 
including  all  waters  under  its  jurisdiction.. 178 

Order  of  the  President,  July  9,  1914,  authorizing  the  Board  of  Admeasurement 

to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses  and  to  compel  their  attendance 194 

Order  of  the  President,  July  30,  1914,  setting  aside  an  area  of  land  for  uses  and 

purposes  of  the  Darien  Naval  Radio  Station.. 194 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  3,  1914,  prescribing  the  duties  of  constables 194 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  6,  1914,  reorganizing  the  Board  of  Health  of  the 

Canal  Zone 195 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  8,  1914,  relating  to  the  customs  service 195 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  14,  1914,  relating  to  postal  crimes  in  the  Canal 

Zone 196 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  14,  1914,  requiring  security  for  costs  in  civil  cases..       196 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  14,  1914,  amending  the  order  of  Apr.  15,  1913, 
providing  maritime  quarantine  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  har- 
bors of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama 197 


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Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  22,  1914,  regulating  the  operation  of  street  rail- 
way cars  at  crossings 199 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  3,  1914,  amending  the  Rules  and  Regulations  for 

the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  etc 199 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  5,  1914,  repealing  the  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  8, 

1911,  estabHshing  the  Postal  Savings  System  in  the  Canal  Zone 199 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  8,  1914,  fixing  compensation  of  Nicholas 

Cornet,  American  member  of  the  Joint  Land  Commission 200 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  19,  1914,  amending  the  Canal  Zone  law  against 

gambling 200 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  19,  1914,  amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Mar. 
20,  1914,  relating  to  compensation  to  be  paid  to  injured  employees  of  The 
Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Co 200 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  29,  1914,  amending  the  regulations  for  the 

payment  of  tolls,  etc.,  as  to  Government-owned  vessels 201 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  13,  1914,  providing  for  license  taxes  and  fees 201 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  4,  1914,  amending  paragraph  49  of  the  Rules  and 

Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  etc 203 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  Nov.  13,  1914 — Neutrality  of  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone .— 203 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  16,  1914,  authorizing  the  passage  through 
the  Panama  Canal  by  vessels  without  measurement  on  payment  of.  tolls  on 
estimated  tonnage  of  vessel,  plus  20  per  cent — 205 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  11,  1915,  amending  sections  1  and  2  of  the  Execu- 
tive Order  of  Apr.  15,  1913,  providing  maritime  quarantine  regulations  for 
the  Canal  Zone,  etc -       206 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  15,  1915,  fixing  amounts  to  be  charged  Isthmian 

employees  for  rent,  fuel,  and  electric  current -— 207 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  19,  1915,  amending  Civil  Service  Rule  X  authoriz- 
ing transfers  from  Isthmian  to  United  States  service 207 

Order  of  the  Pr^ident,  Feb.  4,  1915,  establishing  regulations  governing  the 
accounting  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  for  Panama  Canal  collec- 
tions  -- 208 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  1,  1915,  establishing  regulations  for  the  produc- 
tion, importation,  compounding,  dealing  in,  dispensing,  selling,  distributing, 
or  giving  away  opium  or  coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations, 
in  the  Canal  Zone 210 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  23,  1915,  reinstating  Dr.  Edward  P.  Beverley  as 

a  physician  in  the  Panama  Canal  service 211 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  7,  1915,  providing  for  the  issuance  of  provisional 
certificates  of  registry  of  vessels  by  certain  collectors  of  customs  and  captains 
of  ports - - 212 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  27,  1915,  changing  the  name  of  Culebra  Cut  to 

Gaillard  Cut .  - - 212 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  12,  1915,  providing  regulations  for  the  sale 

of  material - 212 

Order  of  the  President,  May  25,  1915,  modifying  the  Executive  Order  of  Jan. 
15,  1915,  relative  to  the  charges  to  be  made  against  employees  for  rent,  fuel, 
and  electric  current - 213 

Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1915,  designating  a  flag  for  the  Governorof  The 

Panama  Canal -       213 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  16,  1915,  providing  annual  recess  of  the 

Joint  Land  Commission  and  leave  regulations - 21>> 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  16,  1916,  appointing  Clement  L.  Bouve 

a  member  of  the  Joint  Commission - - 214 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  13,  1916,  appointing  an  Umpire  for  the 

Joint  Land  Commission — 214 

Order  of  the  President,  May  17,  1916,  relating  to  assistance  to  be  furnished  the 

Governor  by  the  military  and  naval  forces - -; —       214 

Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1916,  relating  to  classified  service  appoint- 
ments  - -- 215 

Order  of  the  President,  July  25,  1916,  establishing  regulations  relating  to  free 

use  of  quarters,  fuel,  and  current ;  -         21o 

Orderofthe  President,  Aug.  10, 1916,  modifyingorder  of  July  25,  1916,  relating 

to  quarters,  fuel  and  electric  current 216 


CONTENTS  13 

Page. 
Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  5,  1916,  relating  to  motor  vehicles,  and  their 

operation  in  the  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone 216 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  15,  1916,  transferring  to  the  Governor  of  The 
Panama  Canal  the  administration  of  the  act  approved  Sept.  7,  1916,  so  far 
as  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  employees  are  concerned 217 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  17,  1916,  authorizing  the  commutation  of  leave 

privileges  in  certain  cases.. .- 218 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  22,  1916,  providing  for  the  payment  of  interest  on 

deposit  money  orders _ 218 

Order  of  the  President,-  Jan.  15,  1917,  relating  to  conditions  of  employment  in 

the  Panama  Canal  service.: 218 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  6,  1917,  relating  to  the  exclusion  of  undesirable 

persons  from  the  Canal  Zone 220 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  6,  1917,  relating  to  the  exclusion  of  Chinese... 222 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  20,  1917,  fixing  the  compensation  of  Joint 

Commission  Umpire 224 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  9,  1917,  relating  to  control  of  Canal  and  Canal 

Zone  during  hostilities 224 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  May  23,  1917,  establishing  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  regulation,  management,  and  protection  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
the  maintenance  of  its  neutrality 224 

Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1917,  relating  to  the  acquisition  of  vessels  of 

hostile  nations , 226 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  27,  1917,  establishing  defensive  sea  areas  for  ter- 
minal ports  of  the  Panama  Canal 227 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  14,  1917,  fixing  compensation  of  members 

of  the  Joint  Land  Commission  229 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  24,  1917,  correcting  order  of  Aug.  27,  1917,  relat- 
ing to  defensive  sea  areas 229 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  fixing  compensation  of  members  of  the  Joint 

Land  Commission 229 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  Nov.  16,  1917,  establishing  regulations  pre- 
scribing conduct  of  alien  enemies 230 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  16,  1917,  amending  civil-service  rule  governing 

transfer 231 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1918,  establishing  maximum  rates  of  fare  and 

governing  transportation  of  passengers  for  hire  in  the  Canal  Zone 232 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  Feb.  28,  1918,  regulating  the  flying  of  civilian 
aircraft 237 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  25,  1918,  establishing  Fort  Sherman  military 

reservation 237 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  5,  1918,  to  amend  civil-service  rules  as  to  exempt  - 
positions 238 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  18,  1918,  to  coordinate  purchases  with  the 

War  Industries  Board 238 

Order  of  the  President,  May  28,  1918,  establishing  Balboa  Naval  Radio  Station       239 

Order  of  the  President,  May  28,  1918,  relating  to  anchorage  and  movement  of 
vessels.. 239 

Order  of  the  President,  July  9,  1918,  superseding  order  of  May  28,  1918, 

relating  to  anchorage  and  movement  of  vessels.. 240 

Order  of  the  President,  July  26,  1918,  amending  paragraph  20  of  the  naviga- 
tion rules  and  regulations  of  The  Panama  Canal 240 

Proclamation  of  the  President,*  Aug.  8,  1918,  relating  to  the  entrance  or  depar- 
ture of  parsons  during  hostilities 240 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  8,  1918,  providing  rules  and  regulations  governing 

the  issuance  of  permits  to  enter  and  leave  the  United  States 242 

Order  of  the  Secretarv  of  State,  Sept.  4,  1918,  fixing  effective  time  of  rules  in 
order  of  Aug.  8, 1918 246 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  3,  1918,  providing  funds  for  censorship  of  mails  in 

Canal  Zone 246 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  9,  1918,  providing  for  licensing  of  chauffeurs 247 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  4,  1918,  establishing  Guarapo  Naval  Air  Station..       248 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  14,  1918,  authorizing  the  granting  of  sick  leave  to 

alien  employees  in  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  service 249 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  16,  1918,  amending  rules  for  maximum  pay  for 

noncivil-service  clerks - 249 


14  CONTENTS 

Page. 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  27, 1918,  transferring  war  trade  funds  for  expendi- 
ture in  the  Canal  Zone 249 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  Dec.  23,   1918,  abrogating,  annulling,  and 

rescinding  certain  regulations  prescribing  the  conduct  of  alien  enemies 250 

Older  of  the  President,  Jan.  25,  1919,  relating  to  leave  due  employees  returning 

from  military  or  naval  service 250 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  25,  1919,  terminating  control  of  Canal  by  Army 

officer  designated  by  order  of  Apr.  9,  1917 251 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  25,  1919,  revoking  all  orders  issued  for  establish- 
ment of  defensive  sea  areas 251 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  4,  1919,  to  amend  the  form  of  Panama  Canal 

tonnage  certificates _. 251 

Order  of  the  President,  May  29,  1919,  modifying  tariff  and  regulations  govern- 
ing public  passenger  conveyances  in  Canal  Zone 251 

Order  of  the  President,  May  31,  1919,  reinstating  Frank  H.  Wang,  in  The 

Panama  Canal  service  as  postal  clerk 252 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  July  12,  1919,  amending  travel  regulations 252 

Order  of  the  President,  July  25,  1919,  establishing  Fort  Amador  and  Fort 

Grant  military  reservations - 252 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  July  31,  1919,  abrogating  regulations  governing 

the  flying  of  civilian  aircraft 254 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  8,  1919,  relating  to  registry  of  foreign-built  vessels       254 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  24,  1919,  relating  to  the  acquisition  of  vessels  of 

hostile  nations 255 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  25,  1919,  amending  order  of  Feb.  2, 1914,  relating 

to  conditions  of  employment 255 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  22,  1919,  establishing  Quarry  Heights  military 

reservation 256 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  22,  1919,  establishing  Fort  William  D.  Davis 

military  reservation-. 256 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  30,  1919,  establishing  military  reservations  at 
Fort  Clayton,  The  Panama  Arsenal,  the  Engineer  Depot,  and  the  Post  of 
Corozal 258 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  7,  1920,  establishing  regulations  for  the  Canal 
Zone  relative  to  the  sale,  possession,  and  disposition  of  liquors  for  sacra- 
mental, scientific,  industrial,  pharmaceutical,  and  medicinal  purposes 261 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1920,  concerning  costs  and  security  for  costs 

in  the  district  court  and  the  magistrates'  courts  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone..       263 

Order  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  30,  1920,  appointing  Homer  A.  A. 

Smith  a  member  of  the  Joint  Land  Commission 265 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  3,  1920,  amending  order  of  May  24,  1919,  to  in- 
clude the  Panama  Canal 265 

Order  of  the  President,  of  May  24,  1919,  made  applicable  to  The  Panama  Canal 

by  above  order 265 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  11,  1920,  authorizing  charges  for  services  rendered 

by  the  Quarantine  Division 266 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  20,  1920,  establishing  a  maximum  rate  of  pay  for 
alien  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  on  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama 266 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  1,  1920,  establishing  the  Punta  Mala  Naval  Radio 

Station _       266 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  6,  1920,  relating  to  carrying  and  keeping  of  arms..       267 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  31,  1920,  establishing  maritime  quarantine  regu- 
lations for  the  Canal  Zone  and  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
Republic  of  Panama 268 

Order  of  the  President,  April  9,  1920,  establishing  Fort  Randolph  and  France 

Field  military  reservations  and  Coco  Solo  naval  reservation 272 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  1,  1920,  relating  to  traveling  expenses  of 

Umpire  of  Joint  Land  Commission 274 

Proclamation  of  the  President,  July  12,  1920,  officially  and  formally  opening 
the  Panama  Canal 274 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept,  1,  1920,  establishing  Paitilla  Point  military  reser- 
vation        274 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  2,  1920,  relating  to  the  lease  of  Hoboken  Pier  to 

the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Company 275 


CONTENTS  1 5 

Page. 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  30,  1920,  requiring  operators  of  all  motor-propelled 

vehicles,  specifically  including  motorcycles,  to  be  licensed  as  chauffeurs 276 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  6,  1920,  establishing  new  limits  of  Fort  Sherman 

military  reservation 276 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  5,  1921,  amending  Order  of  Apr.  16,  1914,  relating 
to  tolls - -. _ 277 

Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  26,  1921,  establishing  maximum  rates  of  fare  and 

governing  transportation  of  passengers  for  hire  in  the  Canal  Zone 277 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  7,  1921,  amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Aug. 
8,  1918,  concerning  passport  control  so  far  as  it  applies  to  entry  of  aliens 
into  The  Panama  Canal  Zone ..- 282 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  8,  1921,  to  amend  limits  of  Quarry  Heights  mili- 
tary reservation 283 

Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  14,  1921,  relating  to  licensing  of  vehicles,  road 

rules,  use  of  lights,  tags  and  signals,  and  speed  regulations  in  the  Canal  Zone..       283 

Order  of  the  President,  May  12,  1921,  amending  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  8, 

1918,  to  permit  temporary  stop-overs  at  ports  of  the  United  States  without  ' 

the  requirement  of  visaed  passports.. 287 

Order  of  the  President,  May  16,  1921,  revoking  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  16, 

1918,  relating  to  maximum  pay  for  noncivil-service  clerks.. 288 

Order  of  the  President,  amending  order  of  August  8,  1918,  concerning  passport 

control - 288 

Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War  appointing  a  Special  Panama  Canal  Commis- 
sion, and  defining  its  duties,  June  6,  1921 288 

Order  of  the  President,  amending  the  order  of  August  8,  1918,  concerning 
travel  between  the  United  States  and  neighboring  countries  and  authorizing 
the  requirement  of  crew  lists 289 

Order  of  the  President,  July  9,  1921,  concerning  landing  and  operation  of 

submarine  cables 290 

Order  of  the  President,  July  27,  1921,  concerning  radio  communication  of 
vessels  approaching  the  Canal;  steamers  emitting  sparks  and  smoke; 
registry  and  certification  of  privately  owned  boats 290 

Order  of  the  President  of  October  18,  1921,  concerning  passport  control  and 

entry  of  aliens  into  the  Canal  Zone 291 

Order  of  the  President  of  November  2,  1921,  concerning  lease  of  Hoboken 

pier  space  to  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line 291 

Order  of  the  President  of  November  17,  1921,  concerning  exemption  from 

payment  of  tolls  of  vessels  transiting  the  Canal  for  repairs 292 

Order  of  the  President  of  December  3,  1921,  concerning  payment  by  employees 
for  use  of  quarters,  fuel,  electric  current,  water,  and  upkeep  of  quarters  and 
grounds 292 

Order  of  the  President  of  December  30,  1921,  establishing  Rules  of  Practice 
and  Procedure  of  the  United  States  District  Court  in  and  for  the  Canal 
Zone _ 294 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  present  annotated  volume  of  "Executive  Orders  Relating  to 
The  Panama  Canal"  is  a  compilation  of  all  Executive  Orders  contained 
in  the  original  volume  of  Executive  Orders  published  in  1911  and  sup- 
plements 1,2,  and  3,  to  that  volume,  together  with  all  orders  relating 
to  the  Canal  issued  since  the  publication  of  Supplement  Number  3  of 
June  30,  1915.  They  cover  the  period  March  8,  1904,  to  December 
31,  1921. 

Notations  under  the  several  orders  indicate  important  changes  by 
later  orders  as  to  designations  of  courts,  officials,  etc.,  but  such  notes 
have  not  been  repeated  at  every  mefition  of  such  courts  and  officials, 
and  the  following  references  are  given  for  general  guidance: 

The  designation  of  "Prosecuting  Attorney"  will  apply  to  the  Dis- 
trict Attorney  created  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act  of  August  24,  1912. 

Wherever  the  municipal  courts  or  judges  thereof  are  referred  to  in 
orders  issued  prior  to  the  Executive  Order  of  March  13,  1907,  the 
same  shall  apply  to  the  district  courts  and  judges  thereof  created  by 
that  order;  and,  as  well,  references  in  orders  to  the  preceding  munici- 
pal courts  and  district  courts  or  judges  thereof,  shall  apply  to  the 
magistrate  courts  and  magistrates  created  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act, 
agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  section  7  of  that  act. 

Wherever  the  Supreme  Court  and  circuit  courts  or  judges  thereof, 
are  referred  to  in  orders  in  effect  prior  to  April  1,  1914,  the  same  shall 
apply  to  the  District  Court  and  judge  thereof  created  by  the  Panama 
Canal  Act,  conformably  to  the  jurisdiction  outlined  in  section  8  of 
that  act. 

In  considering  references  to  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  Governor  of 
the  Canal  Zone  under  early  orders,  it  should  be  remembered  that  by 
Executive  Order  of  April  2,  1907,  the  powers  of  the  Governor  or  Chief 
Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  were  vested  in  the  Chairman  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission.  See  also  provisions  of  the  Panama  Canal 
Act  for  a  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

All  page  number  references  in  footnotes  are  to  this  volume,  unless 
otherwise  indicated. 

This  volume  will  be  issued  in  conjunction  with  separate  annotated 
volumes  of  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone"  and  "Treaties  and  Acts  of 
Congress  Relating  to  The  Panama  Canal." 

The  following  abbreviations  are  used  in  footnote  references:  "T. 
&  A.  205,"  to  indicate  reference  to  page  205  of  the  volume  of  Treaties 
and  Acts  of  Congress;  "L.  C.  Z.  140"  to  indicate  reference  to  page  140 
of  the  volume  of  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone;  "2  C.  Z.  Rept.  123"  to  indi- 
cate reference  to  page  123  of  volume  2  of  the  Reports  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone.  Where  the  Executive  Orders  relating  to  the 
Panama  Canal  are  referred  to  in  other  volumes,  the  abbreviation  used 
will  be:   "E.  O.  260." 

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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS 

RELATING  TO 

THE  PANAMA  CANAL 

Letter  of  the  President,  Mar.  8,  1904,  relative  to  duties  of  Commission. 

White  House, 
Washington,  March  8,  1904. 

Sirs:  I  have  appointed  you  as  the  Commission'  which  is  to  undertake  the  most 
important  and  also  the  most  formidable  engineering  feat  that  has  hitherto  been 
attempted.  You  are  to  do  a  work  the  doing  of  which,  if  well  done,  will  reflect  high 
honor  upon  this  nation,  and,  when  done,  will  be  of  incalculable  benefit,  not  only  to 
this  nation,  but  to  civilized  mankind.  As  you  yourselves  must  individually  know, 
I  have  chosen  you  with  reference  to  nothing  save  my  belief,  after  full  and  patient 
inquiry,  that  you  are  amotig  all  the  available  men  of  whom  I  have  knowledge,  those 
best  fitted  to  bring  this  great  task  to  a  successful  conclusion.  You  have  been  chosen 
purely  because  of  your  personal  and  professional  reputations  for  integrity  and  ability. 
You  represent  the  whole  country.  You  represent  neither  section  nor  party.  I  have 
not  sought  to  find  out  the  politics  of  a  single  one  of  you,  and,  indeed,  as  to  the  majority 
of  you  I  have  not  the  slightest  idea  what  your  political  affiliations  are. 

I  believe  that  each  one  of  you  will  serve  not  merely  with  entire  fidelity,  but  with  the 
utmost  efficiency.  If  at  any  time  I  feel  that  any  one  of  you  is  not  rendering  the  best 
service  which  it  is  possible  to  procure,  I  shall  feel  called  upon  to  disregard  alike 
my  feelings  for  the  man  and  the  man's  own  feelings,  and  forthwith  to  substitute  for 
him  on  the  Commission  some  other  man  whom  I  deem  capable  of  rendering  better 
service.  Moreover,  I  shall  expect,  if  at  any  time  any  one  of  you  feels  that  the  work 
is  too  exhausting  and  engrossing  for  him  to  do  in  the  best  possible  manner,  that  he 
will  of  his  own  accord  so  inform  me,  in  order  that  I  may  replace  him  by  some  man  who, 
to  the  requisite  ability,  joins  the  will  and  the  strength  to  give  all  the  effort  needed. 
But  so  long  as  you  render  efficient  service  of  the  highest  type  in  the  work  you  are 
appointed  to  perform,  you  may  rest  assured  of  my  hearty  support  and  backing  in 
every  way. 

These  are  the  conditions  under  which  you  have  been  appointed,  and  under  which 
I  shall  expect  you  to  proceed.  I  shall  furthermore  expect  you  to  apply  precisely  the 
same  principles  in  the  choice  and  retention  of  the  subordinates  who  do  the  work  under 
you  as  I  have  applied  in  your  choice  and  shall  apply  in  your  retention.  I  shall  expect 
you  to  appoint  no  man  for  reasons  other  than  your  belief  in  the  aid  he  can  render  you 
in  digging  the  canal.  If,  having  appointed  any  man,  you  find  that  your  expectations 
about  him  are  not  fulfilled,  or  that  from  any  reason  he  falls  short  of  his  duty,  I  shall 
expect  you  to  dismiss  him  out  of  hand;  I  shall  expect  that  under  such  circumstances 
you  will  pay  not  the  slightest  heed  to  any  backing  or  influence  the  man  may  have. 
I  assume  as  a  matter  of  course  that  in  dealing  with  contractors  you  will  act  on  pre- 
cisely the  principles  which  would  apply  in  any  great  private  business  undertaking. 
There  is  no  man  among  you  to  whom  I  think  it  is  necessary  to  say  a  word  as  to  the 

'  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  created  by  sec.  7,  act  of  Congress  of  June  18.  1902  (T.  &  A.  28) ;  placed 
under  the  jurisdiction  and  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  by  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  p. 
20.  The  Commission  was  reorganized  by  Executive  Order  of  April  1,  1905,  p.  3S,  which  in  turn 
was  superseded  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  17,  1906,  p.  55.  Later,  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  2, 
1907.  p.  65,  the  powers  of  the  Governor  or  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  were  vested  in  the 
Chairman  of  the  Commission,  and  under  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  6,  1908,  p.  72,  the  powers  of  the 
Commission  and  its  Chairman  were  newly  defined. 

Under  authority  contained  in  sec.  4  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  together  with  the  existing  organization,  was  discontinued  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27, 
1914,  effective  Apr.  1,  1914,  which  order  also  established  the  permanent  organization  of  The  Panama 
Canal  (p.  157). 

See  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  p.  20,  defining  in  detail  the  jurisdiction  and  functions  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


standard  of  honesty  to  be  exacted  from  every  employee  or  contractor,  for  if  I  had  kad 
the  slightest  ground  for  suspicion  that  there  was  need  to  say  such  a  word  to  any  one 
of  you  I  should  not  have  appointed  him.  But  I  do  wish  to  emphasize  the  need  of 
unceasing  vigilance  in  the  performance  of  this  great  work. 

As  to  the  details  of  the  work  itself  I  have  but  little  to  say.  It  is  to  be  done  as  ex- 
peditiously as  possible,  and  as  economically  as  is  consistent  with  thoroughness. 
There  is  one  matter  to  which  I  wish  to  ask  your  special  attention — the  question  of 
sanitation  and  hygiene.  You  will  take  measures  to  secure  the  best  medical  experts 
for  this  purpose  whom  you  can  obtain,  and  you  will,  of  course,  make  the  contractors 
submit  as  implicitly  as  your  own  employees  to  all  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
medical  department  under  you.  I  presume  you  will  find  it  best  to  have  one  head  for 
this  medical  department,  but  that  I  shall  leave  to  your  own  judgment. 

The  plans  are  to  be  carefully  made  with  a  view  to  the  needs  not  only  of  the  moment, 
but  of  the  future.  The  expenditures  are  to  be  supervised  as  rigorously  as  if  they  were 
being  made  for  a  private  corporation  dependent  for  its  profits  upon  the  returns.  You 
are  to  secure  the  best  talent  this  country  can  afford  to  meet  the  conditions  created 
by  every  need  which  may  arise.  The  methods  for  achieving  the  results  must  be  yours. 
What  this  nation  will  insist  upon  is  that  the  results  be  achieved. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  Isthmian  Can.\l  Commission. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26,  1904,  prescribing  compensation  of  Commissioners. 

The  compensation  of  the  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  be  as 
follows,  until  otherwise  determined  by  Congress:^ 

The  salary  of  each  commissioner  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  twelve  thousand  dollars  a 
year,  payable  one  thousand  dollars  per  month,  commencing  upon  the  day  on  which 
he  takes  the  oath  of  office. 

An  additional  allowance  of  fifteen  dollars  per  day  is  to  be  paid  to  each  member  of 
the  Commission  while  absent  from  the  United  States  on  duty. 

Each  member  of  the  Commission  shall  be  allowed  expenses  while  traveling  on  duty 
as  follows:  Transportation,  including  seat  in  day  Pullman  car,  or  section  in  sleeping 
car;  a  reasonable  allowance  for  baggage,  porterage,  hacks  and  street  cars;  and  hotel 
expenses  not  exceeding  seven  dollars  per  day. 

The  members  of  the  Commission  shall  be  considered  as  on  duty  when  in  Wash- 
ington. Any  travel  for  private  purposes,  or  visiting  their  homes,  shall  not  be  con- 
sidered as  traveling  on  duty. 

The  approval  of  the  Chairman  or  acting  Chairman  of  the  Commission  shall  be 
required  on  all  vouchers. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

White  House,  March  26,  1904. 


Letter  of  the  President  placing  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  under  the  supervision  and  direction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  defining  the  jurisdiction  and  functions  of  the  Commission. 

White  House, 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  9,  1904. 
Sir:  By  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  28,  1902,3  the  President  of  the  United 
States  is  authorized  to  acquire  for,  and  on  behalf  of,  the  United  States,  all  the  rights, 
privileges,  franchises,  concessions,  grants  of  lands,  rights  of  way,  unfinished  work, 
plants,  shares  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  Panama  Railway,  owned  by  or  held  for  the 
use  of  the  new  Panama  Canal  Company,  and  any  other  property,  real,  personal,  and 
mixed  of  any  name  or  nature  owned  by  the  said  new  Panama  Canal  Company  situated 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  The  President  is  by  the  same  act  also  authorized  to 
acquire  for,  and  on  behalf  of,  the  United  States  perpetual  control  of  a  strip  of  land  on 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  not  less  than  six  miles  in  width,  extending  from  the  Carib- 
bean Sea  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  the  right  to  excavate,  construct,  and  maintain 
perpetually,  operate  and  protect  thereon,  a  ship  canal  of  certain  specified  capacity 
and  also  the  right  to  perpetually  operate  the  Panama  Railroad.     Having  acquired 

'  The  compensation  of  Commissioners  was  changed  from  time  to  time  by  Executive  Orders,  and  from 
Mar.,  1907.  until  the  Commission  ceased  to  exist  as  of  Apr.  1,  1914,  the  compensation  of  the  Chairman 
was  $15,000  a  year,  and,  of  the  other  Commissioners,  $14,000  a  year. 
T.  &  A.  30. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        21 

such  rights,  franchises,  property,  and  control,  the  President  is  by  the  same  act  re- 
quired to  excavate,  construct,  and  complete  a  ship  canal  from  the  Caribbean  Sea  to 
the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  to  enable  him  to  carry  forward  and  complete  this  work,  he  is 
authorized  to  appoint,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Senate,  an  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission-"  of  seven  members,  who  are  to  be  in  all  matters  subject  to  his  direction 
and  control. 

By  the  terms  of  the  Canal  Convention  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama, 5  entered  into  in  pursuance  of  the  said  act  of  Congress  approved  June  28, 
1902,  the  ratifications  of  which  were  exchanged  on  the  26th  day  of  February,  1904, 
the  Republic  of  Panama  granted  to  the  United  States: 

First,  the  perpetual  use,  occupation,  and  control  of  a  certain  zone  of  land,  land 
under  water  including  islands  within  said  zone,  at  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  all  to  be 
utilized  in  the  construction,  maintenance,  and  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of 
the  ship  canal,  of  the  width  of  ten  miles  extending  to  the  distance  of  five  miles  on  each 
side  of  the  central  line  of  the  route  of  the  canal,  and  the  use,  occupation,  and  control 
of  other  lands  and  waters  outside  of  the  zone  above  described  which  may  be  neces- 
sary and  convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  and 
protection  of  said  canal  or  of  any  auxiliary  canals  or  other  works  necessary  and  con- 
venient for  the  same  purpose;  also  the  islands  of  Perico,  Naos,  Culebra,  and  Fla- 
menico,  *  situated  in  the  Bay  of  Panama,  and 

Second,  all  the  rights,  powers,  and  authority  within  the  zone,  auxiliary  lands  and 
lands  under  water,  which  the  United  States  would  possess  and  exercise  if  it  were  the 
sovereign  of  the  territory  granted,  to  the  entire  exclusion  of  the  exercise  by  the  Re- 
public of  Panama  of  any  such  sovereign  rights,  power,  and  authority.* 

By  the  act  of  Congress  approved  April  28,  1904,''  the  President  is  authorized,  upon 
acquisition  of  the  property  of  the  new  Panama  Canal  Company,  and  the  payment  to 
the  Republic  of  Panama  of  the  price  for  compensation  agreed  upon  in  the  said  Canal 
Convention,  to  take  possession  of,  and  occupy  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  the 
zone  of  land,  and  land  under  water,  including  islands  within  said  zone  at  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama  of  the  width  of  ten  miles  extending  to  the  distance  of  five  miles  on  each 
side  of  the  central  line  of  the  route  of  the  Canal  to  be  constructed  thereon,  including 
the  islands  of  Perico,  Naos,  Culebra,  and  Flamenico,  and  from  time  to  time  as  may 
be  necessary  and  convenient  certain  auxiliary  lands  and  waters  outside  the  said 
zone  for  the  purpose  of  constructing,  maintaining,  operating,  sanitating,  and  pro- 
tecting the  ship  canal,  the  use,  occupation,  and  control  whereof  were  granted  to  the 
United  States  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  in  the  said  Canal  Convention. 

By  the  same  act,  the  President  is  authorized,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  tempo- 
raril}'  for  the  maintenance  of  order  in  the  Canal  Z®ne  and  for  maintaining  and  pro- 
tecting the  inhabitants  thereof  in  the  free  enjoyment  of  their  liberty,  property,  and 
religion,  to  delegate  to  such  person  or  persons  as  he  may  designate  and  to  control  the 
manner  of  their  exercise,  all  the  military,  civil  and  judicial  powers  as  well  as  the  power 
to  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Canal  Zone  and 
all  the  rights,  powers  and  authority  granted  by  the  said  Canal  Convention  to  the 
United  States,  until  the  close  of  the  Fifty-eighth  Congress.* 

Payments  of  the  authorized  purchase  price  of  $40,000,000  to  the  new  Panama  Canal 
Company  for  the  property  of  that  corporation  on  the  Isthmus,  including  the  shares  of 
railway  stock,  and  for  the  records  in  Paris,  and  of  the  sum  of  $10,000,000,  as  stipulated 
in  the  Canal  Convention,  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  the  rights,  powers,  and 
privileges  granted  to  the  United  States  by  the  terms  of  the  said  convention,  have  been 
made  and  proper  instruments  of  transfer  ha\'e  been  executed  by  the  Panama  Canal 
Company.  The  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  have  been  appointed. « 
They  have  organized  the  commission  and  entered  upon  their  duties.  I  have  taken 
possession  of  and  now  occupy,  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  the  canal  zone  and  public 
land  ceded  by  the  Republic  of  Panama." 

*  Should  read  Flamenco. 
'T.  &  A.,  sec.  7,  p.  30. 

sT.  &  A.  18. 

'These  two  specihcations  are  contained  in  Arts.  II  and  III  of  the  Hay-Varilla  Treaty  (T.  &  A.  18). 

'  T.  &  A.  34. 

»  At  the  close  of  the  58th  Congress,  by  act  of  Mar.  3,  1905  (T.  &  A.  35),  the  Commission  was 
revived  and  co.itinued  until  the  beginning  of  the  59th  Congress.  The  act  of  Dec.  21,  1905  (T.  &  A. 
36)  being  the  first  act  of  the  next  session  of  Congress  relating  to  the  Panama  Canal,  did  not  specifi- 
cally continue  the  Commission,  but  provided  for  the  continuance  of  construction  of  the  Canal,  and  the 
government  of  the  Canal  Zone  by  the  President  and  the  persons  appointed  or  employed  by  him,  the 
aforesaid  act  being  supplemental  to  the  original  Canal  Act  of  June  28,  1902  (T.  &  .\.  30). 

9  See  letter  of  the  President,  of  Mar.  8,  1904,  p.  19  hereof,  relative  to  duties  of  Commission. 

""  Actual  possession  of  the  Canal  properties  was  talien  on  May  4,  1904,  and  by  the  Davis  Agreement 
of  June  16,  1904  (Ann.  Rept.,  1904,  p.  78),  Panama  formally  delivered  over  to  the  United  States  the 
use.  occupation,  and  control  in  perpetuity  of  the  zone  of  land  mentioned  in  .'\rts.  II  and  III  of  the 
Hay-Varilla  Treaty. 


22  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

It  becomes  my  duty,  under  the  statutes  above  referred  to,  to  secure  the  active 
prosecution  of  the  work  of  construction  of  the  Canal  and  its  auxiUary  works,  through 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  in  connection  with  such  work  and  in  aid  thereof 
to  organize  and  conduct  a  temporary  government  of  the  zone,  so  as  to  maintain  and 
protect  the  inhabitants  thereof  in  the  free  enjoyment  of  their  liberty,  property,  and 
religion. 

Inasmuch  as  it  is  impracticable  for  the  President,  with  his  other  public  duties,  to 
give  to  the  work  of  supervising  the  Commission's  construction  of  the  Canal  and 
government  of  the  zone  the  personal  attention  which  seems  proper  and  necessary, 
and  inasmuch  as  the  War  Department  is  the  department  which  has  always  supervised 
the  construction  of  the  great  civil  works  for  improving  the  rivers  and  harbors  of  the 
country  and  the  extended  military  works  of  public  defense,  and  as  the  said  depart- 
ment has  from  time  to  time  been  charged  with  the  supervision  of  the  government  of  all 
the  island  possessions  of  the  United  States,  and  continues  to  supervise  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Philippine  Islands,  I  direct  that  all  the  work  of  the  Commission  done  by 
virtue  of  powers  vested  in  me  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  28,  1902,  in  the 
digging,  construction,  and  completion  of  the  Canal,  and  all  the  governmental  power 
in  and  over  said  canal  zone  and  its  appurtenant  territory,  which  by  virtue  of  the  act 
of  Congress  approved  April  28,  1904,  and  these  instructions,  shall  be  vested  in  said 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,"  shall  be  carried  on  or  exercised  under  your  supervision 
and  direction  as  Secretary  of  War. 

Subject  to  the  limitations  of  law  and  the  conditions  herein  contained,  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  are  authorized  and  directed: 

1.  To  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  zone  and 
for  the  correct  administration  of  the  military,  civil,  and  judicial  affairs  of  its  posses- 
sions until  the  close  of  the  Fifty-eighth  Congress.'^ 

2.  To  establish  a  civil  service  for  the  government  of  the  strip  and  construction  of 
the  Canal,  appointments  to  which  shall  be  secured  as  nearly  as  practicable  by  a  merit 
system.''' 

3.  To  make  or  cause  to  be  made  all  needful  surveys,  borings,  designs,  plans,  and 
specifications  of  the  engineering,  hydraulic,  and  sanitary  works  required  and  to 
supervise  the  execution  of  the  same. 

4.  To  make  and  cause  to  be  executed  after  due  advertisement  all  necessary  con- 
tracts for  any  and  all  kinds  of  engineering  and  construction  works. 

5.  .To  acquire  by  purchase  or  through  proper  and  uniform  expropriation  proceed- 
ings,''' to  be  prescribed  by  the  commission,  any  private  lands  or  other  real  property 
whose  ownership  by  the  United  States  is  essential  to  the  excavation  and  completion 
of  the  Canal. 's 

6.  To  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  respecting  an  economical  and  correct 
disbursement  and  an  accounting  for  all  funds  that  may  be  appropriated  by  Congress 
for  the  construction  of  the  canal,  its  auxiliary  works,  and  the  government  of  the  canal 
zone;  and  also  to  establish  a  proper  and  comprehensive  system  of  bookkeeping,  show- 
ing the  state  of  the  work,  the  expenditures  by  classes,  and  the  amounts  still  available.'* 

7.  To  make  requisition  on  the  Secretary  of  War  for  funds  needed  from  time  to  time 
in  the  proper  prosecution  of  the  work  and  to  designate  the  disbursing  officers  author- 
ized to  receipt  for  the  same. 

"  See  notes  under  p.  1 9  hereof  relative  to  life  of  the  Commission. 

"  In  pursuance  of  these  instructions  the  Commission  enacted  twenty-four  acts  which  were  later 
assembled  and  published  in  the  volume  known  as  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone;"  the  Civil  Code  and  Code 
of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  continued  in  force  by  paragraph  7  hereof,  were  translated 
into  English;  various  municipal  ordinances  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of  Health  were  also  adopted. 
The  authority  of  the  Commission  to  legislate  ceased  on  Mar.  3,  1905,  but  in  view  of  certain  resolutions 
adopted  by  the  Commission  after  that  period,  the  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  28,  1907,  p.  57,  confirmed  all 
acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Commission  passed  since  Mar.  4,  1905,  in  so  far  as  they  effected  changes  in 
the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone.  By  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  sec.  7,  p.  62,  the  Comniission  was 
again  authorized,  with  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  enact  ordinances  regulating  police,  sanita- 
tion, and  taxes,  and  any  other  matters  regulated  by  ordinance,  and  to  repeal  existing  ordinances. 
Under  this  authority  various  ordinances  were  enacted  which  will  be  published  in  the  reprint  of  the  vol- 
ume of  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone." 

"  Classification  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  service  provided  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Nov. 
15.  1904,  p.  28. 

"  Expropriation  proceedings  provided  by  Act  No.  6  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  Aug. 
27.  1904  (L.  C.  Z.  30),  as  amended  by  Act  No.  21  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  Feb.  28.  1905 
(L.  C.  Z.  249;.  . 

's  See  notes  under  Art.  VI,  Hay-Varilla  Treaty  (T.  &  A.  18)  relative  to  Joint  Commission.  See  also 
sec.  3,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  authorizing  the  President  to  declare  by  Executive  Order  that  all 
land  and  land  under  water  within  the  Canal  Zone  is  necessary  for  Canal  purposes,  and  E.xecutive  Order 
of  Dec.  5,  1912,  p.  132,  issued  under  that  authority. 

■«  Provided  by  Act  No.  8  of  the  Commission,  as  amended  by  Act  No.  20  (L.  C.  Z.  61)  relating  to 
treasurer  and  auditor.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  15,  1907,  p.  68,  reorganizing  Accounting 
Department. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        23 

The  inhabitants  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone  are  entitled  to  security  in  their  persons, 
property,  and  religion,  and  in  all  their  private  rights  and  relations.  They  should 
be  so  informed  by  public  announcement. '?  The  people  should  be  disturbed  as  little 
as  possible  in  their  customs  and  avocations  that  are  in  harmony  with  principles  of  well 
ordered  and  decent  living. 

The  municipal  laws  of  the  canal  zone  are  to  be  administered  by  the  ordinary  tri- 
bunals substantially  as  they  were  before  the  change.  Police  magistrates  and  justices 
of  the  peace  and  other  officers  discharging  duties  usually  devolving  upon  these  officers 
of  the  law  will  be  continued  in  office  if  they  are  suitable  persons.  The  governor  of  the 
zone,  subject  to  approval  of  the  commission,  is  authorized  to  appoint  temporarily  a 
judge  for  the  canal  zone,  who  shall  have  the  authority  equivalent  to  that  usually 
exercised  in  Latin  countries  by  a  judge  of  a  court  of  first  instance,  but  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  shall  fix  his  salary  and  may  legislate  respecting  his  powers  and 
authority,  increasing  or  diminishing  them  in  their  discretion,  and  also  making  pro- 
vision for  additional  or  appellate  judges,  should  the  public  interest  require. ^^ 

The  laws  of  the  land,  with  which  the  inhabitants  are  familiar,  and  which  were  in 
force  on  February  26,  1904,  will  continue  in  force  in  the  canal  zone  and  in  other  places 
on  the  isthmus  over  which  the  United  States  has  jurisdiction  until  altered  or  annulled 
by  the  said  commission,'?  but  thei^  are  certain  great  principles  of  government  which 
have  been  made  the  basis  of  an  existence  as  a  nation  which  we  deem  essential  to  the 
rule  of  law  and  the  maintenance  of  order,  and  which  shall  have  force  in  said  zone. 
The  principles  referred  to  may  be  generally  stated  as  follows: 

That  no  person  shall  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  property  without  due  process  of 
law;  that  private  property  shall  not  be  taken  for  public  use  without  just  compensa- 
tion; that  in  all  criminal  prosecutions  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the  right  of  a  speedy 
and  public  trial, ^°  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusation,  to  be  con- 
fronted with  the  witnesses  against  him,  to  have  compulsory  process  for  obtaining  wit- 
nesses in  his  favor,  and  to  have  the  assistance  of  counsel  for  his  defense;  that  excessive 
bail  shall  not  be  required  nor  excessive  fines  imposed,  nor  cruel  or  unusual  punishment 
inflicted;  that  no  person  shall  be  put  twice  in  jeopardy  for  the  same  offense,  or  be 
compelled  in  any  criminal  case  to  be  a  witness  against  himself;  that  the  right  to  be 
secure  against  unreasonable  searches  and  seizures  shall  not  be  violated;  that  neither 
slavery  nor  involuntary  servitude  shall  exist  except  as  a  punishtnent  for  crime;  that 
no  bill  of  attainder  or  ex  post  facto  law  shall  be  passed;  that  no  law  shall  be  passed 
abridging  the  freedom  of  speech  or  of  the  press,  or  of  the  rights  of  the  people  to  peace- 
ably assemble  and  petition  the  government  for  a  redress  of  grievances;  that  no  law 
shall  be  made  respecting  the  establishment  of  religion  or  prohibiting  the  free  exercise 
thereof:  Provided,  however,  that  the  commission  shall  have  power  to  exclude  from 
time  to  time  from  the  canal  zone  and  other  places  on  the  isthmus,  over  which  the 
United  States  has  jurisdiction,  persons  of  the  following  classes  who  were  not  actually 
domiciled  within  the  zone  on  the  26th  day  of  February,  1904-,  viz:  Idiots,  the  insane, 
epileptics,  paupers,  criminals,  professional  beggars,  persons  afflicted  with  loathsome 
or  dangerous  contagious  diseases;  those  who  have  been  convicted  of  felony,  anarch- 
ists, those  whose  purpose  it  is  to  incite  insurrection  and  others  whose  presence  it  is 
believed  by  the  commission  would  tend  to  create  public  disorder,  endanger  the  public 
health,  or  in  any  manner  impede  the  prosecution  of  the  work  of  opening  the  canal, 
and  may  cause  any  and  all  such  newly-arrived  persons  or  those  alien  to  the  zone  to  be 
expelled  and  deported  from  the  territory  controlled  by  the  United  States,  and  the 

"  Made  by  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  May  19,  1904  (see  Ann.  Rept.  1904,  p.  78). 

'» Judiciary  organized  by  Act  No.  1  of  Commission,  Aug.  16,  1904  (L.  C.  Z.  9);  Department  of 
Justice  created  by  act  No.  8  of  Sept.  2,  1904  (L.  C.  Z.  61).  Act  No.  5  of  Aug.  22,  1904  (L.  C.  Z.  29), 
continued  alcaldes  in  office  until  organization  of  municipal  courts.  Municipal  governments  in  the 
Canal  Zone  were  organized  under  act  No.  7  of  the  Commission  on  Sept.  1,  1904,  effective  Nov.  1, 
1904.  Act  No.  7  as  it  appears  on  p.  37  of  the  volume  of  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  reads  as  amended 
by  act  No.  18  of  Oct.  24,  1904.  On  Mar.  13,  1907,  an  Executive  Order  effective  Apr.  15,  1907,  was 
issued  (see  p.  60),  dividing  the  Canal  Zone  into  four  administrative  districts,  and  abolishing  the 
municipalities.  Under  the  latter  order  the  tax  collector  discharged  the  duties  of  the  former  municipal 
treasurer  and  board  of  assessors — all  municipal  offices  were  abolished.  Each  administrative  district  had 
one  district  judge,  who  exercised  all  the  authority  formerly  exercised  by  the  municipal  judges.  See 
Panama  Canal  Act  provision  for  continuing  the  courts  above  mentioned  until  establishment  of  courts 
provided  in  that  act. 

■»  The  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  Panama  continued  in  force  until  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the 
Canal  Zone  was  put  into  effect  on  May  1,  1907,  as  provided  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  22,  1907, 
p.  64.  The  Civil  Code  of  Panama  is  still  in  force  in  the  Canal  Zone,  as  well  as  to  some  extent  the  Code 
of  Commerce  of  Panama.  See  Reports  of  Supreme  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  vol.  2,  Chong  v.  Chong,  p. 
25,  and  Fitzpatrick  v.  Railroad,  p.  Ill,  for  interpretation  of  this  provision  of  the  President's  Order. 

»  See  Executive  Orders  of  Feb.  6,  1908,  p.  76.  and  June  30,  1913,  p.  149,  relating  to  trials  by  jury. 


24        EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

commission  may  defray  from  the  canal  appropriation  the  cost  of  such  deportation  as 
necessary  expenses  of  the  sanitation,  the  police  protection  of  the  canal  route,  and  the 
preservation  of  good  order  among  the  inhabitants.*' 

The  commission  may  legislate  on  all  rightful  subjects  of  legislation  not  inconsistent 
with  the  laws  and  treaties  of  the  United  States  so  far  as  they  apply  to  said  zone  and 
other  places,  and  the  said  power  shall  include  the  enactment  of  the  sanitary  ordinances 
of  a  preventive  or  curative  character  to  be  enforced  in  the  cities  of  Colon  and  Panama 
and  which  are  contemplated  and  authorized  by  Article  7  of  said  Canal  Convention." 
Such  legislative  power  shall  also  include  the  power  to  raise  and  appropriate  revenues 
in  said  zone;'J  and  all  taxes,  judicial  fines,  customs  duties  and  other  revenues  levied 
and  collected  in  said  zone  by  or  under  the  authority  of  said  commission  shall  be  re- 
tained, accounted  for,  and  disbursed  by  said  commission  for  its  proper  purposes. 
The  members  of  said  commission  to  the  number  of  four  or  more  shall  constitute  a 
legislative  quorum,  and  all  rules  and  regulations  passed  and  enacted  by  said  commis- 
sion shall  have  set  forth  as  a  caption  that  they  are  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  "By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States." 

The  commission  shall  hold  its  regularly  quarterly  meetings  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
mission either  in  Panama  or  at  a  branch  office  in  Washington,  and  special  meetings 
may  be  held  at  the  pleasure  of  the  commission. 

All  laws,  rules,  and  regulations  of  a  governmental  character  enacted  by  the  com- 
mission hereunder  shall  be  submitted  to  you  for  your  approval,  and  should  your  ap- 
proval be  withheld  from  any  such  law,  rule,  or  regulation,  then  from  that  time  the 
law,  rule,  or  regulation  shall  thereafter  have  no  force  or  efifect.    . 

Major  General  George  W.  Davis,  U.  S.  Army  (retired),  a  member  of  the  Canal 
Commission,  is  hereby  appointed  governor  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Zone.'-"  He  will 
proceed  at  once  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panana.  He  will  in  my  name,  as  the  chief  executive 
in  the  canal  zone,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  see  that  the  laws  are  faithfully 
executed  and  will  maintain  possession  of  said  territory,  including  the  public  lands 
therein  and  the  property  real  and  movable  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  except  that  of 
the  Panama  Railroad,  that  has  recently  been  acquired  from  the  Republic  of  Panama.'* 
He  is  hereby  vested  with  the  power  to  grant  reprieves  and  pardons  for  offenses  against 
the  rules,  regulations,"  and  laws  in  force  by  virtue  of  action  of  the  commission  or  by 
virtue  of  the  clause  hereof  continuing  in  force  the  laws  of  Panama. ^^  In  case  of  his 
disability  or  absence  from  the  canal  zone  at  any  time,  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
is  empowered  to  designate  the  person  or  persons  to  act  as  governor  during  such  absence 
or  disability.  Except  as  herein  prescribed  the  duties  of  the  governor  shall  be  fixed 
by  legislation  of  the  Canal  Commission. 

For  the  preservation  of  order  and  protecting  the  property  of  the  United  States, 
within  or  without  said  zone  as  provided  by  Article  7  of  the  Canal  Convention,  an 
adequate  police  force  shall  be  maintained.^'  If  at  any  time  there  shall  arise  necessity 
for  military  or  naval  assistance  the  governor  shall,  if  possible,  promptly  notify  you 

"  Resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Feb.  20,  1905,  p.  373,  Minutes  of  Commission,  directs  the  Governor 
of  the  Canal  Zone  to  enforce  the  requirements  of  this  proviso,  as  the  executive  officer  of  the  Commis- 
sion; that  resolution  was  amended  by  resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Jan.  21,  1907,  p.  1547,  Minutes 
of  Commission,  to  permit  the  Department  of  Labor,  Quarters,  and  Subsistence  to  deport  sick  persons 
certified  by  the  Chief  Sanitary  Officer;  and  resolution  of  Apr.  24,  1907,  transferred  the  above  authority 
from  the  Governor  to  the  Chairman.  Governor's  Circular  No.  619,  of  .■\pr.  1,  1914,  authorizes  the 
Chief  Health  Officer  to  certify  for  deportation  from  the  Canal  Zone  employees  known  to  be  chronically 
sick  and  incapacitated  for  further  work,  provided  such  persons  voluntarily  consent  to  deportation. 
See  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  providing  for  exclusion  of  undesirables,  and_ repealing  all 
laws  and  orders  in  conflict  therewith.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  25,  1913,  p.  151,  providing 
for  punishment  of  deported  persons  who  return  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

"  Sanitary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  are  published  in  a  separate 
pamphlet.  See  .'Vets  Nos.  8  and  9  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.).  and  notes  thereunder,  relating  to  sani- 
tary  rules  for  the  Canal  Zone.  These  have  also  been  published  in  pamphlet  form,  together  with  ordi- 
nances of  the  Board  of  Health. 

"  Customs  service  organized  by  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1904,  p.  26,  which  was  substituted  by 
Executive  Order  of  Dec.  28,  1904,  p.  32.  See  also  act  No.  8  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61),  creating 
a  Department  of  Revenues,  consisting  of  Customs  Service,  Internal  Revenue  Service,  and  Postal  Serv- 
ice.   Said  act  No.  8  was  amended  by  act  No.  23  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  253). 

'<  The  authority  of  the  Governor  or  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  was  later  vested  in  the  Chair- 
man of  the  lithmian  Canal  Commission  by  Executive  Order  of  .■\pr.  2,  1907,  p.  65. 

»s  The  Governor  arrived  at  Colon  on  May  17,  1904,  and  on  May  19  announced  to  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  ceded  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  canal  purposes  that  the  territory  had  been  occupied  by 
the  United -States,  and  that  he  assumed  the  temporary  government  over  the  same,  acting  for  and  in  the 
name  of  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

»«  Executive  Order  of  July  30,  1909,  p.  90,  provides  for  good-time  allowances  for  convicts  in  the 
Canal  Zone  Penitentiary.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  May  13,  1914,  p.  174,  empowering  the  Governor 
of  The  Panama  Canal  to  grant  pardons  and  reprieves,  to  commute  sentences,  to  establish  a  parole  sys- 
tem, and  other  regulations  affecting  the  welfare  of  prisoners. 

"  Department  of  Police  and  Prisons  created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61).  A  peniten- 
tiary was  established  by  act  No.  12  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  90). 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        25 

and  in  the  event  of  a  sudden  exigency  the  governor  may  call  upon  any  available  mili- 
tar>-  or  naval  force  of  the  United  States  to  render  assistance,  and  the  same  shall  be 
immediately  furnished.'* 

It  is  a  matter  of  first  importance  that  the  most  approved  and  effective  methods  and 
measures  known  to  sanitary  science  be  adopted  in  order  that  the  health  conditions 
on  the  isthmus  may  be  improved.^'  It  is  the  belief  of  those  who  have  noted  the  suc- 
cessful results  secured  by  our  Army  in  Cuba  in  the  obliteration  of  yellow  fever  in  that 
island  that  it  is  entirely  feasible  to  banish  the  diseases  that  have  heretofore  caused 
most  mortality  on  the  isthmus,  or  at  least  to  improve  as  greatly  the  health  conditions 
there  as  in  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico.  I  desire  that  every  possible  effort  be  made  to 
protect  our  ofificers  and  workmen  from  the  dangers  of  tropical  and  other  diseases, 
which  in  the  past  have  been  so  prevalent  and  destructive  in  Panama. 

Rear  Admiral  John  G.  Walker,  U.  S.  Navy  (retired),  and  Colonel  Frank  J.  Hecker, 
members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  are  hereby  designated  as  members  of 
the  joint  commission  provided  for  by  Articles  6  and  15  of  the  Canal  Convention.  3» 
The  moiety  of  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  commission  to  be  created  in  pursuance 
of  Articles  6  and  15  of  the  above-cited  Canal  Convention  will  be  defrayed  from  the 
appropriation  applicable  to  the  ship  canal  to  connect  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  oceans. 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  will  prepare  for  Congress  and  place  in  your  hands 
on  or  before  December  1  of  each  year  J'  a  full  and  complete  report  of  all  their  acts  and 
of  the  operations  conducted  by  them  in  respect  to  the  canal  construction  and  the 
government  of  the  canal  zone.  These  reports  will  contain  a  detailed  account  of  all 
moneys  received  and  disbursed  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  and  of  the  progress 
made  in  the  construction  of  the  canal. 

The  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  the  commission  in  carrying  on  the  government 
of  the  canal  zone  will  be  defrayed  from  the  local  revenues  so  far  as  the  said  revenues 
may  be  sufficient  and  the  remainder  will  be  met  from  the  appropriation  made  by  the 
fifth  section  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  28,  1902.-'-  An  estimate  of  the 
proposed  expenditures  and  revenues  for  each  year  in  carrying  on  the  government  of 
the  zone  will  be  submitted  to  Congress  at  the  beginning  of  each  annual  session. 

By  virtue  of  the  ownership  by  the  United  States  of  about  sixtj'-nine  seventieths  of 
the  shares  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  Panama  Railroad  the  general  policy  of  the  man- 
agers of  said  road  will  be  controlled  by  the  United  States.  As  soon  as  practicable  I 
desire  that  all  the  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  be  elected  to  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  road,  and  that  the  policy  of  the  road  be  completely  harmonized 
with  the  policy  of  the  Government  of  making  it  an  adjunct  to  the  construction  of  the 
canal,33  at  the  same  time  fulfilling  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  constructed  as  a  route 
of  comniereial  movement  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  If  any  contracts  or  other 
obligations  now  subsist  between  the  railway  company  and  other  transportation  com- 
panies that  are  not  in  accord  with  sound  public  policy,  then  such  contracts  must  be 
terminated  as  soon  as  it  is  possible  to  effect  that  object.^'' 

No  salary  or  per  diem  allowance  of  compensation  in  addition  to  the  stated  salary  ss 
and  per  diem  allowance  of  the  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  will  be 
allowed  to  anj'  member  of  the  commission  by  reason  of  his  services  in  connection  with 
the  civil  government  of  the  canal  zone,  or  his  membership  of  any  board  or  commission 
concerned  in  or  connected  with  the  construction  of  the  canal  or  by  reason  of  his  serv- 
ices as  an  officer  or  director  of  the  Panama  Railroad. 

If  there  now  be  in  force  within  the  canal  zone  any  franchise  granting  to  any  person 
or  persons  a  privilege  to  maintain  lotteries  or  hold  lottery  drawings  or  other  gambling 
methods  and  devices  of  a  character  forbidden  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  if 
the  grantee  of  any  such  privilege  has  now  the  right  to  sell  lottery  tickets  or  similar 

»'  See  sec.  13,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  providing  for  control  of  Canal  by  Army  officer  in  time 
of  war. 

"  Department  of  Health  created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61).  See  notes  under  p.  24 
hereof  relating  to  sanitary  rules  and  regulations. 

»•  Hay-Varilla  Treaty  (T.  &  A.  18). 

3'  Annual  Reports  for  years  1904,  1905,  and  1906  were  submitted  as  of  Dec.  1,  but  all  reports  of  fol- 
lowing years  are  bv  fiscal  year. 

»  T.  &  A.  30. 

"  Sec.  7,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79)  provides  that  the  Canal  Zone  is  to  be  held,  treated,  and 
governed  as  an  adjunct  to  The  Panama  Canal. 

>*  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  13,  1905,  p.  34,  appointed  Joseph  L.  Bristow  special  Panama  Railroad 
commissioner  to  make  an  investigation  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  best  policy  to  be  pursued  in 
the  management  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company.  His  report,  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  on 
June  24,  1905,  has  been  published  in  one  volume  by  the  Commission. 

"  See  notes  under  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  26, 1904,  p.  20,  relating  to  compensation  of  Commissioners. 


26  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

devices  to  facilitate  the  business  of  the  concessionaire,  the  commission  shall  enact 
laws  annulling  the  privileges  or  concessions  and  punishing  future  exercisf  of  the  same 
by  imprisonment  or  fine,  or  both.^*' 

These  instructions  may  be  modified  and  supplemented  ^s  occasion  shall  arise." 
Very  respectfully, 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
William  H.  Taft, 

Secretary  of  War, 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  24,  1904.    Establishment  and  administration  of  customs  service 

in  the  Canal  Zone.^" 

War  Department, 
Washington,  June  24,  1904. 
To  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

By  direction  of  the  President  it  is  ordered: — 

Section  1.  The  territory  of  the  Canal  Zone  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  is  hereby 
declared  open  to  the  commerce  of  all  friendly  nations.  All  articles,  goods,  and  wares, 
not  included  in  the  prohibited  list,  entering  at  the  established  customs  ports,  will  be 
admitted  upon  payment  of  such  customs  duties  and  other  charges  as  are  in  force  at 
the  time  and  place  of  their  importation. 

Section  2.  For  the  purposes  of  customs  administration  in  said  Canal  Zone,  there 
are  hereby  established  two  collection  districts  as  follows: 

First:  The  District  of  Ancon,  comprising  the  southern  half  of  said  Canal  Zone 
more  particularly  described  as  follows: 

The  port  of  entry  in  said  district  shall  be  Ancon. 

Second.  The  District  of  Crystobal,*  comprising  the  northern  half  of  said  Canal 
Zone  more  particularly  described  as  follows: 

The  port  of  entry  in  said  district  shall  be  Crystobal.* 

Section  3.  There  is  hereby  created  and  shall  be  maintained  in  the  government  of 
the  Canal  Zone  a  subdivision  of  the  executive  branch  to  be  known  as  the  Customs 
Service:  the  general  duties,  powers  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Customs  Service  shall  be 
to  administer  the  customs  laws  and  tariff  regulations  in  force  in  said  Zone.  The 
Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  the  head  of  the  Customs  Service.  There  shall  be 
a  Collector  of  Customs  for  each  Collection  District,  who  shall  receive  an  annual  salary 
of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  in  gold,  payable  in  monthly  installments. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  to  collect  all  revenues  derived  from  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  customs  laws  and  tariff  regulations  in  the  District  subject  to  his  juris- 
diction, and  to  perform  such  other  service  in  the  administration  of  such  laws  as  is 
ordinarily  performed  by  a  Collector  of  Customs  or  as  he  may  be  required  to  perform 
by  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone.  The  Collector  of  Customs  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Isthmian  Commission.  The  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  and  fi.x  the  compensation  of 
Deputy  Collectors,  Surveyors  of  Customs  and  such  other  subordinates  and  employees 
as  may  be  necessary  for  the  efficient  administration  of  the  Customs  laws  and  Service. 

Section  4.  The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  prescribe  and  enforce  rules  and  regulations  for  the  administration  of  the  Customs 
laws  and  Service  of  said  Zone,  and  report  the  same  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Commis- 
sion and  said  rules  and  regulations  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  law  until  annulled 
or  modified  by  legislative  act  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  or  other  competent 
authority. 

Section  5.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  competent  authority,  duties  on  importa- 
tion into  the  Canal  Zone  are  to  be  levied  in  conformity  with  such  duties  as  Congress 
has  imposed  upon  foreign  merchandise  imported  into  other  ports  of  the  United  States. 

Section  6.  Goods  or  merchandise  entering  the  Canal  Zone  from  ports  of  the 
United  States  or  Insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  shall  be  admitted  on  the 
same  terms  as  at  the  ports  of  the  States  of  this  Union. 

♦Should  read  Cristobal. 

J'  Act  No.  3  of  the  Commission  of  Aug.  22,  1904  (L.  C.  Z.  23)  provides  for  suppression  of  lotteries  and 
similar  enterprises.  See  also  act  No.  4  of  same  date,  prohibiting  gambling.  In  the  case  of  Canal  Zone 
V.  Christian,  p.  1,  vol.  1.  Sup.  Ct.  Repts.  of  C.  Z.,  the  court  held  the  aforesaid  act  No.  4  to  be  valid 
and  in  accordance  with  the  treaty,  although  gambling  vrithin  the  Zone  was  covered  by  a  concession  from 
the  Republic  of  Panama,  and  the  concessionaire  violated  a  valid  law  when  he  operated  a  roulette  table 
within  the  Canal  Zone. 

J'  See  notes  under  page  19  hereof  relative  to  several  changes  in  organization  of  the  Commission. 

5«  Revoked  by  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  16,  1904,  p.  32,  and  substituted  by  Executive  Order  of  Dec. 
28,  1904,  p.  32.    See  also  Taft  Agreement,  p.  29. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  27 

SfiCTiox  7.  All  goods  or  merchandise,  whether  free  or  dutiable,  entering  the  Canal 
Zone  by  water,  by  rail  or  otherwise,  for  transportation  across  said  Zone  must  be 
entered  at  the  Customs  House  of  the  Collection  District  wherein  the  point  of  entrance 
is  situated.  Violation  of  this  requirement  shall  subject  the  goods  to  seizure  and  for- 
feiture by  the  Customs  officials. 

Section  8.  The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  authorized  to  enter  and  carry  out  an 
agreement  with  the  President  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  cooperation  between 
the  Customs  Service  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  that  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  protect 
the  customs  revenues  of  both  governments  and  to  pre\^nt  frauds  and  smuggling. 

Section  9.  The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  to  enter  upon 
negotiations  and  make  a  tentative  agreement  with  the  President  of  the  Republic  of 
Panama  respecting  reciprocal  trade  relations  between  the  territory  and  inhabitants 
of  the  Canal  Zone  and  appurtenant  territory  and  the  Republic  of  Panama;  also  a 
readjustment  of  customs  duties  and  tariff  regulations  so  as  to  secure  uniformity  of 
rates  and  privileges  and  avoid  the  disadvantages  resulting  from  different  schedules, 
duties,  and  administrative  measures  in  limited  territory  subject  to  the  same  con- 
ditions and  not  separated  by  natural  obstacles.  The  Governor  shall  report  as  to  such 
negotiations  and  proposed  agreement  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, for  submission  and  consideration  by  the  Commission  and  such  action  by 
competent  authority  as  may  be  necessary  to  render  said  agreement  effective  in  the 
Canal  Zone. 

This  order  will  be  proclaimed  and  enforced  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  Panama. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War, 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  24,  1904,  establishing  postal  service  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  June  24,  1904. 
To  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

Sir:  The  necessities  of  the  inhabitants  and  the  due  administration  of  the  affairs 
of  government  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  Panama  require  the  establishment  of  post-offices 
and  postal  service  in  that  territory.39 

It  is  therefore  ordered:  That  a  Post-Office  be  established  in  each  of  the  following 
named  towns  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  wit:  Crystobal,  Gatun,  Boheo,*  Gorgona,  Bas 
Obispo,  Empire,  Culebra,  La  Boca,  and  Ancon. 

The  post-offices  at  Crystobal  and  Ancon  shall  be  money  order  offices. 

The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  postmasters  for  the 
post-offices  herein  established  and  fix  the  compensation  therefor,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  directed  to  formulate  a  plan  for  a  practical  and 
efficient  postal  service  in  said  Canal  Zone,  and  including  such  measures  and  provisions 
of  the  postal  service  of  the  United  States  as  are  not  inapplicable  to  the  conditions  of 
law  and  fact  existing  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  to  report  said  plan  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  for  such  action  as  the  discretion  of  the  Commission 
shall  approve.^" 

Pending  the  establishment  of  the  postal  service  by  act  of  the  Commission  or  other 
competent  authority,  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  to  es- 
tablish post  offices  at  such  additional  places  in  the  Canal  Zone  as  in  his  judgment  the 
interests  of  the  public  require,  and  to  appoint  postmasters  therefor  and  fix  their  com- 
pensation, subject  to  the  approval  or  other  action  thereon  by  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission. 

The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  also  authorized  to  adopt  and  enforce  such  tem- 
porary rules,  regulations,  provisions,  and  requirements  as  may  be  necessary  to  secure 
a  practical  and  efficient  postal  service  in  said  Canal  Zone;  and  to  employ  such  tem- 
porary assistants  and  employees  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  require. 

By  direction  of  the  President: 

VVm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

*  Should  read  Bohio. 

"  This  order  modified  and  supplemented  by  sec.  7,  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  3, 1904  (Taft  Agreement), 
p.  29. 

«•  Permanent  postal  service  created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  of  Sept.  2,  1904,  sees.  42-44  (L.  C.  Z. 
61).  Postal  Savings  system  was  established  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  8,  1911,  p.  117,  but  same 
was  abolished  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  5,  1914,  p.  199,  which,  however,  provided  for  money- 
order  deposits  without  payment  of  a  fee. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  15.  1904.    Classification  of  commission  under  civil-service  laws." 

United  States  Civil  Service  Commission, 

Washington,  D.  C,  December,  1904. 
On  November  15,  1904,  the  President  promulgated  the  following  order: 

classification  of  the  isthmian  canal  commission. 

In  exercise  of  the  power  vested  in  the  President  by  section  1753  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  and  acts  amendatory  thereof: 

It  is  ordered,  That  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  be  classified  and  the  civil- 
service  act  and  rults  applied  thereto,  and  that  no  person  be  hereafter  appointed,  em- 
ployed, promoted,  or  transferred  in  the  service  of  said  Commission  unless  he  passes  an 
examination  in  conformity  therewith,  unless  specifically  exempted  thereunder. 
This  order  shall  apply  to  all  officers  and  employees,  except  persons  employed  merely 
as  laborers,  persons  whose  appointments  are  confirmed  by  the  Senate,  and  engineers 
detailed  from  the  Army. 

The  officers  and  employees  included  within  the  provisions  of  this  order  are  hereby 
arranged  in  classes  according  to  annual  salary  or  compensation  as  follows: 


(A)  Less'than  $720. 

(B)  S720  or  more  and  less  than  $840. 

(C)  S840  or  more  and  less  than  S900. 

(D)  $900  or  more  and  less  than  $1,000. 

(E)  $1,000  or  more  and  less  than  $1,200. 
(1)  $1,200  or  more  and  less  than  $1,400. 


(2)  S1.400  or  more»and  less  than  $1,600. 
(3;  $1,600  or  more  and  less  than  $1,800. 

(4)  SI. 800  or  more  and  less  than  $2,000. 

(5)  $2,000  or  more  and  less  than  $2,500. 

(6)  $2,500  or  more. 


In  connection  with  this  order  of  classification  the  President  issued  the  following 
Executive  order  defining  the  positions  which  may  be  filled  without  competitive 
examination  under  the  civil-service  rules: 

executive  order. 

'     Schedule  A  of  the  civil-service  rules'"^  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  there- 
of a  new  section,  reading: 

VIII. — ISTHMIAN    CANAL    COMMISSION. 


1.  Secretary. 

2.  Assistant  Secretary. 

3.  Executive  Secretary  to  the  Governor  of  the 

Canal  Zone. 

4.  Chief  Clerk. 

5.  Treasurer. 

6.  One  Deputy  Treasurer. 

7.  One  Chief  of  Materials  and  Supplies. 

8.  Auditor. 

9.  Two  deputy  auditors. 

10.  One  Disbursing  Officer  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

11.  One  Collector  of  Revenue. 

12.  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Commission. 

13.  Division  engineers  as  hereinafter  to  be  provi- 

ded for.  1 

The  number  of  division  engineers,  resident  engineers,  and  assistant  sanitary  officers 
shall  be  agreed  upon  between  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  the  Civil  Service 
Commission  at  the  end  of  one  year  from  the  date  of  this  order. 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  to  furnish  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
semi-annually,  on  the  first  days  of  December  and  June,  with  statements  of  the  names 
of  those  employed  as  hospital  attendants,  as  above  set  forth,  during  the  preceding  six 
months,  with  a  general  statement  of  the  duties  of  each  of  them. 


14.  Resident  engineers  as  hereinafter  to  be  pro- 

vided for. 

15.  Hospital  attendants  other  than  nurses  and 

clerical  force. 

16.  Chief  Sanitary  Officer. 

1  7.  .Assistant  Sanitary  officers  as  hereinafter  to  be 
provided  for. 

18.  Director  of  Hospitals. 

19.  Superintendents  of  canal   hospitals,  one  for 

each  hospital. 

20.  Chief  Quarantine  Officer. 

21.  Two  assistant  quarantine  officers. 

22.  Sanitary  officer  at  Colon. 

23.  Sanitary  officer  at  Panama. 


■"  There  are  numerous  Executive  Orders  following  this  order  on  this  subject,  which  can  be  found 
listed  in  the  table  of  contents.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158,  providmg  conditions 
of  employment  for  the  permanent  force  for  The  Panama  Canal. 

«  Schedule  .\  is  a  list  of  the  classified  positions  excepted  from  examination  under  Rule  II,  clause  3, 
which  is  as  follows: 

"3.  Appointments  to  the  excepted  positions  named  in  Schedule  A  of  these  rules  may  be  made  without 
examination  or  upon  noncompetitive  examination;  but  the  proper  appointing  officer  may  hll  an  e.xceptea 
position  as  competitive  positions  are  filled,  in  which  case  the  person  appointed  will  receive  all  the  rigtits 
of  a  competitive  employee." 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        29 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  3.  1904.     Importations  into  the  Canal  Zone. 
TAFT  AGREEMENT. 

Panama,  December  3,  1904. 
By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered  that,  subject  to  the  action  of  the  Fifty- 
eighth  Congress  as  contemplated  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  April  28,  1904: 

Section  1.  No  importation  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  shall  be  entered  at 
Ancon  or  Cristobal,  the  terminal  ports  of  the  Canal,  except  such  goods,  wares,  and 
merchandise  as  are  described  in  Article  XIII  of  the  treaty  between  the  Republic  of 
Panama  and  the  United  States,. the  ratifications  of  which  were  exchanged  on  the  26th 
day  of  February,  1904  <J  and  except  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  in  transit  across 
the  Isthmus  for  a  destination  without  the  limits  of  said  isthmus,  and  e.xcept  coal 
and  crude  mineral  oil  for  fuel  purposes  to  be  sold  at  Ancon  or  Cristobal  to  sea-going 
vessels;  said  coal  and  oil  to  be  admitted  to  those  ports  free  of  duties  for  said  pur- 
poses :** 

Provided,  however,  That  this  order  shall  be  inoperative,  first,  unless  the  Republic 
of  Panama  shall  reduce  the  ad  valorem  duty  on  imported  articles  described  in  class  2 
of  the  act  of  the  National  Convention  of  Panama  passed  July  5,  1904,  and  taking 
effect  October  12,  1904,  from  fifteen  per  centum  to  ten  per  centum  and  shall  not  in- 
crease the  rates  of  duty  on  the  imported  articles  described  in  the  other  schedules 
of  said  act  except  on  all  forms  of  imported  wines,  liquors,  alcohol,  and  opium  on  which 
the  Republic  may  fix  higher  rates;  ^5  second,  unless  article  38  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  as  modified  by  article  146  thereof  shall  remain  in  full  force  and 
unchanged  so  far  as  the  importation  and  sale  of  all  kinds  of  merchandise  are  con- 
cerned; third,  unless  the  consular  fees  and  charges  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  in 
respect  to  entry  of  all  vessels  and  importations  into  said  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon 
shall  be  reduced  to  sixty  per  cent  of  the  rates  now  in  force;  and,  fourth,  unless  goods 
imported  into  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon  consigned  to  or  destined  for  any  part  of 
the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  subjected  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  any  other  direct 
or  indirect  impost  or  tax  whatever. 

Sec.  2.  In  view  of  the  proximity  of  the  port  of  Ancon  to  the  port  of  Panama,  and 
the  port  of  Cristobal  to  the  port  of  Colon,  the  proper  customs  or  port  official  of  the 
Canal  Zone  shall,  when  not  inconsistent  with  the  interests  of  the  United  States,  at  the 
instance  of  the  proper  authority  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  permit  any  vessel,  en- 
tered at  or  cleared  from  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon,  together  with  its  cargo  and 
passengers,  under  suitable  regulations  for  the  transit  of  the  imported  merchandise 
and  passengers  to  and  from  the  territory  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  to  use  and  enjoy 
the  dockage  and  other  facilities  of  the  ports  of  Ancon  and  Cristobal  respectively  upon 
payment  of  proper  dockage  dues  to  the  owners  of  said  docks: 

Provided,  however.  That  reciprocal  privileges  as  to  dockage  and  other  facilities  at 
Panama  and  Colon,  together  with  suitable  arrangement  for  transit  of  imported  mer- 
chandise and  passengers  to  and  from  the  territory  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  granted 
by  the  authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  when  not  inconsistent  with  its  interests, 
to  any  vessel,  together  with  its  cargo  and  passengers  entered  at  or  cleared  from  the 
port  of  Ancon  and  Cristobal:  Provided,  however,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall 
aflfect  the  complete  administrative,  police,  and  judicial  jurisdiction  of  the  two  govern- 
ments over  their  respective  ports  and  harbors,  except  as  hereinafter  provided  in  sec- 
tion 6. 

Provided,  also.  That  vessels  entering  or  clearing  at  the  port  of  Panama  shall  have 
the  absolute  right  freely  to  anchor  and  lade  and  discharge  their  cargoes  by  lighterage 
from  and  to  Panama  at  the  usual  anchorage  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  islands  of 
Perico,  Flamenco,  Naos,  and  Culebra  though  included  in  the  harbor  of  Ancon  under 
the  provisional  delimitation  as  amended  under  section  5  hereafter,  and  to  use  the 
said  waters  of  said  harbor  for  all  lawful  commercial  purposes. 

Sec.  3.  All  manifests  and  invoices  and  other  documents  in  respect  to  vessels  or 
cargoes  cleared  or  consigned  for  or  from  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon  shall,  as 
heretofore,  be  made  by  the  officials  of  the  Republic  of  Panama.  All  manifests,  in- 
voices, and  other  documents  in  respect  to  the  vessels  and  cargoes  cleared  or  consigned 
for  or  from  the  ports  of  Ancon  or  Cristobal  shall  be  made  by  officials  of  the  United 
States. 


"  Hay-Varilla  Treaty  (T.  &  A.  18).  ^   ,        r  t 

"  Sec.  1  modified  by  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  6,  1904,  p.  31.    See  also  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  7. 

1905,  specifying  goods  that  will  be  classed  under  Art.  XIII  of  the  Hay-Varilla  Treaty,  who  may  secure 

entry,  and  procedure. 

«5  This  proviso  substituted  by  proviso  of  Executiye  Order  of  Jan.  5,  19U,  p.  103. 


30  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Sec.  4.  No  import  duties,  tolls,  or  charges  of  any  kind  whatsoever  shall  be  imposed 
by  the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone  upon  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  imported, 
or  upon  persons  passing  from  the  territory  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  into  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  section  5  of  the  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1904,^**  providing  that  duties  on 
importations  into  the  Canal  Zone  are  to  be  levied  in  conformity  with  such  duties  as 
Congress  has  imposed  upon  foreign  merchandise  imported  into  ports  of  the  United 
States  is  hereby  revoked,  but  this  order  shall  be  inoperative  unless  the  authorities  of 
the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  grant  by  proper  order  reciprocal  free  importation  of 
goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  and  free  passage  of  persons  from  the  territory  of  the 
Canal  Zone  into  that  of  the  Republic  of  Panama. 

Sec.  5.  The  provisions  of  this  order  also  shall  not  be  operative  except  upon  the 
condition  that  the  delimitation  of  the  cities  and  harbors  of  Colon  and  Panama,  signed 
on  the  15th  of  June,  1904,'"  by  the  proper  representatives  of  the  governments  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  and  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  provisionally  enforced,  and 
while  the  same  shall  remain  in  force  with  the  consent  of  both  parties  thereto,  the  pro- 
visional delimitation  shall  include  not  only  the  terms  set  forth  in  the  writing  thereof, 
but  also  the  following,  viz.:  That  the  harbor  of  Panama  shall  include  the  maritime 
waters  in  front  of  said  city  to  the  south  and  east  thereof,  extending  three  marine  miles 
from  mean  low-water  mark,  except  the  maritime  waters  lying  westerly  of  a  line  drawn 
from  a  stake  or  post  set  on  Punta  Mala  through  the  middle  island  of  the  three  islands 
known  as  Las  Tres  Hermanas,  and  extending  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low-water 
mark  on  Punta  Mala,  which  waters  shall  be  considered  in  the  harbor  of  Ancon. 

Sec.  6.  This  order  also  shall  be  inoperative  unless  the  proper  governmental  au- 
thorities of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  grant  power  to  the  authorities  of  the  Canal 
Zone  to  exercise  immediate  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  matters  of  sanitation  and 
quarantine, in  the  maritime  waters  of  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon. ^' 

Sec.  7.  The  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1904,«  concerning  the  establishment  of 
post-offices  and  postal  service  in  the  Canal  Zone  is  modified  and  supplemented  by  the 
following  provisions : 

All  mail  matter  carried  in  the  territory  of  the  Canal  Zone  to  or  through  the  Republic 
of  Panama  to  the  United  States  and  to  foreign  countries  shall  bear  the  stamps  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  properly  crossed  by  a  printed  mark  of  the  Canal  Zone  Govern- 
ment, and  at  rates  the  same  as  those  imposed  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States 
upon  its  domestic  and  foreign  mail  matter,  exactly  as  if  the  United  States  and  the 
Republic  of  Panama  for  this  purpose  were  common  territory.  The  authorities  of  the 
Canal  Zone  shall  purchase  from  the  Republic  of  Panama  such  stamps  as  th^  authori- 
ties of  the  Canal  Zone  desire  to  use  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  forty  per  centum  of  their 
face  value ;S"  but  this  order  shall  be  inoperative  unless  the  proper  authorities  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  shall  by  suitable  arrangement  with  the  postal  authorities  of  the 
United  States  provide  for  the  transportation  of  mail  matter  between  post-offices  on 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  post-offices  in  the  United  States  at  the  same  rates  as  are 
now  charged  for  domestic  postage  in  the  United  States,  except  all  mail  matter  lawfully 
franked  and  inclosed  in  the  so-called  penalty  envelopes  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment concerning  the  public  business  of  the  United  States,  which  shall  be  carried  free, 
both  by  the  governments  of  Panama  and  of  the  Canal  Zone:  Provided,  however. 
That  the  zone  authorities  may  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  transportation  of 
through  mail  between  the  zone  and  the  United  States  in  either  direction  inclose  such 
through  mail  properly  stamped  or  lawfully  franked  in  sealed  mail  pouches,  which  shall 
not  be  opened  by  the  authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  in  transit,  on  condition 
that  the  cost  of  transportation  of  such  mail  pouches  shall  be  paid  by  the  Zone  Gov- 
ernment. 

Sec.  8.  This  order  also  shall  not  be  operative  unless  the  currency  agreement  made  at 
Washington  June  20,  1904,  by  the  representatives  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  the 
Secretary  of  War  of  the  United  States,  acting  with  the  approval  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  for  the  establishment  of  a  gold  standard  of  value  in  the  Republic  of 
Panama,  and  proper  coinage  shall  be  approved  and  put  into  execution  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  pursuant  to  the  authority  conferred  upon  him  by 
law  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  No.  84,  approved  June  20,  1904,  and  unless  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  in  order  that  the  operation  of  the  said  currency  agree- 

"That  entire  Order  was  revoked  by  E.xecutive  Order  of  Dec.  16,  1904,  p.  32,  and  substituted  by 
Executive  Order  of  Dec.  28,  1904,  p.  32. 

•"  The  Davis  .A.greement,  .Ann.  Rept.  of  1904,  pp.  80-81.  See  also  Boundary  Convention  (T.  &  A. 
25). 

»«  Granted  by  Decree  No.  66  of  President  of  Panama  of  Dec.  6,  1904. 

"  p.   26. 

5»  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  17,  1906,  p.  54,  authorizes  expenditure  of  Canal  Zone  funds  for  purchase 
of  stampB  from  the  Panama  Government  for  surcharging  for  use  in  the  Canal  Zone. 


EXECUTR'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  31 

ment  in  securing  and  maintaining  a  gold  standard  of  value  in  the  Republic  of  Panama 
may  not  be  obstructed  thereby,  shall  by  virtue  of  his  authority  conferred  by  law  No. 
65,  enacted  by  the  National  Assembly  of  Panama  on  June  6,  1904,  abolish  the  tax  of 
one  per  cent  on  gold  coin  exported  from  the  Republic  of  Panama. 

Sec.  9.  Citizens  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  at  any  time  residing  in  the  Canal  Zone 
shall  have,  so  far  as  concerns  the  United  States,  entire  freedom  of  voting  at  elections 
held  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  its  provinces  or  municipalities  at  such  places  out- 
side of  the  Canal  Zone  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Republic,  and  under  such  conditions  as 
the  Republic  may  determine;  but  nothing  herein  is  to  be  construed  as  intending  to 
limit  the  power  of  the  Republic  to  exclude  or  restrict  the  right  of  such  citizens  to  vote 
as  it  may  be  deemed  judicious. 

Sec.  10.  The  highway  extending  from  the  eastern  limits  of  the  city  of  Panama, 
as  fixed  in  the  above  mentioned  provisional  delimitation  agreement  of  June  10, 
1904,  to  the  point  still  further  to  the  eastward  where  the  road  to  the  "Savannas" 
crosses  the  zone  line  (which  is  5  miles  to  eastward  of  the  center  axis  of  the  canal) 
shall  be  repaired  and  maintained  in  a  serviceable  condition  at  the  cost  and  expense  of 
the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  also  in  like  manner  the  said  road  from  the  said 
eastern  limits  of  the  city  of  Panama  to  the  railroad  bridge  in  the  city  of  Panama 
shall  be  repaired  at  the  cost  of  the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone;^'  but  this  order  shall 
not  be  operative  unless  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  waive  its  claim  for  coippensation 
for  the  use  in  perpetuity  of  the  municipal  buildings  located  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  11.  The  United  States  will  construct,  maintain,  and  conduct  a  hospital  or 
hospitals  either  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  in  the  territory  of  the  Republic,  at  its  option, 
for  the  treatment  of  persons  insane  or  afflicted  with  the  disease  of  leprosy,  and  indigent 
sick,  and  the  United  States  will  accept  for  treatment  therein  such  persons  of  said 
classes  as  the  Republic  may  request;  but  this  order  shall  not  be  operative,  unless, 
first,  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  furnish  without  cost  the  requisite  lands  for  said 
purposes  if  the  United  States  shall  locate  such  hospital  or  hospitals  in  the  territory 
of  the  Republic;  and,  second,  unless  the  Republic  shall  contribute  and  pay  to  the 
United  States  a  reasonable  daily  per  capita  charge  in  respect  of  each  patient  entering, 
upon  the  request  of  the  Republic,  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  of  the  United 
States.  5' 

Sec.  12.  The  operation  of  this  Executive  Order  and  its  enforcement  by  olificials 
of  the  United  States  on  the  one  hand,  or  a  compliance  with  and  performance  of  the 
conditions  of  its  operation  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  its  officials  on  the  other, 
shall  not  be  taken  as  a  delimitation,  definition,  restriction,  or  restrictive  construction  of 
the  rights  of  either  party  under  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Re- 
public of  Panama. 5^ 

This  order  is  to  take  effect  on  the  12th  day  of  December,  1904. 

Wm.  H.  T.\ft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  6,  1904.    Importations  into  the  Canal  Zone. 

Panama,  December  6,  1904. 

Section  1.  Consignments  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  which  by  virtue  of 
section  1  of  the  above  mentioned  order  of  December  3,  1904,^4  can  not  be  entered  for 
importation  at  the  ports  of  Ancon  or  Cristobal  may  nevertheless,  at  the  option 
of  the  consignor,  if  accompanied  by  the  proper  consular  invoices  of  the  consul  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama  at  the  port  of  consignment,  be  landed  at  Ancon  or  Cristobal, 
respectively,  in  transit  to  any  part  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  republic  upon  payment 
of  the  proper  duties  to  the  Republic  of  Panama,  under  suitable  arrangements  similar 
to  those  provided  for  by  section  2  of  said  order  of  December  3,  1904. 

But  such  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  not  accompanied  by  consular  invoice  of 
the  consul  of  the  republic  shall  not  be  permitted  to  land  at  Ancon  or  Cristobal. 

s'  Canal  Zone  relieved  of  duty  to  repair  and  maintain  this  road  by  Art.  VIII  of  Boundary  Convention 
(T.  &  A.  25). 

s»  Fixed  at  75  cents  U.  S.  currency  per  day  per  capita  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  27.  1908,  p.  79. 
See  also  E.vecutive  Order  of  May  10,  1911.  p.  109,  relating  to  the  government  of  the  insane  asylum 
for  the  Canal  Zone,  and  Executive  Order  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  of  Sept.  23,  1905,  relating 
to  the  organization  of  Santo  Toraas  Hospital,  Panama,  and  Governor's  Circulars  Xos.  623  and  623-1, 
on  same  subject. 

2i  See  letter  of  the  President  of  Oct.  18,  1904  (.\nn.  Rept.  of  1904,  pp.  5-6),  addressed  to  the  Secretary 
of  War,  directing  the  Secretary  of  War  to  visit  the  Isthmus,  as  a  result  of  which  visit  the  above  Execu- 
tive Order  was  issued  by  Mr.  Taft  at  Panama.  See  also  explanation  of  the  terms  of  the  order,  as  appears 
in  the  Ann.  Rept.  of  1904,  pp.  7-12. 

"pp.  17-21, 


32  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Sec.  2.  The  order  of  December  3,  1904,  shall  be  construed  to  permit  free  exporta- 
tion and  consignment  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  and  free  transit  of  persons 
and  vehicles  from  the  republic  through  the  Canal  Zone  and  from  the  terminal  ports 
thereof. 

By  direction  of  the  President: 

Wm.  H.  T.\ft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  16,  1904,  revoking  order  of  June  24, 1904,  relative  to  establishment 
and  administration  of  customs  service  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

War  Dep.\rtment, 
Washington,  December  16, 1904. 
To  the  Ch.urman  of  the  Isthmian  Can.\l  Commission: 

By  direction  of  the  President,  the  order  of  June  24,  1904,^5  relating  to  the  establish- 
ment and  administration  of  the  customs  service  in  the  Canal  Zone  of  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  is  hereby  revoked.  ^^ 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  28,  1904.    Establishment  of  customs  administration  in  the  Canal 

Zone. 

War  Department, 

December  28,  1904. 

Sir:  By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered  that  there  shall  be  substituted  for 
the  order  of  June  25,  1904,5?  relating  to  the  establishment  and  administration  of  the 
customs  service  in  the  Canal  Zone  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  which  was  revoked  by 
the  order  of  December  16,  1904,  the  following:^* 

"Section  1.  For  the  purpose  of  customs  administration  in  the  Canal  Zone  there  is 
hereby  established  a  customs  district,  which  comprises  all  the  lands  and  waters  within 
the  control  and  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  the 
maritime  waters  contiguous  to  the  shores  of  the  said  Canal  Zone  extending  to  the 
distance  of  three  marine  miles  from  mean  low- water  mark,  but  not  including  any 
maritime  waters  that  pertain  to  the  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  in  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  the  harbors  of  which  are  sufficiently  defined  under  the  provisional 
agreement  of  delimitation  signed  by  the'  proper  representatives  of  the  governments  of 
Panama  and  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  the  15th  day  of  June,  as  modified  by  the  consent  of 
the  parties  in  accordance  with  the  description  contained  in  section  5  of  the  Executive 
Order  of  December  3,  1904. 

".Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  two  ports  of  entry  in  the  Canal  Zone,  to  wit:  Ancon,  at 
the  Pacific  terminus  of  the  canal,  and  Cristobal,  at  the  Atlantic  terminus,  at  which 
goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  may  be  imported  or  exported  and  vessels  may  be 
entered  or  cleared  in  accordance  with  the  Executive  Orders  of  December  3,  1904, 
and  December  6,  1904 :59 

"Sec.  3.  The  subdivision  of  the  executive  branch  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  known  as  the  Department  of  Revenues,  shall  include  the  administration  of  the 
customs  laws  and  tariff  regulations  in  force  in  the  said  zone.  The  collector  of  revenues, 
who  by  act  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  ex-officio  the  collector  of  customs, 
shall  receive  the  salary  which  may  be  allowed  by  law,  and  shall  perform  the  duties 
of  collector  of  customs  as  required  by  the  laws  now  in  force  in  the  Canal  Zone  or 
that  may  hereafter  be  enacted. 

"Sec.  4.  The  deputy  collectors  and  inspectors  of  customs,  the  health  officers,  and 
port  captains  at  the  ports  of  Ancon  and  Cristobal  shall  receive  such  compensation 
as  may  be  allowed  by  law,  and  will  perform  their  duties  at  said  ports  as  required  by 
the  laws  and  regulations  in  force  in  the  zone. 

55  p.  26. 

s»  Substituted  by  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  28,  1904,  p.  32. 

5'  Should  read  "June  24,  1904." 

5*  The  provisions  following  were  incorporated  in  act  No.  23  of  the  Commission  of  Feb.  28,  1905 
(L.  C.  Z.  253),  amending  sec.  35  of  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61). 

s»  p.  29  (Taft  .'Agreement  and  amendment).  See  also  act  of  Congress,  relating  to  entry  of  merchan- 
dise from  Canal  Zone  to  United  States  (T.  &  A.  35). 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  33 

"Sec.  5.  The  order  of  December  16,  1904,  revoking  the  order  of  June  24,  1904, 
together  with  this  order,  shall  be  proclaimed  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
and  shall  be  in  force  from  the  date  of  the  promulgation." 
Very  respectfully, 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  8,  1904,  waiving  United  States  citizenship  of  employees  on  the  Isthmus. 

The  requirements  as  to  United  States  citizenship  may  be  waived  for  applicants  for 
positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  provided  by 
the  United  States  Civil  Service  Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

White  House,  December  8,  1904. 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  5,  1905,  amending  civil-service  rules  applicable  to  the  Commission. 

Section  VIII  of  Schedule  A  of  the  Civil  Service  Rules  is  hereby  amended  by  adding 
the  following-named  positions: 

Chief  Justice  and  Judges  of  Supreme  and  Circuit  Courts. 

Clerks  of  the  Supreme  and  Circuit  Courts. 

Marshals  of  the  Supreme  and  Circuit  Courts. 

Municipal  Judges. 

Occasional  officers  of  courts,  such  as  referees,  trustees,  commissioners,  and  guard- 
ians ad  litem.  > 

Notaries  Public. 

Mayors  of  Municipalities. 

Municipal  Secretaries. 

Assessors  of  taxes. 

One  Private  Secretary  to  Governor  of  Canal  Zone. 

Warden  and  keeper  of  penitentiary  at  Gorgona. 

One  Chief  of  Police. 

Captains  of  Police. 

Detectives. 

Corporals  and  privates  of  police  force. 

All  employees  in  mechanical  trades  or  other  skilled  manual  occupations  who  are- 
appointed  locally  upon  the  Isthmus  of  Panam.a  and  whose  compensation  is  four  dol- 
lars per  diem  or  less  or  one  hundred  dollars  per  month  or  less  while  actually  employed- 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

White  House,  January  5,  1905. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  7,  1905.    Entries  of  merchandise  at  ports  of  Canal  Zone.'" 

War  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C,  January  7,  1905. 
By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that — 

1.  To  entitle  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  to  entry  at  Ancon  and  Cristobal,  the 
terminal  ports  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  it  is  necessary 
that  it  be  established  by  the  certificate  of  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, or  of  the  chief  engineer  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  of  the  chief  of  the 
Department  of  Material  and  Supplies,  that  said  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  are 
necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  or  for  the  use 
and  consumption  of  certain  officers  and  employees  in  the  service  of  the  United  States 
and  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  their  families,  stationed  on  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  and  are  to  be  devoted  to  that  purpose  exclusively.*' 

2.  The  certificates  above  required  shall  be  granted  only  when  the  goods,  wares,  and 
merchandise  to  be  certified  are  (1)  the  property,  including  live  stock  and  forage,  of  or 
under  contract  of  purchase  by  the  United  States  and  intended  for  use  in  the  work  of 

'•See  Art.  VIII,  Hay-Varilla Treaty  (T.  &  A.  18)  and  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  3,  1904  (Taft  Agree- 
ment), p.  29. 

'■  The  612  and  613  series  of  circulars  relate  to  free  entry  of  freight,  express,  and  parcel  post  shipments. 

MR  79216 3 


34  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

constructing  the  canal  or  the  sanitation  of  the  Isthmus;  or  for  the  service  of  the 
Government  of  the  Canal  Zone;  (2)  the  property,  including  live  stock  and  forage,  of 
or  under  contract  of  purchase  by  a  contractor  with  the  United  States  or  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone  for  work  on  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  the  sani- 
tation of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  provided  that  any  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise 
that  are  to  be  offered  for  sale  by  any  contractor  to  his  employees  or  otherwise  shall  not 
be  entitled  to  such  entry;  (3)  the  property  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  of 
any  municipality  of  said  zone;  (4)  property  and  provisions  intended  for  sale  in  com- 
missaries established  and  operated  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  to  officers, 
employees,  and  contractors  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  of  the  Panama  Rail- 
road Company,  or  of  any  contractor  with  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  for  work  on 
the  Isthmus  (together  with  the  families  of  such  persons),  who  are  citizens  of  the  United 
States  or  who  received  compensation  on  what  is  known  as  the  gold  pay  roll  of  the 
Commission,  of  the  railroad  company,  or  such  contractor;  (5)  household  furniture 
of  such  officers  and  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  stationed  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  Republic  of  Panama,  including  such  articles,  effects,  and  furnishings 
as  pictures,  books,  musical  instruments,  chinaware,  bed  and  table  linen,  and  kitchen 
utensils;  also  wearing  apparel,  toilet  objects,  and  articles  for  personal  use;  books, 
portable  tools,  and  instruments;  jewelry  and  table  services,  in  quantities  and  of  the 
class  suitable  to  the  rank  and  position  of  such  officers  and  employees  and  intended  for 
their  own  use  and  benefit  and  not  for  barter  or  sale,  imported  from  the  United  States. 

3.  This  order  contemplates  the  exclusion  from  benefits  of  the  commissaries  es- 
tablished and  maintained  by  the  Commission*^  of  all  employees  and  workmen  who 
are  natives  of  tropical  countries  wherein  prevail  climatic  conditions  similar  to  those 
prevailing  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  who  therefore  may  be  presumed  to  be 
able  to  secure  the  articles  of  food,  clothing,  household  goods  and  furnishings,  of  the 
kind  and  character  to  which  they  are  accustomed,  from  the  merchants  of  Panama  and 
Colon,  and  the  towns  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  whose  ordinary  needs  may  be  supplied 
without  recourse  to  the  Government  commissaries.  Should  it  develop  hereafter  that 
said  merchants  charge  prices  in  excess  of  legitimate  profit,  or  practice  other  extortion, 
the  United  States,  for  the  protection  and  assistance  of  all  its  employees,  whether  from 
the  tropical  or  temperate  zone,  will  supply  its  commissaries  with  such  staple  articles 
as  are  required  and  desired  by  the  inhabitants  of  tropical  countries,  and  permit  all  its 
employees  and  workmen  and  those  of  its  contractors  to  avail  themselves  of  the  bene- 
fits and  privileges  afforded  by  said  Government  commissaries. '' 

This  order  is  to  take  effect  on  the  7th  dav  of  January,  1905. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Washinglon,  D.  C. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  13, 1905,  appointing  Joseph  L.  Bristow  special  Panama  R.  R.  commissioner. 

It  is  ordered  that  Joseph  L.  Bristow,  of  Kansas,  be  appointed  a  Special  Commis- 
sioner for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  ports  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  Isthmus  of  Pana- 
ma, New  York,  and  such  other  ports  as  may  be  necessary,  to  make  an  investigation  into 
the  present  trade  conditions  and  freight  rates  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Coasts,  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  between  the  west  coast  of  South  America 
and  the  east  coast  of  the  United  States,  and  Europe,  for  the  purpose  of  determining 
the  best  policy  to  be  pursued  in  the  management  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company.** 

He  is  authorized  to  employ  for  this  purpose  a  stenographer  at  not  exceeding  $5 
a  day  and  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses,  and  to  take  evidence  of  all  persons  whose 
knowledge  of  trade  conditions  or  rates  will  assist  in  reaching  the  necessary  conclusion. 

The  Secretary'  of  War  will  furnish  to  the  Special  Commissioner  a  letter  of  instruc- 
tions, in  detail,  as  to  the  course  and  extent  of  his  investigations,  and  as  to  the  time 
when  he  shall  report  his  conclusions.*' 

''  By  resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Dec.  8,  1904.  p.  262,  Minutes  of  Commission,  the  transfer  of  the 
■commissary  from  the  Panama  Railroad  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  was  approved.  On  June 
14,  1905,  the  Commission  adopted  a  resolution  that  on  and  after  June  1,  1905  "the  commissary  formerly 
operated  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  be  transferred  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company' 
(p.  704,  Minutes  of  Commission).  See  the  663  series  of  circulars  governing  use  of  commissary  coupoa 
books. 

"  Sec.  3  revoked  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  5.  1911,  p.  103. 

«<  See  paragraph  in  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904.  p.  20,  relative  to  the  policy  of  the  Panama 
Railroad. 

«s  Report  of  the  Special  Commissioner,  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  on  June  24,  1905,  has  been 
published  in  one  volume  by  the  Commission. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  35 

Until  his  report  is  forthcoming,  the  Commissioner  will  be  allowed  his  actual  ex- 
penses, and  $15  a  day.  The  President  will  finally  fix  his  entire  compensation.** 
As  Mr.  Bristow  will  need  until  January  20,  1905,  to  close  up  matters  awaiting  his  dis- 
position as  Fourth  Assistant  Postmaster  General,  this  order  will  take  effect  on  that 
date.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  directed  to  provide  the  funds  needed  in 
the  execution  of  this  order. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  January  13,  1905. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  17,  1905,  appointing  members  of  Joint  Commission. 

By  order  of  the  President,  Thomas  T.  Gaff,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  Dr.  C.  A.  L. 

Reed,''  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  are  hereby  appointed  as  members  of  the  joint  commission 

provided  for  by  Articles  VI  and  XV  of  the  Canal  Convention  of  February  26,  1904. 

They  will  visit  Ancon  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  and  make  their  presence  known 

to  the  Governor  of  the  Zone  on  or  before  the  seventh  of  February. 

They  will  receive  the  actual  expenses  of  travelling  and  subsistence  from  the  time 
of  leaving  their  places  of  residence  until  their  return,  and  also  an  allowance  of  ten 
dollars  a  day  for  their  services. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  January  17,  1905. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  19,  1905,  amending  order  relative  to  members  of  Joint  Commission 

War  Department, 
Washington,  January  19,  1905. 
By  order  of  the  President,  the  Executive  Order  of  January  17th  is  hereby  amended 
by  substituting  for  H.  C.  Warmouth,  named  therein,  Dr.  C.  A.  L.  Reed.** 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  1,  1905,  reorganizing  the  Commission. 

White  House, 
Washington,  B.C.,  April  1,1905. 

The  practical  result  of  the  operations  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  appointed 
and  acting  under  previous  executive  orders*'  has  not  been  satisfactory,  and  requires 
a  change  in  the  personnel  of  the  Commission  and  in  the  instructions  for  its  guidance.'* 

The  Commission  will  hold  quarterly  sessions  the  first  of  January,  April,  July,  and 
October  of  each  year,  at  the  office  of  the  Governor  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and 
will  continue  each  session  as  long  as  public  business  may  require.  Further  notice  of 
such  meetings  shall  not  be  necessary  to  their  regularity.  The  Commission  may  hold 
special  sessions  at  the  call  of  the  Chairman.  Four  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum, 
and  the  action  of  such  majority  shall  be  the  action  of  the  Commission. 

The  Commission,  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  is  charged  with  the  general  duty  of  the  adop- 
tion of  plans  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  canal  and  with  the  execution 
of  the  work  of  the  same;  with  the  purchase  and  delivery  of  supplies,  machinery  and 
necessary  plant;  the  employment  of  the  necessary  officers,  employes  and  laborers, 
and  with  the  fixing  of  their  salaries  and  wages;   with  the  commercial  operation  of  the 

♦'  See  further  provisions  as  to  compensation  in  Executive  Order  of  July  15,  1905,  p.  44. 

♦'  This  order  reads  as  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  19,  1905,  p.  35,  substituting  Dr.  C.  A.  L. 
Reed  for  H.  C.  Warmouth,  named  in  original  order. 

''Executive  Order  of  Jan.  17.  1905.  p,  37.  reads  as  amended  herein. 

»»  Orders  of  Mar.  8,  1904,  p.  19,  and  of  May  9,  1904,  p.  20. 

'"  See  order  of  Mar.  30,  1905,  p.  38.  being  recommendation  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  reorgani- 
zation of  the  Commission.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  17,  1906,  p.  55,  reorganizing  Com- 
mission, and  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  6,  1908,  p.  7?,  in  which  the  powers  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  and  its  Chairman  are  newly  defined. 


36  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Panama  Railroad  Company  and  its  steamship  lines  as  common  carriers;  with  the 
utilization  of  the  railroad  as  a  means  of  constructing  the  Canal;  with  the  making  of 
contracts  for  construction  and  excavation,  and  with  all  other  matters  incident  and 
necessary  to  the  building  of  a  waterway  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  as  provided 
by  the  Act  of  Congress  of  June  28,  1902. 

For  convenience  and  to  secure  the  uninterrupted  course  of  the  work,  an  Executive 
Committee"'  of  not  less  than  three  members  of  the  Commission  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Commission  to  act  in  place  of  the  Commission  during  the  intervals  between  the 
meetings  of  the  Commission,  and  to  report  its  doings  in  full  to  the  Commission  at  the 
next  regular  meeting.  A  minute  of  every  transaction  of  the  Executive  Committee 
shall  be  made,  and  one  copy  of  the  minutes  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
and  another  copy  transmitted  for  the  consideration  of  the  Commission  at  its  next 
meeting.  Regular  meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  be  held  at  the  ofhce  of 
the  Governor  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  at  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  on  each  Mon- 
day and  Wednesday  of  every  week,  and  further  notice  of  such  meetings  shall  not  be 
necessary  to  their  legality.  A  majority  of  their  number  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business  at  such  meetings.  The  action  of  such  majority  shall  be  the 
action  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

For  convenience  of  executing  the  work  to  be  done,  there  shall  be  constituted  three 
executive  departments: 

(a)  The  head  of  the  first  department  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission, 
who  shall  have  direct  and  immediate  charge  of: 

1.  The  fiscal  afifairs  of  the  Commission; 

2.  The  purchase  and  delivery  of  all  materials  and  supplies; 

3.  The  accounts,  bookkeeping  and  audits; 

4.  The  commercial  operations  in  the  United  States  of  the  Panama  Railroad  and 
steamship  lines. 

5.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  general  concerns  of  the  Commission,  subject  to  the 
supervision  and  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  may  be  placed  upon  him  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(b)  The  head  of  the  second  department  shall  be  the  Governor  of  the  Zone,  with  the 
duties  and  powers  indicated  in  the  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  which  includes, 
in  general: 

1.  The  administration  and  enforcement  of  law  in  the  Zone; 

2.  All  matters  of  sanitation  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  also  in  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon  and  the  harbors,  etc.,  so  far  as  authorized  by  the  treaty,  the  Executive 
Orders  and  Decrees  of  December  3,  1904,  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama  relating  thereto. 

3.  The  custody  of  all  supplies  needed  for  sanitary  purposes,  and  such  construction 
necessary  for  sanitary  purposes,  as  may  be  assigned  to  this  Department  by  the  Com- 
mission. 

4.  Such  other  duties  as  he  may  be  charged  with  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

5.  He  shall  reside  on  the  Isthmus  and  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  service,  except 
when  granted  leave  of  absence  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(c)  The  head  of  the  third  department  shall  be  the  Chief  Engineer.  He  shall  have 
full  charge  on  the  Isthmus: 

1.  Of  all  the  actual  work  of  construction  carried  on  by  the  Commission  on  the 
Isthmus; 

2.  The  custody  of  all  supplies  and  plant  of  the  Commission  upon  the  Isthmus; 

3.  The  practical  operation  of  the  railroad  on  the  Isthmus,  with  the  special  view  to 
its  utilization  in  canal  construction  work. 

4.  He  shall  reside  on  the  Isthmus  and  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  service,  except 
when  granted  leave  of  absence  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

APPOINTMENT  OF   OFFICERS. 

All  officers  and  employes  shall  be  appointed  and  their  salaries  shall  be  fi.xed  by  the 
head  of  the  department  in  which  they  are  engaged.  Their  appointment  and  salary 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  either  of  the  Commission  or,  if  the  Commission  is  not 
in  session,  of  the  Executive  Committee.  The  employment  of  labarers,  where  the  con- 
tract of  employment  is  mads  in  the  United  States  or  outside  of  the  Isthmus,  shall  be 
negotiated  and  concluded  by  the  Chairman  of  the  ComTiission,  subject  to  the  ap- 

'■  The  executive  committee  abolished  in  the  reorganization  of  Nov.  17,  1906. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  37 

prjval  of  the  Executive  Committae.  Wiiere  the  employment  of  laborers  is  efTected 
upji  tie  Isthmus,  it  s'lill  ba  conducted  undar  fhe  supervision  of  the  Chief  Engineer, 
su'ii?.:t  to  tha  approval  oi  the  Executive  Committee. 

CONTRACTS. 

Contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  or  for  construction  involving  an  estimated 
expenditure  exceeding  SIO.OOO  shall  only  be  made  after  due  public  advertisement  in 
newspapers  of  general  circulation,  and  shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  responsible  bid- 
der, except  in  case  of  emergency,  when,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
advertising  may  be  dispensed  with.  In  the  making  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  con- 
struction involving  an  estimated  expenditure  of  more  than  $1,000  or  less  than  $10,000, 
competitive  bids  should  be  secured  by  invitation  or  advertisement  whenever  prac- 
ticable. 

As  soon  as  practicable  after  the  date  of  this  order,  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
as  hereafter  constituted,  shall  hold  a  session  in  the  city  of  Washington  for  the  general 
purpose  of  reorganization  under  this  order,  and  for  the  special  purpose  of  fixing  the 
number  and  character  of  officers  and  employes  to  serve  in  the  city  of  Washington  in 
the  work  of  the  Commission.'^  The  Commission  is  especially  charged  with  the  duty 
of  maintaining  a  complete  system  of  accounts  on  the  Isthmus,  which  shall  be  dupli- 
cated in  Washington,  so  that  there  may  always  be  in  Washington  the  proper  means  of 
informing  the  President,  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  Congress  of  the  amount  of 
work  done,  the  cost  of  the  same,  the  amount  of  money  available,  the  amount  of  money 
expended,  and  the  general  financial  condition  of  the  enterprise." 

BOARD    OF    CONSULTING    ENGINEERS. 

There  will  hereafter  be  appointed  by  the  President,  nine  civil  engineers  of  the  high- 
est standing,  having  experience  in  works  of  canal  construction  and  hydraulics,  to 
constitute  a  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers, '^  to  which  will  be  submitted  by  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  for  its  consideration  and  advice,  the  important  engineer- 
ing questions  arising  in  the  selection  of  the  best  plan  for  the  construction  of  the  canal. 
The  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers  shall  be  considered  by  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and,  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Commission, 
shall  finally  be  submitted,  through  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  President  for  his 
<lecision. 


The  executive  officers  of  the  Commission  shall  make  duplicate  reports  upon  the 
work  and  operation  of  their  respective  departments  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  time  to  time,  and  as  often  as  may  be  required  by 
the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

The  Secretary  of  War  will  make  to  the  President  a  report  at  least  annually,  and  as 
often  as  he  may  deenrad\'isable  or  the  President  may  require. 

All  executive  orders  relating  to  the  subject  of  the  Panama  Canal,  except  so  far  as 
they  may  be  inconsistent  with  the  present  order,  remain  in  force. 

Theodore  P.  Shonts  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, and  its  Chairman;  Charles  E.  Magoon  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Commission  and  (governor  of  the  Canal  Zone;  the  appointment  as  Governor  shall 
take  effect  upon  the  date  of  his  arrival  on  the  Isthmus,  and  the  resignation  of  the 
present  incumbent  of  said  oflSce  shall  thereupon  take  effect;  John  F.  Wallace  is  hereby 
appointed  member  of  the  Commission  and  Chief  Engineer;  Rear-Admiral  Mordecai 
T.  Endicott,  U.  S.  X.;  Brigadier-General  Peter  C.  Hains,  U.  S.  A.  (retired);  Colonel 
Oswald  H.  Ernst,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Benjamin  M.  Harrod  are  hereby 
appointed  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 


"  See  order  containing  action  of  the  Commission  in  connection  with  its  reorganization,  Apr.  3,  1905, 
p.  40  hereof. 

"  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  5,  1905  (effective  July  1,  1905)  p.  44,  provided  rules  and  regulations  for 
an  accounting  system  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

l'  Appointed  by  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1905,  p.  43.  See  Act  of  Congress  of  June  29,  1906 
(T.  &  A.  39).  adopting  th^Iock  type  of  canal  as  proposed  by  the  minority  of  the  board. 


38  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  30,  1905,  recommending  reorganization  of  the  Commission. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C,  March  30,  1905. 

Mr.  President:  In  the  matter  of  the  reorganization  of  the  machine  by  which  the 
Panama  Canal  is  to  be  built,  I  beg  first  to  call  your  attention  to  the  extreme  impor- 
tance of  fixing  a  definite  plan  with  respect  to  which  you  may  feel  reasonable  certainty, 
first,  that  it  can  be  practically  executed  and  will  result  in  a  navigable  canal,  and, 
second,  that  the  navigable  canal  will  be  the  one  best  adapted  to  the  demands  which 
■lay  be  made  upon  it  by  the  commerce  of  the  world. 

The  Act  of  Congress  evidently  contemplates  a  canal  with  locks,  the  cost  of  which 
shall  be  in  the  neighborhood  of  $200,000,000  including  the  money  already  expended. 
It  is  quite  within  the  bounds  of  possibility  that  the  best  form  of  canal  will  be  a  sea- 
level  canal,  with  a  tidal  lock  only,  at  one  end,  and  that  the  cost  of  it  may  exceed  the 
$200,000,000  in  the  mind  of  Congress  by  at  least  $100,000,000  more. 

The  work  of  the  engineering  department  of  the  present  Commission  has  been 
largely  devoted  to  obtaining  the  data  upon  which  the  plan  of  the  canal  must  be  de- 
termined. These  data  include  topographical  measurements,  borings,  the  character 
of  the  soil,  the  fiow  of  water  in  the  rivers — all  stated  with  sufficient  exactness  to  secure 
the  closest  calculations  by  experienced  engineers,  though  not  on  the  ground.  It  is 
probable  that  within  the  next  few  months  these  data  will  have  been  so  fully  ascer- 
tained by  the  Chief  Engineer,  Mr.  Wallace,  and  his  assistants  that  they  may  be 
submitted  to  a  board  of  engineers  of  the  highest  standing  for  recommendation  as  to  the 
best  plan  upon  which  to  proceed  with  the  work. 

It  also  has  been  rnade  apparent,  by  the  reports  of  Mr.  Wallace  and  the  Commission, 
that  whatever  plan  is  likely  to  be  adopted,  work  of  excavation  and  construction  which 
would  have  to  be  done  under  any  plan  may  proceed  without  waste  of  energy  for  a 
period  quite  long  enough  to  enable  you  to  decide  which  is  the  best  plan. 

I  suggest,  therefore,  that  the  first  work  to  be  done  is  the  appointment  of  an  advisory 
board  of  engineers,  say  seven  or  nine  in  number,  to  be  selected  from  the  engineers 
having  especial  knowledge  of  hydraulic  engineering  and  canal  construction,  to  whom 
shall  be  submitted  all  possible  information  with  respect  to  the  projected  Panama 
Canal,  both  that  obtained  by  the  P'rench  engineers  before  our  purchase  of  the  plant, 
and  the  data  obtained  by  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  present  Canal  Commission, 
together  with  all  projects  suggested  for  the  solution  of  the  problem  which  the  Canal 
Commission  deem  reasonably  possible  or  practicable;  that  this  advisory  board  be 
invited  to  Washington  for  the  purpose  of  agreeing  upon  its  recommendations  in  the 
premises,  and  that,  if  possible,  such  recommendations  be  made  before  the  regular 
meeting  of  Congress  in  December;  that  the  recommendations  be  submitted  to  the 
Canal  Commission  as  then  constituted  for  its  approval  or  modification,  and,  with  the 
recommendations  of  the  Canal  Commission,  be  submitted  to  the  President  for  his 
action  and  transmission  to  Congress.  As  already  suggested,  this  work  of  securing  the 
best  plan  and  its  approval  by  Congress  need  not  delay  in  any  way  the  preliminary 
work  adapted  to  any  possible  plan,  or  the  highly  critical  work  of  sanitation,  the 
extreme  importance  of  which  you  have  already  emphasized  in  your  previous  instruc- 
tions to  the  Canal  Commission. 

It  is  conceded,  even  by  its  own  members,  that  the  present  commission  has  not  so 
developed  itself  into  an  executive  body  as  to  give  hope  that  it  may  be  used  success- 
fully as  an  instrumentality  for  carrying  on  the  immense  executive  burden  involved 
in  the  construction  of  the  canal,  and  it  remains  for  the  President,  in  the  failure  of 
Congress  to  act,  to  reorganize  the  Commission,  both  by  change  in  personnel  and  by 
certain  instructions  as  to  its  internal  procedure  and  distribution  of  powers  and  au- 
thority, to  secure  greater  rapidity  and  efficiency  in  the  doing  of  the  work. 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  Congress  intended  that  the  Commission  was  person- 
ally to  do  the  work,  or  to  come  nearer  to  the  direct  agencies  in  doing  the  work  than 
the  directory  of  a  railroad  comes  to  the  construction  of  railroad  work,  and  we  may 
assume,  therefore,  that  it  was  quite  within  the  Congressional  intention  that  the  Com- 
mission might,  for  convenience  and  rapidity  of  action,  after  formulating  the  general 
plan  of  work,  delegate  to  a  committee  or  committees  the  doing  of  the  work  in  detail, 
the  result  to  be  reported  subsequently,  of  course,  to  the  full  Commission.  The  Com- 
mission should,  therefore,  appoint  an  Executive  Committee,  to  be  constituted  and 
empowered  as  hereafter  stated. 

The  actual  executive  work  must  be  divided  by  the  Commission  into  departments. 
One  department  would  naturally  be  the  Political  Department;  that  is,  the  control 
of  the  Zone,  over  which  there  should  be  an  administrator  or  governor,  and  to  secure 
harmony  of  action,  the  wise  policy  is  that  already  followed  of  appointing  a  member  of 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        39 

the  Commission  to  be  Governor.  This  department  should  include,  as  it  does  now, 
the  Bureau  of  Sanitation,  because  the  latter  involves  policing  the  Zone  and  the  two 
cities  of  Colon  and  Panama.  Another  department  should  be  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment, or  department  of  construction,  under  which  the  work  is  to  be  organized  and 
actually  done.  It  should  include  the  custody  of  supplies  and  the  care  of  plant,  and 
the  practical  operation  of  the  railroad  on  the  Isthmus,  with  the  special  view  to  its 
utilization  in  canal  construction.  The  Chief  Engineer  must  be  the  head  of  this,  and 
is  so  important  a  factor  in  the  whole  enterprise  that  he  should  be  given  the  powers  and 
dignity  of  a  member  of  the  Commission  also.  Another,  and  in  many  respects  the 
most  important  department,  is  that  which  embraces  the  functions  of  financing  the 
operations  of  the  Commission,  of  purchasing  the  supplies,  of  the  accounts  and  audits, 
the  commercial  operations  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  and  the  steamship 
lines,  the  general  oversight  of  the  work  and  the  duty  of  reporting  the  progress  of  the 
same  through  the  Secretary  of  War  to  the  President.  The  head  of  this  department 
should  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission.  All  subordinates  in  departments  should 
be  appointed  by  the  heads  thereof  under  those  provisions  of  the  civil  service  law  which 
may  have  been  made  applicable,  and  their  salaries  fixed  by  same  authority,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Commission,  or,  in  the  intervals  between  the  meetings  of  the 
Commission,  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

An  important  change  from  the  present  condition  of  affairs  should  be  the  transfer 
of  the  headquarters  of  the  Commission  from  Washington  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
where  the  work  is  to  be  done.  No  meeting  of  the  Commission  or  Executive  Commit- 
tee should  be  held  out  of  the  Isthmus  except  by  express  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War.  The  attention  of  all  engaged  in  the  enterprise  will  thus  be  fixed  on  the  work. 
With  the  general  authority  of  the  Executive  Committee,  it  will  be  entirely  possible 
for  the  work  to  proceed  unhindered  without  more  frequent  meetings  of  the  Commis- 
sion than  once  a  quarter.  The  Executive  Committee  should  have  power  to  act  while 
the  commission  is  not  in  session  in  the  purchase  of  all  supplies,  to  confirm  all  officers 
and  employes  except  heads  of  departments,  and  to  fix  their  salaries,  and  to  make 
contracts  for  construction.  The  Executive  Committee  thus  appointed  should  keep 
accurate  minutes  of  its  transactions  and  submit  them  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the 
Commission,  which,  having  found  the  same  to  be  within  the  authority  of  the  commit- 
tee and  executed,  shall  ratify  and  confirm  them,  or,  if  unexecuted,  may  revise  them. 
Contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  or  of  construction,  the  estimated  cost  of  which 
may  exceed  $10,000  should  be  let  after  due  public  advertisement,  upon  plans  and 
specifications  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee  or  by  the  Commission,  unless 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  grounds  of  an  emergency  in  a  special 
case,  such  advertisement  be  dispensed  with.  In  all  other  purchases  or  contract  in- 
volving the  expenditure  of  more  than  $1,000,  real  competition  should  be  invited  when 
practicable.  By  means  of  an  executive  committee  constantly  in  session  the  delays 
incident  to  awaiting  the  decision  of  a  large  body  like  the  Commission  may  be  avoided, 
while  its  examination  of  the  doings  of  the  Executive  Committee  every  three  months, 
and  its  power  to  reverse  unauthorized  acts  and  to  revise  everything  not  completely 
executed,  will  insure  the  conservation  sought  by  the  establishment  of  the  larger  board. 

The  change  of  headquarters  and  power  from  Washington  to  the  Isthmus  will 
doubtless  require  a  radical  change  in  the  office  of  the  Commission  in  Washington. 
I  am  quite  sure  that  greater  economy  and  more  satisfactory  methods  of  accounting 
can  be  secured  than  now  exist.  Machinery  for  purchase  of  supplies  and  a  force 
sufficient  to  maintain  a  duplicate  set  of  accounts  and  the  necessary  correspondence 
must,  of  course,  be  maintained  in  Washington,  but  very  little  else  is  needed.  But 
these  changes  may  be  safely  left  to  the  Commission  and  the  Executive  Committee 
as  newly  constituted. 

I  beg  to  submit  herewith  the  resignations  of  all  the  present  Canal  Commission, 
to  take  effect  at  your  pleasure. 

I  respectfully  recommend  the  appointment  of  a  new  Commission  and  a  designation 
of  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission,  the  Governor  of  the  Zone,  and  the  Chief  En- 
gineer, and  the  issuing  of  an  executive  order  embodying  the  recommendations  herein.  '•' 


Respectfully  yours, 


The  President. 


Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


»»  Covered  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  1 ,  1905,  p.  35. 


40        EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  3,  1905,  fixing  compensation  and  allowances  of  Commissioners. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  and  in  accordance  with  his  order  of  Af>ril  1,  1905, 
each  of  the  seven  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  be  allowed  and 
paid  a  salary  of  $7,500  per  annum  as  such  member.  In  addition  to  their  several  sal- 
aries as  members  of  the  Commission,  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission  shall  be  allowed 
and  paid  a  salary  of  $22,500  per  annum ;  the  Chief  F^ngineer  shall  be  allowed  and  paid 
a  salary  of  $17,500  per  annum,  and  the  Governor  of  the  Zone  shall  be  allowed  and 
paid  a  salary  of  $10,000,  and  each  of  said  officers  shall  be  allowed  the  use  of  a  furnished 
dwelling  house  on  the  Isthnuis;  the  members  of  the  Commission  other  than  the  heads 
of  the  above-named  departments  will  he  allowed  and  paid  their  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  while  in  attendance  at  the  regularly  or  specially  called  meetings  of  the  Com- 
mission held  on  the  Isthmus,  and  also  their  actual  traveling  expenses  to  and  from  the 
meetings  of  the  Commission  on  the  Isthmus  or  at  Washington,  as  the  case  may  be; 
and  the  three  heads  of  the  departments  above  mentioned  shall  be  allowed  and  paid 
their  expenses  of  travel  while  on  the  business  of  the  Commission. 

The  present  Governor  of  the  Zone,  Major-General  George  W.  Davis,  will  be  allowed 
and  paid  up  to  the  date  when  his  resignation  as  Governor  becomes  effective,  and 
notwithstanding  his  resignation  as  a  member  of  the  Commission,  compensation  at  the 
same  rate  as  he  is  now  receiving  as  a  member  of  the  Commission  and  as  Governor  of 
the  Zone,  together  with  his  actual  and  necessary  traveling  expenses  to  his  home  in 
the  United  States. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
Secretary  of  War. 

April  3,  1905. 

Action  of  Commission,  /\pr.  3,  1905,  in  connection  with  its  reorganization.'' 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Commission,  as  reorganized,  held  April  3,  1905,  at  its  office 
in  Washington,  consideration  was  given  as  to  the  best  method  of  securing  results 
in  construction  and  of  making  more  effective  the  administration  of  the  work  of  the 
Commission;  and  after  consicleration,  the  Commission,  upon  its  own  judgment  and 
by  its  own  conclusions,  duly  and  unanimously  adopted  the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved: 

1.  The  Commission  shall  hold  quarterly  sessions  the  first  day  of  January,  April, 
July,  and  October  of  each  year,  at  the  office  of  the  Governor  on  the  Isthmus  of  Pana- 
ma, and  shall  continue  each  .session  as  long  as  public  business  may  require.  Further 
notice  of  such  meetings  shall  not  be  necessary  to  their  regularity.  The  Commission 
may  hold  special  sessions  at  the  call  of  the  Chairman.  Four  members  shall  constitute 
a  quorum,  and  the  action  of  such  majority  shall  be  the  action  of  the  Commission. 
A  copy  of  the  minutes  of  each  meeting  of  the  Commission  shall  be  immediately  for- 
warded to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  For  convenience,  and  to  secure  the  uninterrupted  course  of  the  work,  an 
Executive  Committee  of  three  members  of  the  Commission  is  hereby  appointed  by 
the  Commission  to  act  in  place  of  the  Commission,  during  the  intervals  between  the 
meetings  of  the  Commistion,  and  to  report  its  doings  in  full  to  the  Commission  at 
the  next  regular  meeting.  A  minute  of  every  transaction  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee shall  be  made,  and  one  copy  of  the  minutes  shall  be  immediately  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  and  another  transmitted  for  the  consideration  of  the  Commis- 
sion at  its  ne.xt  meeting.  P.cgular  meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  be  held 
at  the  office  of  the  Governor  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  at  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon 
on  each  Monday  and  Wednesday  of  every  week,  and  further  notice  of  such  meetings 
shall  not  be  necessary  to  their  legality.  A  majority  of  their  number  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  at  such  meetings.  The  action  of  such 
majority  shall  be  the  action  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

On  motion,  the  following  Commissioners  were  appointed  members  of  the  Executive 
Committee — i.  e.,  Theodore  P.  Shouts,  Charles  E.  Magoon,  and  John  F.  Wallace. 

3.  For  convenience  of  executing  the  work  to  be  done,  there  shall  be  constituted 
three  executive  departments: 

(c)  The  head  of  the  first  department  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission, 
who  shall  have  direct  and  immediate  charge  of: 

1.  The  fiscal  affairs  of  the  Commission. 

2.  The  purchase  and  delivery  of  all  materials  and  supplies. 

3.  The  accounts,  bookkeeping  and  audits. 

4.  The  commercial  operations  in  the  United  States  of  the  Panama  Railroad  and 
steamship  lines. 

''  Reorganization  provided  by  Execntive  Order  of  Apr.  1,  1905,  p.  35. 


EXFXUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  41 

5.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  general  concerns  of  the  Commission,  subject  to  the 
supervision  and  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  may  be  placed  upon  him  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(b)  The  head  of  the  second  department  shall  be  the  Governor  of  the  Zone,  with  the 
duties  and  powers  indicated  in  the  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  which  includes, 
in  general: 

1 .  The  administration  and  enforcement  of  law  in  the  Zone. 

2.  All  matters  of  sanitation  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  also  in  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon  and  the  harbors,  etc.,  so  far  as  authorized  by  the  treaty  and  the  Executive 
Orders  and  Decree  of  I3ecember  3,  1904,  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama  relating  thereto. 

3.  The  custody  of  all  supplies  needed  for  sanitary  purposes,  and  such  construction 
necessary  for  sanitary  purposes  as  may  be  assigned  to  this  department  by  the  Com- 
mission. 

4.  Such  other  duties  as  he  may  be  charged  with  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

5.  Me  shall  reside  (jn  the  Isthmus,  ;md  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  service,  except 
when  granted  leave  of  absence  by  the  Secretary  (jf  War. 

ic)  The  head  of  the  third  department  shall  be  the  Chief  Engineer.  He  shall 
have  full  charge  on  the  Isthmus: 

1.  Of  all  the  actual  work  of  construction  carried  on  by  the  Commission  on  the 
Isthmus. 

2.  The  custody  of  all  the  supplies  anti  plant  of  the  Commission  upon  the  Isthmus 
other  than  all  supplies  needed  for  sanitary  purposes. 

.^.  The  practical  operation  of  the  railroad  on  the  Isthmus  with  the  special  view  to 
its  utilization  in  canal  construction  work. 

4.  He  shall  reside  on  the  Isthmus,  and  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  serv^ice,  except 
when  granted  leave  of  absence  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

4.  All  officers  and  employes  shall  be  appointed  and  their  salaries  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  head  of  the  department  in  which  they  are  engaged.  Their  appointment  and  salary 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  either  of  the  Commission  or,  if  the  Commission  is  not 
in  session,  of  the  Executive  Committee.  The  employment  of  laborers,  where  the  con- 
tract of  employment  is  made  in  the  Cnited  States  or  outside  of  the  Isthmus,  shall  be 
negotiated  and  concluded  by  the  Ciiairman  of  the  Commission,  subject  to  the  approv- 
al of  the  P^xecutive  Committee.  \\  here  the  employment  (jf  laborers  is  effected  upon 
the  Isthmus,  it  shall  be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  sub- 
ject to  the  appro\al  of  the  Executi\'e  Committee.  The  Commission  shall  maintain 
a  complete  system  of  accounts  on  th.e  Isthmus,  which  shall  be  duplicated  in  Washing- 
ton, so  that  there  may  always  be  in  Washington  the  proper  means  of  infirming  the 
President,  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  Congress  of  the  amount  of  work  done,  the 
cost  of  the  same,  the  amount  of  money  available,  the  amount  of  money  expended,  and 
the  general  financial  condition  of  the  enterprise. 

5.  Contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  or  for  construction  involving  an  esti- 
mated ex]>enditure  exceeding  810,000  shall  only  be  made  after  due  public  advertise- 
ment in  newspapers  of  general  circulation,  and  shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  responsi- 
ble bidder,  e.xcept  in  case  of  emergency,  when,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  ad\ertising  may  be  dispensed  with.  In  the  making  of  contracts  for  supplies  or 
construction  invohing  an  estimated  expenditure  of  more  than  Si, 000  and  less  than 
$10,000,  competitive  bids  should  be  secured  b>'  in\'itation  or  ad\ertisement  whenever 
practicable. 

6.  The  executive  officers  of  the  Commission  shall  make  duplicate  reports  upon  the 
work  and  operation  of  their  resi)ecti\e  departments  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  time  to  time  and  as  often  as  may  be  required  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  or  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

lipon  further  motion  it  was  duly  and  unanimously 

Resolved,  That  the  accounts  and  financial  records  and  affairs  of  this  Commission 
as  recently  constituted  be  examined,  audited  and  reported  upon  by  auditors  engaged 
independently  of  the  existing  office  force,  and  that  for  this  purpose  the  Public  Ac- 
countants' Corporation,  now  in  the  ser\ice  of  the  Commission,  be  employed  to  mak^ 
such  e.xamination,  audit  and  report  at  the  earliest  practicable  date. 

Resolved,  further.  That  the  books  of  account  of  the  Commission  at  the  Panama 
and  Washington  offices  be  promptly  balanced  as  of  this  date,  and  that  the  books, 
vouchers,  and  records  of  the  Commission  up  to  this  date  be  carefully  identified  and 
preserved  for  reference  in  the  future,  but  that  the  transactions  of  the  commission  as 
newly  constituted  be  not  entered  therein,  but  be  entered  in  an  entirely  new  set  of 
books  of  account,  and  that  the  records  thereof  be  separately  kept  and  preserved,  so 


42  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINCi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

that  the  proceedings  of  the  Commission  as  constituted  can  be  readily  and  conveniently 
distinguished  and  accounted  for  independently  of  each  administration;  and  the 
Secretary  is  directed  to  transmit  copies  of  this  resolution  to  the  heads  of  departments 
for  their  information  and  guidance. 

Resolved,  further,  That  the  Chairman  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  cause  to  be  inaugurated  a  system  of  bookkeeping,  accounting  and  reports  by  which 
most  conveniently,  accurately  and  intelligibly  the  operations  of  the  Commission  can 
be  noted  and  considered,  both  as  respects  this  Commission  itself  and  the  authorities 
to  which  it  is  directly  accountable — the  President,  the  Congress,  and  the  Secretary  of 
War;  and  for  this  purpose  he  is  authorized  to  employ  such  person  or  persons  and 
incur  such  expenses  as  he  may  deem  advisable  to  accomplish  the  purpose. 

The  Commission  considered  the  sui)jert  of  Office  Organization  in  Washington,  in 
view  of  the  resolutions  adopted  at  this  meeting,  and  the  concentration  of  practical 
work  more  largely  upon  the  Isthmus. 

Thereupon  it  was  duly  and  unanimously 

Resolved,  (1)  That,  so  far  as  practicable,  the  work  of  the  Commission  be  concen- 
trated on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  that  the  Washington  office  be  conducted  upon 
this  basis;  and  that  the  Commission  promi)ll\'  proceed  in  the  examination  and  consid- 
eration of  the  present  organization  and  personnel  thereof  in  the  Washington  office 
for  action  of  the  Commission  in  due  course. 

Resolved,  (2)  That,  for  greater  effectiveness  in  the  administrative  work  of  the 
Commission,  there  is  hereby  established  at  Washington  an  "Office  of  Administration" 
for  the  conduct  of  such  operations  as  the  Commission  may,  from  time  to  time, 
determine  to  there  conduct,  and  which  shall  include: 

Records  concerning  all  purchases  and  delivery  of  material  and  supplies  (including 
eommissary  stores). 

Fiscal  affairs. 

General  books  of  account,  containing  details  of  all  transactions  of  the  Commission 
in  the  United  States  and  adequate  summary  of  all  other  accounts  on  the  Isthmus. 
Duplicate  accounts  in  summary  being  regularly  transmitted  from  the  Isthmus  to 
the  Washington  office;  vouchers  and  contracts  to  be  taken  in  sufficient  number  in 
original  to  at  all  times  furnish  to  the  office  at  Washington  a  complete  and  original 
set  thereof. 

General  auditing  and  accounting. 

Correspondence  of  the  Commission  in  the  United  States. 

Orders  and  directions  from  the  President  and  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Engineering  reports  and  plans. 

Reports  from  officials  and  committees  of  the  Commission. 

Reports  of  the  Commission  and  its  officers  and  committees  to  the  Secretary  of  War, 
the  President,  and  Congress. 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  .^pr.  18.  1905,  amending  order  relativt'(to  members  of  Joint  Commission. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  April  18,  1905. 

By  order  of  the  President,  Dr.  H.  R.  Carter,  Assistant  Chief  Sanitary  Officer,  and 
Mr.  Eugene  C.  Tobey,  Chief  of  the  Accounts  and  Material  Departments,  are  hereby 
appointed  as  members  of  the  joint  commission  provided  for  by  Articles  VI  and  XV 
of  the  Canal  Convention  of  February  26,  1904,  vice  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Gaff  and  Dr. 
C.  A.  L.  Reed  resigned. 

Wm.  H.  Takt, 
Secretary  of  War. 

Order  of  the  .Secretary  of  War,  .\pr.  24,  1905,  authorizing  appropriation  from  Canal  Zone  Government 

funds  for  contingent  expenses. 

*  War  Department, 

»  Washington,  April  24,1905. 

There  is  hereby  appropriated  from  the  funds  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  deposited  in  the  Treasury  of  said  Government,  the  sum  of  Five 
Hundred  Dollars  ($500)  gold,  to  be  expended  upon  the  order  of  the  Governor  of  the 
Canal  Zone  in  payment  of  contingent  expenses  of  said  Government.  The  Govern- 
ment shall  report  the  disbursements  made  from  this  fund  to  the  Secretary  of  W'ar. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  43 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  31,  1905,  amending  order  fixing  compensation  and  allowances  of 

Commissioners. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  May  31,  1905. 
By  direction  of  the  President,  and  amendatory  to  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
of  April  3,  1905,  fixing  the  salaries  and  compensation  of  the  members  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  the  Governor  of  the  Zone  and  the  Chief  Engineer,  members  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  will  be  allowed  and 
paid  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses  while  away  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
on  the  official  business  of  the  Commission. 

The  Chairman  until  further  orders  will  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  while  away  from  Washington  on  official  business. 

This  ruling  shall  be  effective  as  of  the  date  of  the  original  order,  April  3,  1905,  so 
amended. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1905,  appointing  S.  L.  Lupton,  F.  R.  Parke.  E.  S.  Rockwell,  William 
K.  West,  and  Paul  C.  Norris  to  positions  under  the  Commission. 

The  Provisions  of  the  Civil  Service  rules  are  waived  to  permit  the  following  appoint- 
ments in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Service: 

Silas  W.  Lupton  as  assistant  purchasing  and  shipping  agent  at  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana,  from  March  1,  1905;  P>ed  R.  Parke  as  assistant  shipping  agent  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  from  March  27,  1905;  E.  S.  Rockwell  as  auditing  clerk  in  the  General 
Auditor's  Office  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  William  K.  West  as  accountant  in  the  General 
Auditor's  Office  at  Washington,  D.  C,  by  transfer  from  the  Auditor's  Office  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama;  Paul  C.  Norris  as  clerk.  Office  of  Administration  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  by  transfer  from  the  Engineering  Department  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

T.   Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  June  8,  1905. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  24,  1905,  appointing  board  of  consulting  engineers." 

It  is  hereby  ordexed  that  a  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers  consisting  of: 

General  George  W.  Davis, 

Mr.  Alfred  Noble, 

Mr.  William  Barclay  Parsons, 

Mr.  William  H.  Burr, 

General  Henry  L.  Abbot, 

Mr.  Frederick  P.  Stearns, 

Mr.  Joseph  Ripley, 

Mr.  Herman  Schussler, 

Mr.  Isham  Randolph, 

Mr.  Henry  Hunter,  nominated  by  the  British  Government, 

Herr  Eugen  Tincauzer,  nominated  by  the  German  Government, 

M.  Guerard,  nominated  by  the  French  Government, 

M. Quellennec,  Consulting  Engineer,  Suez  Canal, 

and  one  engineer  to  be  designated  by  the  Government  of  The  Netherlands, 
shall  convene  in  the  City  of  Washington,  at  the  rooms  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, on  the  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hundred  and  five,  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  the  various  plans  proposed  to  and  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
for  the  construction  of  a  Canal  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  between  Cristobal  and 
La  Boca;  and  that  the  deliberations  of  the  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers  shall  con- 
tinue as  long  as  they  may  deem  it  necessary  and  wise  before  they  make  their  report 
to  the  Commission.  , 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  directed  to  have  all  the  proposed  plans  in  such 
detailed  form,  with  maps,  surveys,  and  other  documents  sufficient  to  enable  the  Con- 
suiting  Engineers  to  consider  and  decide  the  questions  presented  to  them.  Should  it 
be  deemed  necessary  by  the  members  of  the  Consulting  Board,  they  may  visit  the 
Isthmus  before  making  their  final  report.  If  there  is  a  difference  of  opinion  between 
the  members  of  the  Consulting  Board,  minority  reports  are  requested. 

'»  Provided  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  1,  1905,  p.  35  (reorganization  of  the  Commission).  Minority 
report,  proposing  a  lock  type  of  canal,  was  adopted  by  Act  of  Congress  of  June  29, 1906  (T.  &  A.  39). 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


General  George  W.  Davis  is  hereby  designated  as  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Con- 
sulting Engineers.  Instructions  more  detailed  will  be  given  in  time  to  be  presented 
to  the  Board  when  it  first  convenes  on  the  first  of  September.'* 

The  Chairman  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  communicating  to  the  other  members  of 
the  board  this  order  and  the  other  details  that  may  be  necessary. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House.  June  24,  1005. 


C)r(ler  of  the  Presick'nt.  .Tuly  l.S,  1905.  prescribing  compensation  of  Joseph -L.  Bristow. 

It  is  ordered  that  Mr.  Joseph  L.  Bristow,  appointed  Special  Panama  Railroad  Com- 
missioner by  Executive  Order  dated  January  13,  1905,7''  he  allowed  until  August  15, 
1905.  to  complete  the  details  in  connection  with  his  report,  and  will  be  paid  his  actual 
expenses  and  $15  per  day  up  to  that  time.  In  addition  he  will  be  allowed  an  e.xtra 
compensation  of  $2,500.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  directed  to  prv:)vide  the 
funds  needed  in  the  execution  of  this  order. 


The  White  House,  July  15.  1005. 


Theodore  Roospivelt. 


Order  of  the  President.  .\nR.  31,  1<)0.S.  i)rescrii)in)j  conipiMisation  of  members  of  the  board  of  consulting 

eiiKineers. 

It  is  ordered  that  each  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Engineers*"  upon  plans 
of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  allowed  S5,0()0  payable  upon  the  completion  of  the 
report*'  of  the  Board.  In  addition  thereto  he  shall  when  on  duty  with  the  Board  be 
allowed  $15  per  day  for  personal  expenses  from  the  date  of  leaving  his  home  until  his 
return  thereto  including  Sundays  and  holidays.  He  shall  also  be  allowed  the  actual 
cost  of  transportation  incurred  by  him  in  travel  on  duty  in  connection  with  the  Board 
to  include  cost  of  ticket  by  railway  or  steamer,  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations, 
baggage  transfer,  cabs  and  porterage. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  the  allowances  of  §5,000  to  General  Davis  and  General 
Abbot  shall  be  increascti  by  the  amount  of  their  retired  pay  for  the  time  during  which 
they  are  employed  upon  the  work  of  the  Board,  it  being  mv  intention  that  those  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  shall  receive  the  same  compensation  for  this  work  as  the  other  mem- 
bers and  this  increase  being  made  to  provide  for  the  usual  deduction  of  retired  officers' 
pay. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

Ovster  B.av,  Augu.tt  .'/,  1005. 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  190.5,  amending  civil-service  rules  relating  to  removal  of  employees. 

The  Procedure  required  by  Civil-Service  Rule  XII,  clause  2,  need  not  be  observed 
in  removals  of  officers  or  employees  serving  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  In  such 
removals,  however,  the  reasons  therefor  shall  be  made  a  part  of  the  records  of  the 
Office  of  Administration,  Isthmian  Canal  .Vtfairs,  and  the  Civil  .Service  Commission 
shall  upon  reque.-t  be  furnished  with  copies  or  the  originals  thereof. 

T.  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  September  H,  IO05 . 


An  order  reciting  Executive  Order  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  re  uiiring  an  accounting  sys- 
tem for  the  Government  of  th'^  Canal  Zo:ie,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  prescribed  with  the  concurrence  and 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  first  had.  rules  and  instructions  relative  to  the  accounting  system 
of  the  Government  of  the  ("anal  Zone.  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

Whereas,  The  President  of  the  I'nited  States  upon  .April  1,  1905,  signed  the  follow- 
ing Executive  Order: 

"The  White  House, 
"Washington,  D.  C,  April  1,  1905. 
"The  Commission   is  especially  charged  with  the  duty  of  maintaining  a  complete 
system  of  accounts  on  the  Isthmus,  which  shall  be  duplicated  in  Washingto.i,  S3  thit 

"  Compensation  fixed  bv  Executive  Order  of  .^ug.  .?!.  1905.  p.  44,  as  amended  by  orders  of  Nov.  25. 
1905,  p.  50.  and  of  Feb.  19,  1906.  p.  51. 
"  See  notes  under  that  order,  p.  .34. 

*»  .Appointed  by  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1905.  p.  4.3.    See  notes  thereunder. 
*'  Word  "Report"  changed  to  "work"  bv  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  25,  1905,  p.  SO. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        45 

there  may  always  be  in  Washington  the  proper  means  of  informing  the  President,  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  the  Congress,  of  the  amount  of  work  done,  the  cost  of  same, 
the  amount  of  money  available,  the  amount  of  money  expended,  and  the  general 
financial  condition  of  the  enterprise."*^ 

Now,  therefore,  by  the  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  with 
the  concurrence  and  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  first  had,  be  it  ordered  by  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  that: 

Section  1.  The  following  rules  and  regulations  shall  apply  to  the  accounting  system 
of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  July  1, 
1905. 

RULES  AND  INSTRUCTIONS  RELATIVE  TO  THE  ACCOUNTING  SYSTEM 
OF  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  CANAL  ZONE,  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA. 

THE  GENERAL  AUDITOR. *3 

Rule  1.  Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  10,  Act  No.  8,  Laws  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  the  General  Auditor  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  his  duly  authorized 
deputies  shall  receive,  examine  and  settle  all  accounts  pertaining  to  the  revenues 
and  receipts  derived  from  the  Canal  Zone  and  expenditures  paid  therefrom,  and 
certify  the  balances  thereon  to  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall  preserve 
the  accounts  and  vouchers  after  settlement. 

THE    LOCAL    AUDITOR. 

Rule  2.  In  accordance  with  the  Circular  No.  15  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
this  Commission,  and  in  further  pursuance  of  section  10,  Act  No.  8,*^  Laws  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  the  Local  Auditor  in  charge  of  the  accounts  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  located  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  shall  discharge  the  duties  and  per- 
form the  services  of  the  Auditor  for  the  Crovernment  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  acts 
of  the  Local  Auditor,  consistent  with  the  prescribed  regulations  of  the  General 
Auditor,  shall  be  binding  upon  the  General  Auditor  until  revoked  or  disapproved  by 
overt  act  of  the  General  Auditor. 

the  chief  clerk. 

Rule  3.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Auditor,  with  the  approval  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission,  a  Chief  Clerk,  who  shall  sign  in  the  name  of  the  Auditor 
such  official  papers  as  the  Auditor  may  designate,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as 
the  Auditor  may  prescribe.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  Bureau  as  Acting  Auditor 
in  case  of  death,  resignation,  sickness  or  other  absence  of  the  Auditor  until  his  succes- 
sor is  appointed. 

accounts   OF   treasury  deposits   AND   WITHDRAWALS. 

Rule  4.  The  expenditure  of  moneys  received  through  Canal  Zone  revenue  shall  be 
made  on  properly  prepared  and  approved  vouchers,  approved  for  payment  to  be  made 
by  the  Governor. 

Rixe  5.  All  receipts  issued  by  the  Treasurer  for  deposits  with  the  Treasurer  shall 
be  in  duplicate  and  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  Auditor.  When  so  countersigned, 
one  receipt  in  every  case  shall  be  retained  in  the  ofifice  of  the  Auditor,  and  the  other 
shall  be  delivered  or  transmitted  by  the  Auditor  to  the  person  by  whom  the  payment 
was  made,  after  the  same  has  been  duly  registered  in  all  its  particulars  under  proper 
headings. 

Rule  6.  The  receipts  retained  by  the  Auditor  will  constitute  the  necessary  check 
in  his  examination  and  settlement  of  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  as  the  authority 
for  charging  the  Treasurer  with  moneys  received,  and  such  receipts  will  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Auditor  with  the  accounts  in  which  the  credit  is  taken. 

Rule  7.  Vouchers  paid  by  the  Treasurer  with  the  proper  evidence  of  payment — 
which  shall  be  the  proper  receipt  of  the  payee  thereon — shall  constitute  the  vouchers 
upon  which  the  Treasurer  shall  receive  credit  for  payments  made,  and  after  the 
settlement  of  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  by  the  Auditor,  the  vouchers  shall  be  filed 
therewith. 

»'  p.  35. 

'i  General  and  local  auditors  abolished  by  Executive  Order  of  .A.ug.  15,   1907,   p.  68.  creating  Dis- 
bursing Officer  and  Examiner  of  Accounts. 
»»L.  C.  Z.  61. 


46  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Rule  8.  The  Auditor  shall  prescribe  the  forms  for  keeping  and  rendering  all 
accounts  subject  to  his  examination  and  settlement,  and  issue  all  necessary  instruc- 
tions to  the  officers  and  agents  rendering  such  accounts. 

Rule  9.  And  in  case  any  officer  or  agent  whose  duty  it  is  to  collect  and  receive 
moneys  arising  from  the  revenues  of  the  Canal  Zone,  of  whatever  kind,  and  to  make 
disbursements  of  such  moneys  for  any  purpose,  shall  fail  to  render  complete  accounts 
of  such  receipts  and  disbursements  to  the  Auditor,  or  to  transmit  the  same  within  five 
days  after  the  expiration  of  the  month  to  which  they  pertain,  or  shall  neglect  to  render 
the  same  when  requested  so  to  do,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Auditor  forthwith  to 
report  such  case  to  the  Governor  for  proper  action. 

Rule  10.  There  shall  be  in  the  office  of  the  Auditor  a  Division  of  Bookkeeping 
in  which  shall  be  kept  proper  books  of  entry  and  ledgers  for  recording  the  general  ac- 
counts of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  pertaining  to  the  revenues  of  the  Zone,  and 
the  personal  accounts  of  agents  and  officers  authorized  to  collect  the  same  and  the 
disbursement  of  moneys  by  the  Treasurer  upon  vouchers  as  herein  provided,  and  of 
all  other  accounts  or  claims  allowed  and  certified  by  the  Auditor,  including  accounts  of 
appropriation.  The  system  of  bookkeeping  adopted  by  the  Auditor  shall  be  a  double- 
entry  system. 

Rlt-E  11.  The  receipts  issued  by  the  Treasurer  for  moneys  received  on  deposit, 
before  being  countersigned  by  the  Auditor,  shall  be  entered  in  a  Ledger  of  Treasury 
Receipts  as  funds  deposited,  as  Postal  Receipts,  Internal  Revenue  Receipts,  Miscel- 
laneous Receipts,  or  as  Payments  or  Repayments  to  appropriations,  or  any  subheading 
of  these  classes  of  deposits  as  may  seem  proper,  respectively,  and  in  making  such  en- 
tries from  the  Treasury  receipts,  the  number  and  date  of  the  receipt  and  the  name  and 
official  designation,  if  any,  of  the  person  by  whom  the  deposit  was  made,  shall  be  noted. 
These  funds  shall  thereupon  be  treated  as  one  fund,  known  as  the  general  fund  from 
which  all  appropriations  from  "moneys  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated" 
shall  be  made. 

Rule  12.  All  vouchers  shall  be  charged  against  the  available  fund  and  against  the 
account  of  the  services  and  appropriation  for  which  such  voucher  is  drawn,  and  in 
making  such  debit  entries  the  number  and  date  of  the  voucher  and  the  name  of  the 
person,  with  official  designation,  if  any,  to  whom  paid,  shall  be  noted.  The  Auditor 
shall  so  keep  his  record  as  to  be  able  to  show  at  any  time  the  amount  of  money  dis- 
bursed on  account  of  any  appropriation,  as  shown  by  the  voucher  issued  and  by  the 
accounts  as  audited. 

revenue  accounts. 

Rule  13.  All  officers  or  agents  authorized  to  receive  and  collect  moneys  arising 
from  the  revenues  of  the  Canal  Zone,  of  whatsoever  kind,  shall  be  required  to  pay 
the  full  amounts  received  and  collected  by  them  respectively,  to  the  Treasurer,  and 
to  render  to  the  Auditor  monthly  accounts  therefor  within  five  days  after  the  expira- 
tion of  the  month  to  which  they  pertain,  accompanied  by  proper  itemized  and  certified 
statements  and  returns  of  the  revenues  collected,  showing  when,  by  whom  and  on 
what  account  collected. 

Rule  14.  In  the  rendition  of  such  revenue  accounts  the  officers  or  agents  will 
charge  themselves  with  all  revenues  received  and  collected  during  the  period  covered 
by  the  account,  and  take  credit  for  the  amounts  paid  to  the  Treasurer  as  shown  by  the 
duplicate  receipts  in  their  possession  and  countersigned  by  the  Auditor,  the  number 
and  date  of  such  receipts  being  noted  in  the  entries  of  amounts  paid  to  the  Treasurer. 
These  duplicate  receipts  will  be  retained  by  the  officer  or  agent  claiming  credit 
therefor. 

Rule  15.  In  the  audit  of  such  revenue  accounts  the  Auditor  shall  compare  and 
check  the  Treasury  receipts  of  record  in  his  office  with  the  corresponding  entries  in 
the  account  of  the  officer  or  agent  as  rendered,  making  proper  notation  in  the  Treas- 
urer's account  of  the  counter  credit  to  the  depositor. 

Rule  16.  All  revenue  accounts  shall  be  rendered  and  kept  separately  under  the 
appropriate  funds  or  heads  of  account  to  which  they  respectively  pertain;  that  is,  all 
revenues  arising  in  the  Department  of  Post  Offices  under  the  head  of  Postal  Receipts; 
all  revenues  derived  from  internal  ta.xes  and  duties,  shall  be  entered  under  the  head 
of  Internal  Revenue  Receipts;  all  revenues  from  other  sources  under  the  head  of 
Miscellaneous  Receipts;  and  all  refunds  for  overpayment  under  the  heading  of  Repay- 
ments. 

Rule  17.  All  officers  or  agents  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  whose  duty  it 
is  to  collect  and  receive  revenues  or  other  moneys  and  deposit  the  same  in  the  Treasury 
shall  make  deposits  or  remittances  of  same,  regardless  of  the  amount  received  or 
collected,  as  often  as  once  a  month,  where  safe  and  possible,  and  if  there  is  no  oppor- 


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47 


tunity  for  such  remittance  within  the  month,  as  soon  as  possible  thereafter,  and  a 
deposit  shall  be  made  in  every  case  as  soon  as  possible  where  the  revenues  or  moneys  in 
the  hands  of  any  officer  or  agent  amount  to  two  hundred  dollars,  United  States  cur- 
rency, or  its  equivalent  in  local  currency;  Provided,  That  no  such  officer  or  agent  shall 
be  required  to  make  a  deposit  oftener  than  once  a  day,  and  provided  further.  That 
postmasters  who  are  authorized  to  issue  and  pay  money  orders  shall  remit  by  regis- 
tered mail  to  their  designated  depositary  all  sums  received  by  them  from  sale  of 
money  orders  in  excess  of  their  authorized  reserve  or  the  amount  of  the  advices  of 
unpaid  orders  on  hand  less  than  two  weeks,  such  remittances  to  be  made  with  each 
and  every  mail  dispatch  from  their  respective  offices  which  may  convey  mail  to  the 
Treasurer. 's 

Rule  18.  Claims  of  officers  or  agents  whose  duty  it  is  to  collect  or  account  for  public 
money,  for  losses  of  funds  in  transit,  by  fire,  burglary  or  other  unavoidable  casualty, 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  Auditor  within  one  month  after  such  loss  occurs,  with  all  the 
evidence  in  the  case,  immediate  advice  of  the  fact  to  be  sent  to  the  Auditor  pending 
forwarding  of  complete  report.  If  the  Auditor  shall  find  that  the  said  funds  were  prop- 
erly in  the  hands  of  such  officer  or  agent,  or  properly  remitted,  or  that  the  loss  resulted 
through  no  fault  of  said  officer  or  agent,  he  may  with  the  written  consent  of  the  Governor, 
credit  the  account  of  such  officer  with  the  loss ;  Provided,  That  in  no  case  shall  a  credit 
in  excess  of  one  thousand  dollars  be  given  in  this  manner.  Claims  for  losses  in  excess 
of  one  thousanxJ  dollars  shall  be  submitted  through  the  Auditor  and  Governor  for 
relief  by  action  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Rule  19.  The  Auditor  may  with  the  written  consent  of  the  Governor  mitigate, 
remit,  remove,  compromise,  release  or  discharge  any  liability,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
to  the  Government,  in  any  matter  before  him,  when,  in  his  judgment,  the  interests 
of  the  Government  seem  to  require  it,  subject  to  such  restrictions  as  may  be  provided 
by  law. 

Rule  20.  The  Auditor  shall  supervise  the  collection  of  all  debts  due  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone  through  the  usual  civil  or  judiciary  channels,  and  institute  all 
such  measures  as  may  be  authorized  by  law  to  enforce  the  payment  of  such  debts 
and  recovery  of  all  amounts  found  to  be  due  said  Government  in  connection  with  his 
settlement  and  adjustment  of  accounts. 

MONEY  ORDER  ACCOUNTS. 

Rule  21.  The  Auditor  shall  keep  the  accounts  of  the  Money  Order  Business 
separately,  and  in  such  manner  as  to  show  the  number  and  amount  of  money  orders 
issued  at  each  post  office,  and  the  number  and  amount  paid,  and  the  fees  received. 
The  Auditor  shall  certify  quarterly  the  receipts  as  fees  from  the  sale  of  money  orders 
and  require  the  same  to  be  deposited  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  Zone  as  postal  receipts. 
Losses  of  money  order  funds  in  transit,  by  fire,  burglary,  or  other  unavoidable  casualty 
for  which  credit  may  be  given  shall  be  deducted  from  the  fees  collected  before  the 
quarterly  transfer  to  the  depositary  of  such  fees  as  postal  receipts. 

Rule  22.  Transfers  of  money  from  postal  receipts  to  money  order  funds  may  be 
made  by  the  postmaster,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Auditor  may  prescribe  when 
his  receipts  from  the  sale  of  money  orders  are  insufficient  to  pay  the  money  orders 
drawn  upon  his  office.  Credit  for  such  transfers  of  postal  funds  to  money  order  funds 
will  be  taken  in  the  monthly  postal  account  of  the  postmaster.  At  the  close  of  each 
quarter  all  such  transfers  of  funds  from  postal  to  money  order  accounts  shall  be  de- 
posited by  the  Director  of  Posts,  or  other  officer  in  charge  of  postal  affairs,  with  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Zone,  as  revenues  for  the  service  of  the  Division  of  Posts  upon 
certification  of  the  Auditor  of  the  amount  of  such  funds  to  be  so  deposited. 

Rule  22§.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  required  to  keep  an  account 
of  money  order  funds  deposited  by  postmasters  with  him  to  the  credit  of  the  Director 
of  Posts,  subject  to  his  official  draft,  when  countersigned  by  the  Local  Auditor, 
drawn  for  needful  advances  to  postmasters  of  funds  with  which  to  pay  money  orders 
lawfully  drawn  upon  them,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  postmasters  to  make  prompt 
remittances  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Zone  of  all  money  order  funds  including  all  fees 
thereon,  in  their  hands,  not  needed  to  meet  drafts  of  which  they  have  notice,  the 
same  to  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Director  of  Posts  as  money  order  funds. 

jurisdiction  of  the  auditor. 

Rule  23.  The  jurisdiction  of  the  Auditor  for  the  Canal  Zone  over  accounts  and  all 
vouchers  pertaining  thereto,  shall  be  exclusive.  His  decision  shall  be  final  and  con- 
clusive upon  administrative  branches  of  the  Government,  except  that  appeals  thereon 

»s  Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  July  27,  1906,  p.  54. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


may  be  taken  by  the  party  aggrieved  or  the  head  of  the  department  concerned  within 
one  year,  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Rule  36.  The  Auditor  for  the  Zone  shall, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  have  like  authority  as  that  conferred  by  law  upon 
the  several  auditors  of  the  United  States  and  the  Comptroller  of  the  United  States 
Treasury,  and  is  authorized  to  communicate  directly  with  any  person  or  officer  having 
claims  before  him  for  settlement,  or  with  any  officer  or  department  having  official 
relations  with  his  office. 

REPORTS. 

Rule  24.  The  Auditor  shall  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  not  later  than  ten 
days  after  the  expiration  of  each  month,  a  full  and  complete  report  of  all  money 
received  by  the  Treasurer  during  the  preceding  month,  as  shown  by  the  entries  made 
from  the  Treasury  receipts  retained  in  the  Auditor's  office;  a  statement  of  all  pay- 
ment of  moneys  made  on  vouchers  during  the  preceding  month,  and  an  itemized 
statement  of  all  other  accounts  covering  receipts,  disbursements,  and  expenditures 
audited  during  the  preceding  month. 

DEPOSITARY   OF    C.\KAL    ZONE. 

Rule  25.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone*^  shall  keep  a  properly  detailed  account 
in  permanent  books  of  record  of  moneys  received  by  him,  which  shall  be  entered  under 
appropriate  heads,  with  the  name  of  the  agents,  officers  and  persons  from  whom  re- 
ceived, and  the  dates  of  receipt. 

Rule  26.  All  moneys  received  by  the  Treasurer  shall  be  credited,  respectively,  as 
deposits  on  account  of  post  office  receipts,  as  deposits  on  account  of  internal  revenue 
receipts,  on  account  of  miscellaneous  receipts,  in  accordance  with  the  invoice  accom- 
panying the  fund,  which  in  all  cases  shall  indicate  the  proper  heading  or  classification 
under  which  the  fund  shall  be  credited. 

Rule  27.  The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  of  all  officers  and  agents  of  the 
Canal  Zone  shall  be  kept  in  the  money  in  which  it  is  received  and  disbursed,  but  in  all 
reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War  the  amounts  therein  shall  be  stated  in  the  money  of 
the  United  States  at  the  authorized  rate  of  conversion. 

Rule  28.  The  Treasurer  shall  issue  receipts  in  duplicate  for  all  moneys  received, 
which  shall  be  numbered  consecutively,  and  shall  bear  the  date  upon  which  the 
deposit  is  actually  made,  and  show  from  whom  and  what  account  received,  and  the 
amounts  in  money  of  the  United  States;  and  also  when  paid  in  any  foreign  coin  or 
currency,  the  amounts  and  kind  of  foreign  money  in  which  payments  are  made  shall 
be  stated  upon  the  receipts  and  the  rates  at  which  the  same  are  reduced  to  money  of 
the  United  States. 

Rule  29.  All  receipts,  original  and  duplicates,  issued  by  the  Treasurer,  shall  be 
registered  and  countersigned  by  the  Auditor  of  the  Zone,  without  which  they  shall  be 
invalid,  and  for  this  purpose  the  Treasurer  shall,  immediately  upon  issuing  each 
receipt  in  duplicate,  transmit  both  receipts  to  the  Auditor. 

Rule  30.  No  payment  shall  be  made  by  the  Treasurer  except  upon  vouchers  ap- 
proved by  the  Governor  and  registered  by  the  Auditor,  and  such  vouchers  when  paid 
and  accompanied  by  proper  evidence  of  payment,  which  shall  be  the  receipt  of  the 
payee,  shall  be  the  voucher  upon  which  the  Treasurer  shall  receive  credit  in  the  settle- 
ment of  these  accounts. 

Rule  31.  The  Treasurer  shall  render  monthly  accounts  of  the  receipts  and  pay- 
ments for  account  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  submit  the  same  to  the 
Auditor  for  examination  and  settlemeni,  not  later  than  ten  days  after  the  expiration 
of  each  month.  In  rendering  such  accounts  the  Treasurer  shall  charge  himself  with  all 
moneys  received  during  the  period  covered  by  the  account,  under  the  appropriate 
funds  or  heads  of  accounts. 

Rule  32.  The  Treasurer  shall  take  credit  for  all  moneys  paid  out  and  file  with  the 
account  the  vouchers  properly  canceled. 

Rule  33.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  give  bond  with  sufficient  surety, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  herein  prescribed,  and  for  the  full  payment  on  demand  of  all  balances  found 
due,  in  such  amount  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  fixed  by  the  Commission. 

Rule  34.  The  Auditor  shall  make  semi-annually,  and  oftener  if  deemed  expedient, 
an  examination  of  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Zone,  and  also  an 
examination  and  count  of  the  moneys  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  and  such  other 
pertinent  matters  as  may  be  desirable  and  submit  his  receipt  thereon  to  the  Governor 
and  Secretary  of  War. 

"See  sec.  9,  Act  Xo.  8  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61)  creating  the  office  of  Treasurer  oi  the 
Canal  Zone. 


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TITLE   TO   BE   OBSERVED   IN   THE   RENDITION   AND  CERTIFICATION  OF   ACCOUNTS. 

Rule  35.  All  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Zone  and  of  the  various  officers  and 
agents  authorized  to  collect  the  revenues,  receive  moneys  and  make  disbursements 
and  all  other  accounts  subject  to  examination  and  settlement  by  the  Auditor  shall  be 
with  "The  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  and  all  balances  certified  by  the  Auditor 
shall  be  certified  as  due  to  or  from  said  Government,  as  the  case  may  be. 

APPEALS  FROM   THE   ACTION  OF  THE   AUDITOR. 

Rule  36.  Any  person  aggrieved  by  the  action  or  decision  of  the  Auditor  in  the 
settlement  of  this  account  or  claim  by  that  officer,  may  within  one  year  take  an  appeal 
in  writing  to  the  Governor  which  shall  specifically  set  forth  the  particular  action  of  the 
Auditor  to  which  exception  is  taken,  with  the  reasons  and  authorities  relied  upon  for 
reversing  such  action.  If  the  Governor  shall  confirm  the  action  of  the  Auditor,  he 
shall  so  endorse  the  appeal  and  transmit  it  to  the  Auditor,  and  the  action  of  the 
Auditor  shall  thereupon  be  final  and  conclusive.  Should  the  Governor  fail  to  sus- 
tain the  action  of  the  Auditor,  he  shall  forthwith  report  his  ground  of  disapproval  to 
the  Secretary  of  War,  together  with  the  appeal  and  the  papers  necessary  for  a  proper 
understanding  of  the  matter.  The  decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  such  case  shall 
be  final  and  conclusive. 

Rule  37.  As  soon  after  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  as  the  accounts  of  said  year 
may  be  settled  and  adjusted,  the  Auditor  shall  submit  to  the  Governor,  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  and  the  Secretary  of  War  an  annual  report  of  the  financial  concerns 
of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  showing  the  receipts  and  disbursements  of  the 
various  departments  of  the  said  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  make  such  other 
reports  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  Governor,  the  Canal  Commission  or  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

Rule  38.  The  Auditor  shall,  at  the  time  of  settlement,  send  an  official  notification 
in  writing  to  each  person  whose  accounts  have  been  settled  in  whole  or  in  part  in  the 
Auditor's  office,  stating  the  balances  found  due  thereon  and  certified,  and  the  differ- 
ences arising  on  such  settlement  by  reason  of  disallowances  or  suspension  made  by 
the  Auditor,  or  from  other  causes,  which  statement  or  differences  shall  be  properly 
itemized.  The  reason  for  a  disallowance  or  suspension  of  credit  shall  in  all  cases  be 
stated. 

Rule  39.  A  true  copy  of  all  orders  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  which 
may  originate  a  claim  or  in  any  manner  affect  the  settlement  of  any  account  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  Auditor  by  the  proper  officer. 

Rule  40.  Every  contract  under  which  a  payment  may  be  made  shall  be  submitted 
to  the  Auditor  with  the  account  to  which  such  payment  pertains. 

Rule  4L  Wherever  the  word  "Auditor"  appears  herein  it  shall  be  taken  to  mean 
the  General  Auditor  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  his  authorized  corps  of 
deputy  auditors  or  local  auditors  to  whom  duties  have  been  regularly  assigned; 

All  orders  of  the  Governor,  and  acts  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  parts 
thereof,  which  are  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  for  the  President. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

November  5,  1905. 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  IS,  1905,  authorizing  temporary  appointments  on  the  Isthmus. 

When,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  no  register  contains  an 
eligible  having  the  special  qualifications  asked  for  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
for  service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,*'  the  Civil  Service  Commission  may  allow  a 
temporary  appointment,  which  may  be  made  permanent  on  certificate  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  that  such  action  is  required  in  the  interests  of  good  administra- 
tion.** 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  November  15,  1905. 

«'  Classified  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  15,  1904,  p.  28. 
•»  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  12,  1906,  p.  51. 

MR  79216 4 


50  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  25,  1905,  amending  order  prescribing  compensation  of  members  of  thr 

board  of  consulting  engineers. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  word  "report"  in  the  third  line  of  the  executive  order 
of  August  31,  1905, **«  providing  for  an  allowance  of  $5,000  to  each  member  of  the 
Advisory  Board  of  Engineers  upon  plans  of  the  Panama  Canal  upon  the  completion 
of  the  report  of  the  Board,  be  changed  to  "work."  This  change  is  made  in  order  to 
permit  the  foreign  members  of  the  Board  to  receive  their  allowance  before  returning^ 
to  their  homes  pribr  to  the  engrossing  and  signing  of  the  completed  report. 

The  amended  order  will  read  as  follows: 

"It  is  ordered  that  each  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Engineers  upon  plans  of 
the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  allowed  $5,000  payable  upon  the  completion  of  the  work 
of  the  Board.  In  addition  thereto  he  shall  when  on  duty  with  the  Board  be  allowed 
$15  per  day  for  personal  expenses  from  the  date  of  leaving  his  home  until  his  return 
thereto  including  Sundays  and  Holidays.  He  shall  also  be  allowed  the  actual  cost  of 
transportation  incurred  by  him  in  travel  on  duty  in  connection  with  the  Board  ta 
include  cost  of  ticket  by  railway  or  steamer,  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations, 
baggage  transfer,  cabs  and  porterage. 

"It  is  further  ordered  that  the  allowance  of  $5,000  to  General  Davis  and  General 
Abbot  shall  be  increased  by  the  amount  of  their  retired  pay  for  the  time  during  which 
they  are  employed  upon  the  work  of  the  Board,  it  being  my  intention  that  those  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  shall  receive  the  same  compensation  for  this  work  as  the  other  mem- 
bers and  this  increase  being  made  to  provide  for  the  usual  deduction  of  retired  officers' 

pay." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  November  25,  1905. 


Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  7,  1905.  fixing  date  for  holding  quarterly  session  of  the  Commission. 

The  quarterly  session  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  for  the  first  of  January, 
next,  may  be  held  at  the  Office  of  the  Commission  in  Washington,  D.  C,  instead  of 
at  the  office  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  as  provided 
in  Executive  Order  of  April  1,  1905,  in  view  of  the  necessity  of  the  Commission  for 
considering  the  report  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Engineers,  and  the  impossibility  of 
leaving  so  soon  for  the  Isthmus. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  December  7,  1905. 


Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  18,  1905,  appointing  Miss  Anna  F.  McCormick  to  position  under  the  Com- 
mission. 

Miss  Anna  F.  McCormick  may  be  permanently  appointed  to  a  position  in  the 
office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  where  she  is  at  present  temporarily  employed. 

T.  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  December  18,  1905. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  8,  1906,  appointing  Ralph  Whitman  to  position  under  the  Commission. 

Mr.  Ralph  Whitman  may  be  permanently  appointed  to  the  position  of  Engineer 
Draftsman  in  the  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  where  he  is  at  present 
temporarily  employed. 

T.  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  January  8,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,   1906,  revoking  order  authorizing  temporary  appointments  on  the 

Isthmus. 

Executive  Order  of  November  15,  1905,'"  as  to  appointments  to  positions  in  the 
service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  upon  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  January  12,  1906. 

*»  p.  51.     Further  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  19,  1906,  p.  51. 
»•  p.  49. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  51 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1906,  amending  civil-service  rules  applicable  to  employees  on  the 

Isthmus. 

Schedule  A  of  the  civil  service  rules  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  all  of  the 
present  provisions  of  Section  VIII  "  and  substituting  therefor  the  following: 

» 

VIII.  ISTHMIAN  CANAL  COMMISSION. 

All  officers  and  employees  in  the  service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  upon 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  except  those  who  are  to  perform  the  duties  of  clerk,  book- 
keeper, stenographer,  typewriter,  surgeon,  physician,  trained  nurse,  or  draftsman. 

l\o  person  appointed  to  the  service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  otherwise  than 
through  competitive  examination  or  by  transfer  or  promotion  from  a  competitive 
position  shall  be  transferred  to  a  competitive  position. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  January  12,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  19,  1906,  amending  order  prescribing  compensation  of  members  of  the  board 

of  consulting  engineers. 

In  order  to  more  clearly  express  the  intention  prompting  the  issuance  of  the  original 
order  fixing  the  compensation  and  allowances  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Con- 
sulting Engineers  upon  plans  for  the  Panama  Canal  the  Executive  Order  of  August 
31,  1905  9^  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"It  is  hereby  ordered  that  each  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Engineers  upon 
plans  for  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  allowed  $5,000,  payable  upon  the  completion  of 
the  report  of  the  Board.  In  addition  thereto  he  shall  receive  $15  per  day  during  the 
time  he  may  be  engaged  upon  the  work  of  the  Board,  including  Sundays  and  legal 
holidays,  from  the  date  of  first  leaving  home  to  assemble  as  a  Board  until  the  date 
of  arrival  at  home  after  the  conclusion  of  his  services  on  said  Board.  For  the  time, 
subsequent  to  final  adjournment,  required  in  closing  the  work  of  the  Board,  in  com- 
pleting its  records,  printing  its  report  and  appendix  matter,  and  in  distribution  of  the 
same,  the  Chairman  is  allowed  the  same  per  diem  for  15  days  additional. 

"Each  member  shall  also  be  allowed  the  actual  cost  of  transportation  incurred  by 
him  in  necessary  travel  in  connection  with  the  work  of  the  Board,  to  include  cost  of 
ticket  by  railway  or  steamer,  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations,  baggage  transfer, 
cabs  and  porterage. 

"It  is  further  ordered  tha't  the  allowances  to  General  Davis  and  General  Abbot  shall 
be  increased  by  the  amount  of  their  retired  pay  for  the  time  during  which  they  are 
employed  upon  the  work  of  the  Board,  it  being  my  intention  that  those  members  shall 
receive  the  same  compensation  for  this  work  as  the  other  members  and  this  increase 
being  made  to  provide  for  the  usual  deduction  of  retired  officers'  pay." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  February  19,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.   26.  1906,  amending  order  prescribing  salaries  and  allowances  of  Com- 
missioners." 

The  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  of  April  3,  1905,  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  revoked  '•  and  it  is  ordered  as  fol- 
lows: 

That  Theodore  P.  Shonts,  Chairman  of  the  Commission  receive  a  salary  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars  per  annum; 

That  Charles  E.  Magoon,  Commissioner,  receive  a  salary  of  seventeen  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars  per  annum; 

That  Mordecai  T.  Endicott,  Peter  C.  Hains,  Oswald  H.  Ernst,  and  Benjamin  M. 
Harrod,  Commissioners,  each  receive  as  such,  seven  thousand  nve  hundred  dollars 
per  annum; 

That  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Commission  receive  a  salary  of  thirty  thousand 
dollars  per  annum; 

»■  p.   28. 

»'  p.  44. 

"  See  notes  under  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  26,  1904,  p.  20. 

"  p.  40. 


52      executivp:  orders  relating  to  Panama  canal 

That  Theodore  P.  Shouts,  Charles  E.  Magoon,  and  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Commission  be  allowed  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on  the  Isthmus;  that 
Commissioners  Endicott,  Hains,  Ernst  and  Harrod  be  allowed  and  paid  their 
actual  and  necessary  expenses  while  in  attendance  at  the  regular  or  specially  called 
meetings  of  the  Commission  held  on  the  Isthmus,  and  also  their  actual  traveling 
expenses  to  and  from  the  meetings  of  the  Commission  on  the  Isthmus  or  at  Washing- 
ton as  the  case  may  be;  and  that  Theodore  P.  Shonts,  Charles  E.  Magoon,  and  the 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Commission  be  allowed  and  paid  their  expenses  of  travel  while 
on  the  business  of  the  Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  February  26,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26.  1906,  defining  intention  of  order  fixing  salaries  and  allowances  of 

Commissioners. 

In  order  more  clearly  to  express  the  intention  of  the  Executive  Order,  dated  The 
White  House,  February  26,  1906,  fixing  the  salaries  and  allowances  of  the  members  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 's  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mission be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses  while  away  from  Wash- 
ington on  official  business  of  the  Commission,  and  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  and 
the  (^-hief  Engineer  of  the  Commission  be  allowed  and  paid  their  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  while  away  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  on  official  business. 

This  interpretation  shall  be  effective  as  of  the  date  of  the  original  order,  February 
26,  1906,  so  amended. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  26,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  May  31,  1906,  prescribing  rules  under  which  appointments,  transfers,  and  pro- 
motions on  the  Isthmus  may  be  made. 

Appointments  to  clerical  positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  less  than  $75 
in  gold  per  month  may  be  made  without  examination  under  the  civil  service  rules.'^ 

Transfers  or  promotions  from  one  classified  position  to  another  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  may  be  made  without  reference  to  the  usual  limitations,  but  shall  be  showH 
on  the  monthly  report  of  changes  in  the  service  made  to  the  Civil  Service  Commission. 
No  transfer  shall  be  made  from  the  service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  to  the  Office 
of  Administration,  Isthmian  Canal  Affairs,  except  in  accordance  with  the  transfer 
rules  and  regulations  at  present  in  effect. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  May  31,  1906. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1906,  fLxing  compensation  and  allowances  of  Commissioners. 

It  is  hereby  ordered : 

That  Theodore  P.  Shonts,  Chairman  of  the  Commission,  receive  a  salary  of  $30,000 
per  annum. 

That  John  F.  Stevens,  Commissioner,  receive  no  additional  salary  over  that  paid 
him  as  Chief  Engineer. 

That  Charles  E.  Magoon,  Commissioner,  receive  a  salary  of  $17,500  per  annum. 

That  Mordecai  T.  Endicott,  Peter  C.  Hains,  and  Benjamin  M.  Harrod,  Commis- 
sioners, each  receive  as  such  a  salary  of  $7,500  per  annum. 

That  Theodore  P.  Shonts,  Charles  E.  Magoon,  and  John  F.  Stevens  be  allowed 
the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on  the  Isthmus. 

That  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  while  away  from  Washington,  on  official  business  of  the  Commission,  and 
that  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Commission  be 
allowed  and  paid  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses  while  away  from  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  on  official  business. 

•sp.  51. 

''See  Sec.  VIII  of  rules,  p.  28.  This  paragraph  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  July  17,  1906,  p. 
53,  to  read  "not  more  than  $75." 


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53 


That  Commissioners  Endicott,  Hains,  and  Harrod  be  allowed  and  paid  their  actual 
and  necessary  expenses  while  in  attendance  at  the  regular  or  specially  called  meetings 
of  the  Commission,  held  on  the  Isthmus,  and  also  their  actual  traveling  expenses  to 
and  from  the  meetings  of  the  Commission,  on  the  Isthmus  or  at  Washington,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

All  orders  in  conflict  herewith  are  revoked." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
June  30,  1906. 

(11.30  p.  m.;   after  adjournment  of  Congress.) 


Order  of  the  President,  July  17,  1906,  making  permanent  certain  temporary  appointments  on  the  Isth- 
mus. 

Appointments  to  clerical  positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  not  more  than 
$75  in  gold  a  month  may  be  made  without  examination  under  the  civil  service  rules.  "* 

The  employees  named  in  the  list  agreed  upon  by  the  Office  of  Administration,  Isth- 
mian Canal  Affairs,  and  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  who  were  appointed  either 
temporarily  to  meet  the  urgent  needs  of  the  service  in  the  absence  of  available 
eligibles,  or  were  appointed  immediately  after  the  signing  of  the  order  of  January  12, 
1906,  through  a  misapprehension  of  its  provisions,  may  be  permanently  appointed. 


Theodore  Roosevelt. 


Approved  July  17,  1906. 


hits  of  temporary  employees  made  eligible  for  permanent  appointment  by  Executive  Order 

of  July  17,1906. 


Names. 

Grade. 

Salary. 

Division. 

Weedon  D.  Williams               

S75.00 

75.00 

83.33 

•    75.00 

75.00 

125.00 

125.00 

125.00 

125.00 

83.33 

40.00 

100.00 

125.00 

83.33 

75.00 

100.00 

60.00 

125.00 

125.00 

40.00 

40.00 

100.00 

100.00 

100,00 

75.00 

150.00 

Municipal  Engineering. 

Ralph  W.  Border 

do 

Clerk  I 

Philip  P.  Moseley   _ 

Copyist 

do 

Building  Construction. 

Charles  G.  Smith  ...                 

Charles  E.  Athey 

Clerk  III 

Edward  W.  Wilson 

do 

do 

George  A.  Marquis 

do          .       ..  .'... 

Do. 

Louis  Mantovani 

Draftsman 

Do. 

Robert  L.  Turner. 

Frederick  Crisp. 

Clerk  II 

C.  N.  Messelonghites 

Clerk  III.. 

Do. 

Lewin  W.  Walker.... 

Clerk  I 

Do. 

Hildebert  Rutherford 

Copyist _ 

C.  L.  Hase 

Albin  Ralston 

do  

Do. 

William  D.  Gillespie 

Clerk  III 

Robert  Fouillebois 

do 

Do. 

Harold  A.  Head- 

Mess  clerk. 

Labor  and  Quarters. 

Ernest  Booth 

do 

Do. 

Melvin  J.  Kimball..  . 

Clerk  II       . . 

Mechanical  Division. 

Paul  Prat 

Draftsman _ 

Clerk  II 

Thomas  B.  Colville 

Thomas  A.  Fletcher.— 

CopyisC.  _ 

Chief  of  Division 

Cristobal  Division. 

M.  L.  Padgett— 

Aristides  .-Mfaro 

Building  Construction. 

E.  W.  Fraser 

Clerk 

Division  Material  and  Supplies. 

Alex.  Alich._     

do 

Thomas  L.  Cook.  ......     . 

Inspector  of  Revenues 
Clerk 

Eugene  V.  St.  T.  Sargent 

Do. 

V.  Ridgeley  Martin 

Inspector  of  Customs 
Clerk.    

Do. 

Isaac  Carlos  Ames 

Division  Material  and  Supplies. 

Edward  Kearney _ 

do 

Dr.  Herman  Canfield..._ 

Interne 

Government  and  Sanitation. 

George  R.  Hands 

Clerk.. 

Do. 

"  See  notes  under  page  19  hereof. 

'•  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  16,  1918.  p.  249,  permits  such  appointments  where  salary  is  not  more 
than  $106,  conditioned  as  to  time  limitation  of  war  conditions. 


54  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  July  27,  1906,  amending  rule  17  of  rules  and  instructions  relative  to 
accounting  system  of  government  of  Canal  Zone. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  July  27,  1906. 
By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  rule 
17  of  the  Rules  and  instructions  relative  to  the  Accounting  system  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,"  Isthmus  of  Panama,  be  amended  by  striking  out  the  last 
words  in  the  paragraph,  reading,  "such  remittances  to  be  made  with  each  and  every 
mail  dispatch  from  their  respective  offices  which  may  convey  mail  to  the  Treasurer," 
and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words,  "such  remittances  to  be  made  with  at  least 
one  mail  dispatch  on  each  day  during  which  their  respective  offices  may  be  open  for 
the  transaction  of  business." 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  20.  1906,  fixing  date  for  holding  quarterly  session  of  the  Commission. 

The  quarterly  session  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  which,  under  the  Execu- 
tive Order  of  April  1,  1905,  would  ordinarily  be  held  on  the  first  day  of  October,  next, 
may  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
on  the  15th  day  of  November,  1906,  instead  of  on  the  date  above  mentioned. 

Theodore  Roosevelt, 

President. 
The  White  House,  September  20,  1906. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  24,  1906,  appropriating  funds  of  the  Canal  Zone  government  for 

school  purposes. 

The  sum  of  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  ($50,000)  of  the  funds  of  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  is  hereby  apportioned  to  be  devoted  to  public 
school  purposes  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1907.  It  shall  be  expended  in 
the  purchase  of  real  estate  to  be  used  as  building  sites  for  schoolhouses,  the  erection 
of  schoolhouses,  rent  of  buildings  for  schoolrooms,  equipment  of  schoolrooms  for 
school  purposes,  including  desks  and  furniture,  books,  maps,  etc.,  and  compensation 
for  teachers. 

The  sum  hereby  rendered  available  for  schools  shall  be  expended  by  direction  of 
the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  accounted  for  by  proper  vouchers.  The  governor 
shall  report  his  action  under  this  authority  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  September  24,  1906. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  24,  1906,  appropriating  funds  of  the  Canal  Zone  government  for 

contingent  expenses. 

There  is  hereby  apportioned  from  the  funds  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,000),  to  be  expended  upon 
the  order  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  the  payment  of  the  contingent  expen- 
ses of  said  Government  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1907.  The  Governor 
shall  report  the  disbursements  made  from  this  fund  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  Septetnber  24,  1906. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  17,  1906,  authorizing  purchase  of  Panaman  stamps  out  of  funds 

of  Canal  Zone  Government. 

Whereas,  Section  7  of  the  Executive  Order  issued  by  direction  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States  under  date  of  December  3,  1904,  provides  that,  "The  authorities 
of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  purchase  from  the  Republic  of  Panama  such  stamps  as  the 
authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone  desire  to  use  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  forty  per  centum  of 
their  face  value:"'""' 

«»  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  5,  190S,  p.  44. 
■••  p.  29. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        55 

Authority  is  hereby  given  for  the  expenditure,  from  the  funds  of  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  deposited  in  the  Treasury  of  said  Government, 
of  such  sums  as  may  be  necessary,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  purchase  of  stamps 
from  the  Government  of  Panama  for  surcharging  for  use  in  the  Canal  Zone.  The 
sums  hereby  rendered  available  for  the  purchase  of  stamps  shall  be  expended  by  direc- 
tion of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  accounted  for  by  proper  vouchers.  The 
Governor  shall  report  his  action  under  this  authority  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  November  17,  1906. 


Order  of  the  Preside^^,  Nov.  1 7,  1906,  reorganizing  the  Commission. 

The  Executive  Order  of  April  1,  1905,'""  is  hereby  changed  as  follows: 

The  Commission  will  hold  quarterly  sessions  the  first  week  in  February,  May, 
August,  and  November,  of  each  year,  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  will  continue 
each  session  as  long  as  public  business  may  require.  Further  notice  of  such  meetings 
shall  not  be  necessary  to  their  regularity.  The  Commission  may  hold  special  sessions 
at  the  call  of  the  Chairman.  Four  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  and  the  action 
of  such  majority  shall  be  the  action  of  the  Commission. 

The  Commission,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  President,  is  charged  with  the  general  duty  of  the  adoption  of  plans 
for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  Canal,  and  with  the  execution  of  the  work 
of  the  same;  for  the  purchase  and  delivery  of  supplies,  machinery  and  necessary 
plant;  the  employment  of  the  necessary  officers,  employees,  and  laborers,  and  with 
the  fixing  of  their  salaries  and  wages;  with  the  operations  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  and  Steamship  Lines  as  common  carriers;  with  the  utilization  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  as  means  of  constructing  the  Canal;  with  the  Government  and 
Sanitation  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  with  all  matters  of  sanitation  in  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon  and  the  harbors  thereof;  with  the  making  of  all  contracts  for  the 
construction  of  the  Canal  or  any  of  its  needful  accessories;  and  with  all  other  matters 
incident  and  necessary  to  the  building  of  a  water-way  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
as  provided  by  the  Act  of  Congress,  June  28,  1902. 

The  Executive  Committee,  as  provided  for  in  my  Executive  Order  of  April  1,  1905, 
is  hereby  abolished. 

In  order  to  promote  the  greatest  harmony  between  the  heads  of  Departments,  and 
to  secure  results  by  the  most  direct  methods,  the  following  organization  shall  be 
created : 

The  organization  shall  consist  of  the  Chairman  and  the  following  heads  of  Depart- 
ments: Chief  Engineer,  General  Counsel,  Chief  Sanitary  Officer,  General  Purchas- 
ing Officer;  General  Auditor,'"  Disbursing  Officer,  and  Manager  of  Labor  and 
Quarters.    The  duties  of  each  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  The  Chairman  shall  have  charge  of  all  departments  incident  and  necessary  to 
the  construction  of  the  Canal,  or  any  of  its  accessories. 

2.  He  shall  appoint  the  Heads  of  the  various  Departments,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Commission. 

3.  The  Head  of  each  Department  shall  report  to  and  receive  his  instructions  from 
the  Chairman. 

4.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  operations  of  the  Panama  Railroad  and  Steamship 
Lines. 

5.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  from  time  to  time 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

A  minute  of  every  transaction  of  the  Chairman  shall  be  made  and  one  copy  of  the 
minutes  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  another  copy  transmitted  for 
the  consideration  of  the  Commission  at  its  next  meeting. 

The  Chief  Engineer  shall  have  charge  of: 

1.  All  engineering  work  relating  to  the  Canal  and  its  accessories. 

2.  All  construction  work  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

3.  The  operation  of  the  Panama  Railroad  so  far  as  same  relates  to  Canal  construc- 
tion work. 

"■  p.  35.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  6,  1908,  p.  72,  newly  defining  powers  of  the  Isthmian 
•Canal  Commission  and  its  Chairman. 

""  General  and  local  auditor  abolished,  and  Examiner  of  Accounts  created,  by  Executive  Order  of 
Aug.  15,  1907,  p.  68.  which  order  also  defines  duties  of  the  Disbursing  Officer. 


56  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

4.  The  custody  of  all  the  supplies  and  plant  of  the  Commission  upon  the  Isthmus. 

5.  In  the  absence  of  the  Chairman  from  the  Isthmus,  the  Chief  Engineer  shall 
act  for  him  in  all  matters  requiring  prompt  attention,  such  action  to  be  reported  to 
the  Chairman  for  his  action,  but  the  action  of  the  Chief  Engineer  shall  be  in  full 
force  and  effect  until  disapproved  by  the  Chairman. 

The  General  Counsel  shall  have  charge  of: 

1.  All  legal  matters  pertaining  to  the  Commission,  whether  in  the  United  States 
or  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

2.  The  administration  of  civil  government  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall 
exercise,  through  a  local  administrator,  the  authority  heretofore  vested  in  the  ( iovernor 
of  the  Canal  Zone.'"' 

The  Chief  Sanitary  Officer  shall  have  charge  of: 

1.  All  matters  of  sanitation  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  also  in  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  and  the  harbors,  etc.,  so  far  as  authorized  by  the  treaty.  Executive 
Orders  and  decrees  of  December  3,  1904,  between  the  United  States  and  Panama, 
relating  thereto. 

2.  The  custody  of  all  medical  supplies  needed  for  sanitary  purposes. 

The  General  Purchasing  Officer  shall  have  charge  of  the  purchase  and  delivery  of 
all  supplies,  machinery,  and  necessary  plant. 

The  General  Auditor  shall  have  charge  of  the  general  bookkeeping,  of  property 
accounts,  of  statistics,  of  administrative  audit  of  the  Commission,  and  of  the  account- 
ing, bookkeeping,  and  audit  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

The  Disbursing  Officer  shall  have  charge  of  time  keeping,  of  preparation  of  pay 
rolls  and  vouchers,  and  of  payment  of  same. 

The  Manager  of  Labor  and  Quarters  shall  have  charge  of  the  employment  of  all 
necessary  labor  secured  from  the  West  India  Islands  or  Central  and  South  American 
countries;  of  the  general  personal  records  of  all  employees;  of  all  quarters,  and  shall 
assign  same  to  all  employees  of  the  Commission  or  of  its  contractors ;  and  of  the  opera- 
tion of  all  Commission  hotels  and  mess  houses. 

APPOINTMENT  OF   OFFICERS. 

All  officers  and  employees  shall  be  appointed,  and  their  salaries  shall  be  fixed,  by  the 
Head  of  the  Department  in  which  they  are  engaged.  Their  appointment  and  salaries 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  either  of  the  Commission,  or,  if  the  Commission  is  not 
in  session,  of  the  Chairman. 

The  employment  of  laborers  where  the  contract  of  employment  is  made  in  the 
United  States,  shall  be  negotiated  and  concluded  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 
Where  the  employment  of  laborers  is  effected  upon  the  Isthmus,  or  outside  of  the 
United  States,  it  shall  be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  Engineer, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Chairman. 

CONTRACTS. 

Contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies,  involving  an  estimated  expenditure  exceed- 
ing $10,000  shall  only  be  made  after  due  public  advertisement  in  newspapers  of 
general  circulation,  and  shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  except 
in  the  case  of  emergency,  when,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  advertis- 
ing may  be  dispensed  with.  In  the  making  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  construction 
involving  an  estimated  expenditure  of  more  than  $1,000,  and  less  than  $10,000, 
competitive  bids  should  be  secured  by  invitation  or  advertisement  whenever  practi- 
cable. 


The  Head  of  each  Department  shall  make  a  report  upon  the  work  and  operation 
of  his  Department  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  from  time  to  time  and  as  often 
as  may  be  required  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Commission  will  make  a  report  to  the  Secretary  of  War, 
setting  forth  the  results  accomplished  by  each  Deparment  of  the  work,  at  least  annually 
and  as  often  as  he  may  deem  advisable  or  the  Secretary  may  require. 

The  Secretary  of  War  will  make  to  the  President  a  report  at  least  annually,  and 
as  often  as  he  may  deem  advisable  or  the  President  may  require. 

■•1  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  2,  1907,  p.  65,  provides  that  "the  authority  of  the  Governor  or  Chief 
Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone,  under  existing  laws,  resolutions  and  Executive  Orders,  shall  be  vested  in 
and  exercised  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission."  Such  duties  are  generally  outlined 
by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  1,  1905,  p.  35. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  D/ 

All  Executive  Orders  relating  to  the  subject  of  the  Panama  Canal,  exceptihg  so  far 
as  they  may  be  inconsistent  with  the  present  order,  remain  in  force. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
Effective  this  date,  November  17,  1906. 

T.    R. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  21,  1907,  authorizing  transfer  of  John  E.  Kidwell  from  Isthmian  service 
to  classified  clerical  postion  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  John  E.  Kidwell,  Accountant  (Pay-clerk)  at  $2,200  per  annum  in  the  Isth- 
mian Service  may  be  transferred  to  a  classified  clerical  position  in  the  United  States. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  February  21,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  21,  1907,  ratifying  action  of  the  Commission  in  increasing  salaries 
of  employees  of  the  Canal  Zone  government. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  February  21,  1907 . 
The  action  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  since  March  4,  1905,  in  increasing 
from  time  to  time  the  salaries  of  employees  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government  is  hereby 
approved. 

By  order  of  the  President. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  28,  1907,  ratifying  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Commission  changing 

laws  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  February  28,  1907. 
All  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  passed  since  March 
4,  1905,  in  so  far  as  they  effect  changes  in  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone"  or  other  en- 
actments of  the  Commission  relative  to  the  Government  of   the   Canal    Zone    prior 
to  March  4,  1905,  are  hereby  approved.""" 

By  order  of  the  President. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  28,  1907,  ratifying  action  of  the  Commission  authorizing  payment 
by  Commission  of  premiums  on  surety  bonds  of  employees. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  February  28,  1907 . 
The  action  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  under  date  of  October  7, 1905, 
approving  a  resolution  of  the  Executive  Committee  passed  at  a  meeting  thereof  on 
August  2,  1905,  providing  that  the  premiums  on  surety  bonds  of  employes  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  other  than  disbursing  officers  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
appropriation  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Oceans,  and  the  action  of  the  Commission  at  its  meeting  of  July  5,  1906,  providing 
that  all  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  including  the  Government 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  who  disburse  or  collect  moneys  of  the  United  States  Government, 
and  all  officers  or  employees  required  to  give  bond  as  provided  in  the  laws  of  the 
Canal  Zone  Government,  be  required  to  give  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 

"'Authority  of  Commission  to  legislate  was  derived  from  the  President's  Order  of  May  9,  1904, 
p.  20,  based  on  Act  of  Congress  of  Apr.  28.  1904  (T.&  A.  34).  This  authority  ceased  at  close  of  the  58th 
Congress,  Mar.  3,  1905.  Under  order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  60,  the  Commission  was  empowered  to 
enact  ordinances  regulating  police,  sanitation,  and  taxation.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  May  13, 
1914,  p.  174,  giving  approval  to  acts  and  resolutions  passed  since  Feb.  28,  1907,  ^nd  sec.  2  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79)  ratifying  and  confirming  all  laws,  orders,  regulations,  and  ordinances 
adopted  and  promulgated  in  the  Canal  Zone  by  order  of  the  President. 


58  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

duties,  in  some  corporate  surety  company  "5  to  be  designated  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Commission,  in  such  amounts  as  the  head  of  the  Department  under  which  they  are 
employed  shall  consider  proper,  are  hereby  ratified  and  approved,  anything  contained 
in  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone"  or  other  enactments  of  the  Canal  Commission  rela- 
tive to  the  Canal  Zone  Government  prior  to  March  4,  1905,  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding. 

By  order  of  the  President. 

Wm.  H.   Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Mar.  4.  1907,  placing  Joseph  B.  Bishop,  Secretary  of  the  Commission. 

n  Charge  of  Washington  Office. 

War  Department, 
Washingtott,  March  4,  1907. 
By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  Joseph  B.  Bishop,  Secretary 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  be  and  is  hereby  placed  in  charge  of  the  Wash- 
ington office  of  the  Commission  until  further  order. 

Wm.   H.   Taft. 
Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  4.  1907,  appointing  John  F.  Stevens  as  Chairman  of  the  Commission  and 
Lieut.  Col.  George  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  .■\rmy,  as  membsr  of  the  Commission. 

The  White  House, 
Washington,  D.  C,  March  4,  1907. 

John  F.  Stevens  is  hereby  appointed  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
vice  Theodore  P.  Shonts,  resigned,  to  take  effect  this  day. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,""*  United  States  Army  Engineers,  is  hereby 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  vice  John  F.  Stevens 
appointed  Chairman  thereof. 

These  appointments  are  made  after  the  adjournment  of  Congress,  and  are  recess 
appointments. 

Chairman  Stevens  will  receive  no  other  salary  than  that  which  he  now  receives  as 
Chief  Engineer,  to  wit,  v$30,000  a  year. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Goethals  will  receive  compensation  at  the  annual  rate  of 
$15,000a  year,  including  his  pay  as  a  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Engineers.  The  difference 
between  $15,000  and  his  pay  as  a  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Engineers  will  be  paid  out  of 
the  appropriation  for  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  establishing  rules  for  making  and  recording  instruments 
in  writing  affecting  real  property  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

Section  1.  A  deed  or  instrument  in  writing  executed  and  delivered  between  parties 
competent  to  contract,  and  sufficiently  describing  the  property  conveyed,  signed  by 
the  grantor,  or,  if  the  grantor  be  not  able  to  write,  with  the  grantor's  mark,  and 
witnessed  in  every  case  by  two  disinterested  parties,  shall  be  sufficient  in  law  to 
convey  the  grantor's  title  to  real  estate,  or  any  interest  therein,  and  on  and  after  July 
1,  1907,  real  property  shall  not  be  conveyed  in  any  other  manner. 

'•5  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  12,  1907,  p.  60,  prescribes  regulations  for  insurance  companies  doing 
business  in  the  Canal  Zone.  Executive  CJrder  of  Oct.  15.  1909,  p.  93,  exempts  from  annual  fee  and 
license  tax  insurance  companies  whose  business  in  the  Canal  Zone  consists  solely  in  furnishing  bonds 
of  employees. 

"■'  Colonel  Goethals  appointed  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  vice  John  F.  Stevens, 
resigned,  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  1,  1907,  p.  64,  with  same  compensation  as  in  above  order  of  Mar. 
4,  1907.  Colonel  Goethals  continued  as  Chairman  of  the  Commission  until  its  dissolution  as  of  Apr. 
1,  1914,  on  \vhich*late  he  assumed  the  duties  of  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal.  See  also  act  of  Con- 
gress of  Mar.  4,  1915  (T.  &  \.  123),  providing  for  recognition  of  services  of  certain  officers  in  conaection 
with  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS,  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        59 

Sec.  2.  No  deed  conveying  any  interest  in  real  estate,  nor  mortgage  of  real  prop- 
erty, shall  be  valid  against  subsequent  creditors  of  and  purchasers  from  the  owner  in 
good  faith,  unless  the  same  shall  have  been  recorded  with  the  registrar  of  the  ad- 
ministrative district  in  which  the  real  estate  lies. 

Sec.  3.  The  clerks  of  the  circuit  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  act  as  registrars 
of  land  titles, '"7  as  follows: 

The  clerk  of  the  First  Judicial  Circuit  Court  for  the  administrative  district  of  Ancon. 

The  clerk  of  the  Second  Judicial  Circuit  Court  for  the  administrative  districts  of 
Empetador  and  Gorgona. 

The  clerk  of  the  Third  Judicial  Circuit  Court  for  the  administrative  district  of 
Cristobal. 

Sec.  4.  For  the  purpose  of  recording  all  instruments  required  to  be  recorded 
under  this  order  the  registrar  shall  keep  a  well-bound  and  substantial  bookr  and  shall 
be  entitled  to  charge  for  services  rendered  as  registrar,  as  follows: 

For  each  instrument  recorded,  ten  cents,  gold,  per  folio  of  one  hundred  words. 

For  cancelling  mortgages  or  other  instruments  recorded  with  him,  twenty-five 
cents,  gold. 

For  each  certified  copy  of  an  instrument  recorded  in  his  office,  ten  cents,  gold,  per 
folio. 

Sec.  5.  Any  document  relating  to  real  estate  or  affecting  property  or  personal 
relations,  executed  under  the  Spanish  law  prior  to  this  order,  may  be  recorded  for 
the  purpose  of  preservation. 

Effective  April  15,  1907. ">« 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  12,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Mar.  12,  1907,  extending  United  States  patent,  trade-mark,  and  copy- 
right laws  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  the  patent,  trade-mark,  and  copyright  laws  of  the  United  States  of  America 
are  hereby  extended  to  and  made  effective  within  the  Canal  Zone  to  the  extent  that 
any  patent  or  copyright  issued  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  any  trade- 
mark duly  registered  in  the  Patent  Oifice  of  the  United  States,  shall  vest  in  the  person 
to  whom  issued  or  in  whose  name  registered,  his  assigns  and  licensees,  subject  to  the 
protection  of  the  Circuit  and  Supreme  Courts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  same  exclusive 
right  of  property  therein  that  such  person  would  possess  in  the  United  States. 
Effective  April  15,  1907. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  12,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12,  1907,  appointing  members  of  Joint  Commission. 

By  order  of  the  President,  Mr.  B.  S.  Ambler  and  Mr.  Montgomery  Blair  are  hereby 
appointed  members  of  a  Joint  Commission  provided  for  by  Articles  VI  and  XV  of 
the  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  of  February  26, 
1904. 

They  will  be  present  upon  the  Isthmus  on  or  before  April  4,  1907. 
They  will  receive  an  allowance  of  $15  per  day  for  their  services  from  the  time  they 
leave  the  United  States  until  their  return  there,  and  their  actual  traveling  expenses 
and  subsistence  during  the  same  period  of  time. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.C.,  March  12,  1907. 

•»'  Sec.  399,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  p.  90,  provides  that  the  clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  "shall  also 
act  as  ex  officio  registrar  of  land  titles  until  relieved  by  law,  and  shall  keep  proper  books  of  record  which 
shall  at  all  reasonable  hours  be  open  to  the  public." 

'••  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1911,  p.  104. 


60        EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  12.  1907.  prescribing  regulations  for  insurance  companies  doing 
business  in  the  Canal  Zone.'*' 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  no  life,  fire,  accident,  industrial,  or  indemnity  insurance  company  shall  be 
permitted  to  do  business  within  the  Canal  Zone  until  it  shall  have  complied  with 
the  following  requirements: 

1.  It  shall  file  with  the  Collector  of  Revenues: 

(c)  A  certified  copy  of  its  articles  of  incorporation. 

(b)  A  certificate  of  the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  of  its  incorporation 
showing  that  it  is  authorized  to  do  business  in  the  home  jurisdiction. 

(c)  A  resolution  of  its  Board  of  Directors  designating  an  agent  within  the  Canal 
Zone  upon  whom  legal  process  may  be  served. 

(d)  A  certified  copy  of  its  last  annual  statement  to  the  Insurance  C'ommissioner 
of  the  State  or  country  in  which  it  may  be  incorporated ;  and  from  time  to  time  there- 
after copies  of  such  additional  reports  as  it  shall  make  to  the  home  Commissioner. 

(e)  A  sworn  statement,  showing  the  amount  of  its  capital  stock  paid  in,  its  surplus, 
the  amount  of  insurance  it  has  outstanding,  and  the  number  of  unsettled  or  uncon- 
tested claims  pending  against  it. 

2.  It  shall  deposit  with  the  Collector  of  Revenues  $10,000  in  cash  or  current  securi- 
ties, which  shall  be  available  to  satisfy  any  judgment  that  may  be  rendered  against 
it  under  any  insurance  policy  that  it  may  issue. 

3.  Upon  complying  with  these  conditions  and  the  payment  of  an  annual  fee  of  $50, 
the  Collector  of  Revenues  will  issue  to  such  company  a  certificate  authorizing  it  to  do 
business  within  the  Canal  Zone.  Such  certificate,  however,  shall  be  terminable  by 
the  direction  of  the  chief  civil  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone;  but  if  terminated  without 
fault  upon  the  part  of  the  insurance  company,  a  proportionate  rebate  of  the  license 
fee  will  be  made  to  the  insurance  company. 

4.  Each  company,  as  a  condition  of  continuing  to  do  business  within  the  Canal 
Zone,  shall  file  with  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  between  January  1  and  March  1  of 
each  year,  a  sworn  statement  showing  the  business  done  by  it  within  the  Canal  Zone 
during  the  previous  calendar  year,  and  shall  pay,  on  or  before  March  1,  to  the  Col- 
lector of  Revenues,  in  lieu  of  all  other  taxes  save  taxes  upon  real  estate  and  the 
annual  fee  provided  for  in  Section  3  hereof,  a  license  tax  equal  to  one  and  one-half  per 
centum  of  its  premium  receipts  for  the  calendar  year  preceding. 

5.  The  agent  of  any  unlicensed  insurance  company  doing  business  within  the  Canal 
Zone  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  $25  for  the  first  offense,  and  not  exceed- 
ing $100  for  the  second  offense. 

Effective  July  1,  1907. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of   War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  12,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  providing  for  the  celebration  of  marriages  in  the  Canal  Zone."' 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

That  marriages  in  the  Canal  Zone  may  be  celebrated  by  any  minister  of  the  Gospel 
in  regular  standing  in  the  church  or  society  to  which  he  belongs,  by  the  judge  of  any 
court  of  record,  or  by  any  municipal  or  district  judge. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  13,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  dividing  the  Canal  Zone  into  administrative  districts. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered : 

1.  The  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  shall  be  divided  into  four  administrative 
districts,'"  to  be  known  as  .\ncon,  Emperador,  Gorgona,  and  Cristobal.    The  districts 

■"Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  15,  1909,  p.  93,  exempting  from  annual  fee  and  license  tax 
insurance  companies  whose  business  in  the  Canal  Zone  consists  solely  in  furnishing  bonds  of  employees. 
See  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  20.  1913,  p.  142,  prescribing  conditions  under  which  foreign  corporations 
may  do  business  in  the  Canal  Zone;  and  Sees,  396-409  of  the  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  158).  relating 
to  fraudulent  insolvencies  by  corporations. 

■■•Supersedes  .Art.  126,  p.  44  and  Art.  50,  Law  of  1887,  p.  560.  of  Colombia-Panama  Civil  Code. 
Confirmed  and  amplified  by  Executive  Order  of  May  31,  1907,  p.  65.  _ 

■■'  Boundaries  of  old  municipal  districts  shown  in  act  No.  7  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  37),  which 
reads  as  amended  by  act  No.  18  of  the  Commission. 


EXECUTWE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  61 

of  Ancon  and  Emperador  "^  shall  be  coextensive  with  the  present  municipal  districts 
of  Ancon  and  Emperador.  The  district  of  Gorgona  "-  shall  be  composed  of  the  present 
municipal  district  of  Gorgona  and  that  portion  of  the  municipal  district  of  Buena- 
vista  lying  south  and  east  of  a  straight  line  passing  through  the  center  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company's  bridge  No.  38  over  the  .\gujeta  River,  and  intersecting  the 
boundaries  of  the  Canal  Zone  with  an  inclination  of  forty  degrees  east  of  the  magnetic 
meridian.  The  district  of  Cristobal  shall  be  composed  of  the  present  municipal 
district  of  Cristobal  and  that  portion  of  the  municipal  district  of  Buenavista  lying 
north  and  west  of  a  straight  line  passing  through  the  center  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company's  bridge  No.  38,  over  the  Agujeta  River,  and  intersecting  the  boundaries 
of  the  Canal  Zone  with  an  inclination  of  forty  degress  east  of  the  magnetic  meridian. 

2.  In  each  district  there  shall  be  appointed  a  tax  collector,"^  who  shall  discharge 
the  duties  "''  of  the  present  municipal  treasurer  and  Board  of  Assessors.  He  shall  be 
charged  with  the  collection  of  license  taxes, "s  the  assessment  and  collection  of  all 
ad  valorem  taxes,  the  preparation  of  head  lists  for  work  upon  public  improvements 
and  the  issuance  of  citations  and  collection  of  commutation  taxes  thereunder,  the 
keeping  of  the  Civil  Register,  the  collection  of  rents  from  public  and  municipal 
property,  the  execution  of  leases  thereof  under  direction  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues, 
and  in  the  proper  case  with  the  approval  of  the  chief  executive  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
the  execution  of  deed  therefor.  He  shall  also  represent  the  municipality  in  all  neces- 
sary litigation  affecting  municipal  property  within  his  district,  and  shall  from  time 
to  time  discharge  such  other  duties  of  a  public  nature  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by 
the  duly  authorized  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone.  He  shall  keep  books  or  rolls 
showing  all  assessments  made,  taxes  and  rents  due,  and  collections  made,  and  shall 
give  such  bond  as  may  be  required  of  him.  He  shall  report  to  the  Collector  of  Reve- 
nues and  deposit  all  funds  as  he  may  be  required  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

3.  The  existing  regulations  concerning  the  assessment  and  collection  of  taxes  and 
the  enforcement  of  tax  liens  shall  be  followed  and  applied  by  the  Tax  Collector  so 
far  as  the  same  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  terms  of  this  order.  Unpaid  taxes  of 
every  character  shall  constitute  a  personal  claim  against  the  person  against  whom 
they  are  levied,  and  taxes  upon  real  property  shall,  in  addition,  until  paid,  constitute 
a  lien  upon  the  realty.  With  respect  to  ad  valorem  taxes  or  other  taxes  levied  by 
assessment,  an  appeal  shall  be  allowed  to  the  Circuit  Judge  for  the  district,  following 
a  procedure  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Circuit  Judges,  by  the  owner  or  occupant  in  all 
cases  where  the  assessment  may  be  thought  to  be  unduly  high,  or  by  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  in  all  cases  where  it  may  be  thought  to  be  unduly  low,  when  compared  with 
assessments  made  upon  similar  property  similarly  situated  elsewhere  in  the  Zone. 
For  the  purpose  of  equalizing  assessments  in  the  several  districts  the  three  circuit 
judges  shall  once  a  year  sit  as  a  Board  of  Equalization. 

4.  There  shall  be  appointed  in  each  district  a  District  Judge,  who  shall  exercise  all 
the  authority  now  exercisedby  the  Municipal  Judges,"^  and  shall  discharge  such  other 
duties  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  imposed  upon  him  by  law  or  executive  order. 
There  shall  also  be  appointed  for  the  whole  Zone  a  fifth  District  Judge,  to  be  known  as 
the  Senior  District  Judge,  who  shall  sit  wherever  required  of  him  and  who  shall  once  a 
month  preside  at  and  keep  minutes  of  a  conference  of  all  the  District  Judges  at  which 
matters  of  common  interest  pertaining  to  their  office  shall  be  discussed.  Any  District 
Judge  may  temporarily  be  assigned  to  sit  in  any  other  district.  Fines  and  fees  shall 
be  accounted  for  to  the  Collector  of  Revenues  and  paid  into  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Canal  Zone."' 

5.  Public  works  and  improvements  in  the  several  districts  shall  be  under  the  charge 
and  direction  of  a  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  appointed  for  the  whole  Zone, 

■"Executive  Order  of  Sept.  12.  1?<12,  p.  130,  changed  the  name  of  Emperador  District  to  Empire 
District,  and  consolidated  the  Gorgona  with  Empire  District  for  all  judicial,  administrative,  and 
political  purposes. 

"J  Abolished  by  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  4,  1910,  p.  101,  and  the  duties  of  the  tax  collector  trans- 
ferred to  collector  of  revenue. 

"<  Defined  by  act  No.  7  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  37). 

"s  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  2,  1910,  p.  96,  provides  that  liquor  tax  be  collected  by  the  collector  of 
revenue. 

"'See  Judiciary  Act  (No.  1)  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  9);  sec.  26,  act  No.  7  of  Commission 
(L.  C.  Z.  9);  Title  I.  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  175);  and  Title  IV,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure, 
pp.  13-20.  AW  these  references  are  to  authority  exercised  by  municipal  judge  and  municipal  courts. 
See  also,  E.xecutive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  62,  amending  Sec.  16  of  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  to 
read  as  follows:  "Section  16.  District  judges  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  in  all  cases  of  misdemeanor 
wherein  the  fine  that  may  be  imposed  may  not  exceed  $100  or  imprisonment  in  jail  may  not  exceed  30 
days,  or  both.  They  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  the  Circuit  Court  in  cases  of  violation  of  Zone  or 
District  ordinances."  See  also  sees.  7  and  8  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  relative  to  the 
magistrate  courts,  which  succeeded  the  district  courts  above  referred  to. 

•"This  sentence  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  May  14.  1909,  p.  88,  to  read:  "Fines  and  fees 
shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  Canal  Zone." 


62  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

who  shall  also  have  charge  and  direction  of  slaughterhouse  and  market  inspectors  and 
shall  discharge  such  other  duties  of  a  public  character  relative  to  the  various  districts 
as  may  be  assigned  to  him."" 

6.  Accounts  shall  be  kept  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  with  each  district  and 
public  improvements  shall  be  distributed  among  the  several  districts  with  due  regard 
to  the  revenue  derived  from  each  district.  Rents  derived  from  municipal  property 
shall  in  all  cases  be  expended  upon  public  improvements  or  schools  within  the  district 
from  which  it  is  collected. 

7.  Ordinances  regulating  police,  sanitation,  and  taxation,  and  any  other  matters 
now  regulated  by  ordinance,  may  be  enacted,  and  existing  ordinances  may  be 
repealed,  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.  They  may  be  made  operative  throughout  the  Zone,  or  confined  to  any  particu- 
lar district."' 

8.  The  inunicipal  councils  and  all  other  municipal  offices  now  existing  under  the 
laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  ""  are  abolished. 

9.  The  district  officers  herein  provided  for  shall  be  appointed  and  their  salaries 
fixed  by  the  chief  executive  of  the  Canal  Zone,  subject  to  approval  by  the  Commis- 
sion. 

10.  The  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  compiled  under 
the  title  of  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  in  so  far  as  they  are  inconsistent  with  this 
order,  are  modified  and  repealed."' 

Effective  April  15,  1907. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  March  13,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  13,  1907,  amending  Penal  Code  and  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  of  the 

Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

Section  179  '"  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

Section  179.  An  assault  is  punishable  by  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  days." 

Section  181  "-  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows :  • 

"Section  181.  A  battery  is  punishable  by  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. ' '  . 

Section  209  '^j  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Section  209.  Every  parent  of  any  child  or  husband  of  any  wife  lawfully  charge- 
able with  the  support  or  maintenance  of  any  child  or  wife,  who  abandons  or  willfully 
omits,  without  lawful  excuse,  to  furnish  food,  shelter,  or  medical  attendance  to  such 
child  or  wife  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor." 

Section  342  '-^  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Section  34-2.  Grand  larceny  is  larceny  committed  in  either  of  the  cases: 

"1.  When  the  property  taken  is  of  the  value  of  ten  dollars  and  upwards. 

"2.  When  the  property  is  taken  from  the  person  of  another. 

"3.  When  the  property  taken  is  a  horse,  mare,  gelding,  cow,  steer,  bull-,  calf,  mule, 
jack  or  jenny. 

"4.  When  the  property  taken  is  the  property  of  the  United  States,  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  or  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone." 

Section  368  "s  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

"Section  368.  Every  person  guilty  of  embezzlement  is  punishable  in  the  manner 
prescribed  for  feloniously  stealing  property  of  the  value  of  that  embezzled;  and  where 
the  property  embezzled  is  an  evidence  of  debt,  or  right  of  action,  the  sum  due  upon  it 

■»*  These  duties  transferred  to  the  Dept.  Engineering  and  Construction  by  the  Executive  Order  of 
Apr.  25,  1908,  p.  79. 

'■'Ordinances  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  under  authority  of  this  section  will  be 
published  in  reprint  of  the  volume  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone.  See  note  under  paragraph  of  the 
Executive  Order  of  May  9.  1904,  relating  to  legislation,  p.  20. 

"•  Act  No.  7  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  37). 

'"  See  note  316,  p.  61. 

■»L.  C.Z.,  120. 

'"  Ibid.,   125. 

■«Ibid.,  149. 

■■•Ibid..  153. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  63 

or  evidenced  to  be  paid  by  it  shall  be  taken  at  "^  its  value:  Provided,  That  if  the 
embezzlement  or  defalcation  be  of  the  property  or  public  funds  of  the  United  States, 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  of  any 
municipality,  city  or  village  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  offense  is  a  felony,  and  shall  be 
punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  for  not  more  than  ten  years;  and 
the  person  so  convicted  shall  be  ineligible  thereafter  to  any  office  or  employment  of 
honor,  trust  or  profit  with  the  United  States,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  Govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone." 

Section  16  »^'  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
"Section  16.   District  judges  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  in  all  cases  of  mis- 
demeanor wherein  the  fine  that  may  be  imposed  may  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars 
or  imprisonment  in  jail  may  not  exceed  thirty  days,  or  both.    They  shall  have  juris- 
diction of  the  Circuit  Court  in  cases  of  violation  of  Zone  or  District  ordinances.""' 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  March  13,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  14,  1907,  refusing  permission  to  aliens  to  enter  continental  territory  of  the 

United  States. 

Whereas,  by  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  into  the 
United  States,"  approved  February  20,  1907,'^'  whenever  the  President  is  satisfied 
that  passports  issued  by  any  foreign  government  to  its  citizens  to  go  to  any  country 
other  than  the  United  States  or  to  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States  or  to 
the  Canal  Zone,  are  being  used  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  holders  to  come 
to  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States  to  the  detriment  of  labor  conditions 
therein,  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  President  to  refuse  to  permit  such  citizens  of  the 
country  issuing  such  passports  to  enter  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States 
from  such  country  or  from  such  insular  possession  or  from  the  Canal  Zone; 

And  Whereas,  upon  sufficient  evidence  produced  before  me  by  the  Department  of 
Commerce  and  Labor,  I  am  satisfied  that  passports  issued  by  the  Government  of 
Japan  to  citizens  of  that  country  or  Korea  and  who  are  laborers,  skilled  or  unskilled, 
to  go  to  Mexico,  to  Canada  and  to  Hawaii,  are  being  used  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
the  holders  thereof  to  come  to  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States  to  the 
detriment  of  labor  conditions  therein; 

I  hereby  order  that  such  citizens  of  Japan  or  Korea,  to-wit:  Japanese  or  Korean 
laborers,  skilled  and  unskilled,  who  have  received  passports  to  go  to  Mexico,  Canada 
or  Hawaii,  and  come  therefrom,  be  refused  permission  to  enter  the  continental  ter- 
ritory of  the  United  States. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  be,  and  he  hereby 
is,  directed  to  take,  thru  the  Bureau  of  Immigration  and  Naturalization,  such 
measures  and  to  make  and  enforce  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary 
to  carry  this  order  into  effect. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  14,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  16,  1907.  appointing  members  of  the  Commission,  and  fixing  their  com- 
pensation and  allowances. 

Major  William  L.  Sibert,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Major  David  Du  B. 
Gaillard,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.S.A.,  and  Civil  Engineer  Harry  H.  Rousseau,  U.S.  N., 
are  hereby  appointed  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  vice  Benjamin 
Harrod,  General  Peter  C.  Hains,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Rear- Admiral  Mordecai  T.  Endicott, 
U.  S.  N.,  resigned. 

Major  Sibert  '^^  will  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  of  $14,000  per  annum,  includ- 
ing his  pay  as  Major  in  the  Corps  of  Engineers. 

"'The  word  "at"  in  this  phrase  is  a  clerical  error,  as  the  original  Executive  Order  reads:  "as  its 
value." 

"'L.  C.  Z.  175. 

"8  See  notes  under  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  62;  notes  under  sees.  24  and  31  of  act 
No.  1  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  9);  and  sec.  7  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  relating  to  jurisdiction 
of  the  magistrates  of  the  new  courts  established  under  that  act. 

'"  Repealed  by  act  of  Feb.  5,  1917  (T.  &A.  149).  See  notes  thereunder,  as  well  as  Executive  Order 
of  Feb.  24,  1913,  p,  134. 

""Major  Sibert  and  Mr.  Rousseau  continued  as  Commissioners  during  the  life  of  the  Commission. 
See  reference  to  in  act  of  Congress  of  Mar.  4,  191S  (T.  &  A.  123),  providing  for  recognition  of  services 
of  certain  officers  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 


64  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Major  Gaillard  "J'  will  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  of  $14,000  per  annum, 
including  his  pay  as  Major  in  the  Corps  of  Engineers. 

Civil  Engineer  Rousseau  'J°  will  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  of  $14,000  per 
annum,  including  his  pay  as  an  officer  of  the  Navy. 

Major  William  L.  Sibert,  Major  David  Du  B.  Gaillard,  and  Civil  Engineer  Harry 
H.  Rousseau  will  each  be  allowed  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on  the  Isthmus 
and  will  be  allowed  and  paid  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses  while  away  from  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  on  official  business. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  16,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  18,  1907,  amending  order  relative  to  allowances  for  Lieut.  Col.  Geo.  W. 
Goethals,  U.  S.  Army,  as  member  of  the  Commission. 

The  Order  of  March  4th  '^^  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  provide  for  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  A.,  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  he  will  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses 
while  away  from  the  Isthmus  on  official  business. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  18,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  22,  1907,  promulgating  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  the  within  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  shall  be  in  force  within  the  Canal 
Zone  on  and  after  May  1,  1907.'" 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  March  22,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  26,  1907.  authorizing  transfer  of  W.  P.  Armstrong  to  any  competitiTC 

position. 

Mr.  W.  P.  Armstrong,  law  clerk  at  $2,400  per  annum  in  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  may  be  transferred  to  any  other  competitive  position  at  a  salary  not 
exceeding  $2,500  per  annum,  without  reference  to  the  limitations  of  the  transfer  rule. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  March  26,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.    1,  1907,  appointing  Lieut.   Col.   Geo.   W.   Goethals,  U.  S.   .-^rmy,   as 
Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  A.,  is  hereby  appointed  chairman 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  effective  this  date,  vice  John  F.  Stevens,  resigned. 

Chairman  Goethals  will  receive  the  same  compensation  that  was  fixed  in  the 
Executive  Order  of  March  4,  1907, 'J"!  appointing  him  a  member  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  April  I,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  1,  1907.  appointing  Joseph  C.  S.  Blackburn  a  member  of  the  Commission 
and  fixing  his  compensation  and  allowances.'" 

Joseph  C.  S.  Blackburn  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission with  compensation  at  the  rate  of  $14,000  per  annum,  effective  this  date. 

■J"  Major  Gaillard  continued  as  Commissioner  until  his  death,  Dec.  15,  1913.  See  Executive  Order 
of  Apr.  27,  1915,  p.  212,  changing  "Culebra  Cut"  to  "Gaillard  Cut"  in  liis  honor.  See  also  Joint  Reso- 
lution of  Congress  of  Dec.  22,  1913  (T.  &  .\.  97)  for  recognition  of  his  services  and  for  relief  of  his 
widow. 

>3>p.  58. 

'»  Published  in  book  form  in  one  volume.  Supersedes  the  Panama  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  which 
had  been  continued  in  force  by  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  p.  20. 

'»  See  notes  thereunder,  p.  58. 

us  Commissioner  Blackburn  was  succeeded  by  Maurice  H.  Thatcher,  appointed  by  Executive  Order 
of  Apr.  12,  1910,  p.  96;  and  the  latter  was  followed  by  Richard  Lee  Metcalfe,  appointed  by  Executive 
Order  of  Aug.  9,  1913,  p.  150.  Commissioner  Metcalfe  remained  until  the  Commission  went  out  of 
existence  as  of  April  1,  1914.  These  three  Commissioners  served  as  Head  of  Department  of  Civil 
Administration. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  65 

Commissioner  Blackburn  will  be  p.llowed  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  will  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary  expen- 
ses while  away  from  the  Isthmus  on  official  business. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  April  1,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  2,  1907,  vesting  authority  of  Governor  or  Chief  Executive  of  the 
Canal  Zone  in  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

Ancon,  Canal  Zone,  April  2,  1907. 
By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  until  otherwise  directed,  the  authority  of  the  Governor  or  Chief  Executive 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  under  existing  laws,  resolutions  and  executive  orders, '^^  shall  be 
vested  in  and  exercised  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
Secretary  of  War.  ' 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  15,  1907,  amending  civil  service  rules  relative  to  transfers. 

Amendment  to  Civil  Service  Rule  X. 

Section  8,  clause  (a),  of  Rule  X,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
'■(a)  He  must  have  received  absolute  appointment  and  have  actually  served  in  the 
classified  service  at  least  six  months  next  preceding  the  transfer;  and  if  from  one 
Executive  Department  to  another  at  Washington,  he  must  have  served  at  least  three 
years  in  the  Department  from  which  the  transfer  is  proposed;  if  to  or  from  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  the  Government  Printing  Office,  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  or  any 
other  independent  bureau,  commission,  or  office  at  Washington,  he  must  have  served 
at  least  three  years  in  the  bureau,  commission,  office,  or  Department  from  which  trans- 
fer is  proposed;  but  when,  in  its  judgment,  the  interests  of  the  service  so  require  the 
Civil  Service  Commission  may  waive  the  three-year  limitation  in  cases  of  transfers 
to  or  from  such  independent  bureaus,  offices,  or  commissions  at  Washington." 

Theodore  Roosevelt, 
The  White  House,  April  15,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  May  31,  1907,  providing  for  celebration  of  marriages  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

1.  All  marriages  heretofore  celebrated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  by  a  minister  of  any 
religious  society  or  denomination  authorized  by  the  forms  and  usages  of  his  society 
or  denomination  to  perform  marriages,  or  by  any  judicial  officer  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
shall  be  valid,  anything  contained  in  the  laws  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  heretofore 
extended  to  the  Canal  Zone  '^7  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

2.  Any  judicial  officer  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  minister  of  any  religious  society  or 
denomination  in  good  standing  shall  be  authorized  to  celebrate  marriages  within  the 
Canal  Zone;  provided  that  the  contracting  parties  shall  first  have  procured  a  marriage 
license  of  the  circuit  clerk  of  the  circuit  in  which  the  marriage  is  to  be  performed. 
But  no  such  license  shall  be  issued  unless  the  clerk  is  satisfied  from  the  oaths  of  the 
parties  and  by  other  available  evidence  that  the  man  to  be  married  is  not  less  than 
seventeen  and  the  woman  not  less  than  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  that  no  legal 
impediment  to  the  marriage  is  known  to  exist. 

3.  The  judicial  officer  or  minister  performing  the  marriage  ceremony  shall  certify 
that  fact  upon  and  return  the  marriage  license  to  the  circuit  clerk  issuing  the  same, 
for  registration.  The  circuit  clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  collect  a  fee  of  two  dollars,  gold, 
for  issuing  and  recording  the  return  of  each  marriage  certificate.'^* 

'J'  See  note  1,  p.  19  of  this  volume. 

'"  Supersedes  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  60,  and  Art.  126,  p.  44,  and  Art.  50,  law  of  1887, 
p.  560,  of  Colombia-Panama  Civil  Code. 

138  Heretofore  no  license  required,  and  only  record  was  in  the  Civil  Register  kept  by  municipal  secre- 
tary and,  later,  by  the  tax  collector  as  provided  in  sec.  2,  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  60. 
Executive  Order  of  July  3,  1914,  p.  177,  defines  duties  of  clerk  of  the  new  district  court  relating  to 
marriage  licenses  and  property  registry. 

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66  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINC;  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

4.  Any  judicial  officer  or  minister  within  tlie  Canal  Zone  v'iolatinw  :he  provisions 
of  this  order  shall  be  guiltv  of  a  misdemeanor. 
Effective  June  1,  1907.  ' 

Theodore:  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  May  31,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President.  June  5,  1907,  amending  civil-service  rules  relative  to  transfers. 
Amendment  to  Civil  Service  Rule  X. 

Section  8,  clause  (a),  of  Rule  X,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"(a)  He  must  have  received  absolute  appointment  and  have  actually  served  in  the 
classified  service  at  least  six  months  next  preceding  the  transfer;  and  if  from  one 
Executive  Department  to  another  at  Washington,  he  must  have  served  at  least  three 
years  in  the  Department  from  which  the  transfer  is  proposed;  if  to  or  from  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  the  Government  Printing  Office,  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  or 
any  other  independent  bureau,  commission,  or  office  at  Washington  he  must  have 
served  at  least  three  years  in  the  bureau,  commission,  office,  or  Department  from 
which  transfer  is  proposed;  but  when,  in  its  judgment,  the  interests  of  the  service  so 
require,  the  Civ  il  Service  Commission  may  waive  the  three-year  limitation  in  cases 
of  transfers  to  or  from  such  independent  bureaus,  offices,  or  commissions  at  Wash- 
ington. 

"The  transfer  of  persons  in  the  classified  service  in  offices  under  the  supervision 
of  one  of  the  nine  Executive  Departments  but  established  and  located  outside  such 
Departments — as  for  instance,  employees  and  subordinates  in  postoffices,  pension 
agencies,  customhouses,  ordnance  establishments,  subtreasuries,  navy  yards,  quarter- 
masters'establishments,  the  field  service  of  the  Reclamation  Service,  and  other  serv- 
ices in  like  position — shall  not  be  allowed  where  the  person  whose  transfer  is  proposed 
has  not  served  three  years  in  the  branch  of  the  Executive  Department  from  which  his 
transfer  is  desired,  unless  the  provisions  of  this  section  are  waived  by  the  Civil  Serv- 
ice Commission  in  cases  in  which  in  its  judgment  the  interests  of  the  service  so 
require.  Transfers  between  the  Executive  Departments  or  independent  bureaus, 
commissions,  or  offices,  and  the  field  services  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulation  last 
mentioned." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  June  5,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  11,  1907,  authorizing  transfer  of  George  S.  Fox  from  Isthmian  service  to 
a  classified  position  in  the  United  States.'" 

Mr.  George  S.  Fox,  bookkeeper  at  $1,500  per  annum,  in  the  Isthmian  Service,  may 
be  transferred  to  a  classified  position  in  the  United  States. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  June  11,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  22,  1907.  amending  act  No.  24  of  the  Commission  relative  to  admin- 
istration of  estates  of  deceased  employees  on  the  Isthmus. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  ordered: 
That  Act  No.  24,  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  by  authority  of  the 
President  under  date  of  March  1,  1905,  entitled  "An  Act  providing  for  an  inexpen- 
sive method  of  Administration  upon  the  Estates  of  Employes  of  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  or  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  who  are  citizens  of  the  United 
States  and  who  die  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  leaving  estates  of  small 
value  upon  which  regular  administration  is  deemed  inadvisable,"  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby,  amended  by  inserting  in  the  third  line  of  Section  l,'^''  after  the  words 
"Canal  Zone,"  the  words  "or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company." 
Effective  July  1,  1907. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  22,  1907. 

'J»  Revoked  by  order  of  Aug.  3,  1907,  p.  67. 

M°L.   C.  Z.   254.     Further  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  July  21.  1909,  p.  89.  to  include   "all 
estates  not  exceeding  $1,000  in  V£due.".    All  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  5,  1912.  p.  126. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  67 

Order  of  tlie  President,  July  1,  1907,  transferring  purchase  of  material  and  supplies  to  supervision  of 
Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

1.  On  and  after  July  1,  1907,  the  purchase  of  materials  and  supplies  for  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission  shall  be  transferred  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of 
Engineers  of  the  Army,  who  shall  maintain  a  Purchasing  Department  in  the  offices 
of  the  Isthmian  Camal  Commission  in  Washington. 

2.  Officers  of  the  United  States  shall  draw  no  additional  compensation  for  services 
rendered  in  connection  with  the  Purchasing  Department  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  July  1,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  .Vug.  3,  1907,  revoking  order  authorizing  transfer  of  George  S.  Fox  to  classified 

position. 

The  Executive  Order  of  June  11,  1907,''"  providing  for  the  transfer  of  Mr.  George 
S.  Fox  from  the  Isthmian  Canal  Service  to  the  Federal  Classified  Service  is  hereby 
revoked. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  August  3,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President.  .\ug.  12,  1907,  fixing  salary  of  Lieut.  Col.  VV.  C.  Gorgas  and  Jackson  Smith. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

Effective  August  12,  1907,  the  salaries  of  Lieut. -Col.  W.  C.  Gorgas  '^^  and  Jackson 
Smith,'"  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioners,  are  fixed  at  $14,000  per  annum. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  August  12,  1907. 


Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  15,  1907,  reorganizing  Washington  ofifice  of  the  Commission."' 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  Offices  for  the  convenient  execution  of  its  business  within  the  United  States 
shall  be  maintained  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  in  Washington. 

2.  The  following  ofificers  and  employees  of  the  Commission  and  their  necessary  force 
of  assistants  shall  be  provided  with  quarters  therein:  the  General  Counsel,  General 
Purchasing  Officer,  Disbursing  Officer,  in  the  United  States,  Assistant  Examiner  of 
Accounts,  Appointment  Clerk,  Chief  of  Record  Division,  and  Chief  Draftsman. 

3.  The  General  Purchasing  Officer  shall  provide  the  necessary  offices  and  their 
appointments,  and  shall  have  general  charge  and  custody  of  the  same  and  of  the 
discipline  of  the  clerical  force.  Appointments  in  the  United  States  of  Commission 
employees  shall  be  made  by  him,  subject  to  the  rules  of  the  civil  service  law  and  of  the 
Commission.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  records  and  archives  of  the  offices,  and  of 
the  distribution  of  correspondence. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  August  15,  1907. 

•'•  p.  66. 

'"  Colonel  Gorgas  continued  as  Commissioner  until  Commission  went  out  of  existence  as  of  Apr. 
1,  1914.  See  also  act  of  Congress  of  Mar.  4,  1915  (T.  &  A.  123),  providing  for  recognition  of  services 
of  certain  officers  in  connection  with  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

■  '"  Commissioner  Smith  resigned  Sept.  15,  1908,  and  was  succeeded  as  Commissioner  by  Lieut.  Col. 
H.  F.  Hodges.  The  latter  remained  with  Commission  during  its  continuance,  and  was  also  among 
the  officers  named  in  act  of  Congress  of  Mar.  4,  1915,  recognizing  services  of  certain  officers  in  con- 
nection with  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

■"  Executive  Order  of  Mar,  2,  1914,  p.  162,  provides  for  a  provisional  organization  of  the  permanent 
Washington  Office. 


68  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  15,  1907,  reorganizing  disbursing  and  accounting  systems. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered: 

1.  That  on  and  after  August  15,  1907,  the  positions  of  General  Auditor  and  Local 
Auditor  ""s  be  abolished. 

2.  That  there  be  appointed  for  the  Commission  upon  the  Isthmus  an  Examiner  of 
Accounts,  and  in  Washington,  D.  C,  an  Assistant  Examiner  of  Accounts. 

3.  The  duties  of  the  Examiner  of  Accounts  on  the  Isthmus  shall  be: 

(a)  To  inspect  and  examine  all  vouchers  prepared  and  paid  by  the  Disbursing 
Officer  on  the  Isthmus. 

(b)  To  inspect  from  time  to  time  the  accounts  of  all  officials  of  the  Commission 
on  the  Isthmus  charged  with  the  care  of  the  funds  or  property  of  the  Commission, 
and  to  annually  verify  property  accounts  by  an  inventory  of  all  property. 

(c)  To  semi-annually,  or  oftener  if  public  interests  seem  to  require,  count  the  cash 
in  the  hands  of  disbursing  officers  and  other  officials  on  the  Isthmus  intrusted  with 
the  custody  of  funds  of  the  Commission  or  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government. 

(d)  To  check  up  from  time  to  time  as  the  interests  of  the  Commission  seem  to 
require,  through  inspectors  to  be  appointed  by  him,  the  returns  of  laborers  and 
employees  working  by  the  day  or  upon  an  hourly  basis  in  any  of  the  several  depart- 
ments or  divisions  of  the  Commission.  Inspectors  now  charged  with  similar  duties 
under  the  Disbursing  Officer  shall  be  transferred  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Examiner 
of  Accounts. 

(e)  To  check  from  the  appointment  records  the  pay  rolls  of  employees  engaged  upon 
a  monthly  or  yearly  basis. 

(/)  To  examine  periodically  the  general  books  of  the  Commission  kept  by  the 
Disbursing  Officer. 

(g)  To  keep  a  record  of  claims  payable  to  and  of  accounts  and  bills  receivable  by 
the  Commission,  and  to  check  against  the  same  collections  made  by  the  Disbursing 
Officers.  It  shall  also  be  his  duty  to  direct  the  attention  of  the  Disbursing  Officers 
from  time  to  time  to  unsettled  claims,  accounts,  or  bills  receivable  by  the  Commis- 
sion, and  to  urge  their  collection.  Statements  of  all  claims  due  the  Commission  or 
bills  and  accounts  receivable  shall  be  promptly  transmitted  by  the  department  whence 
they  originate  to  the  Examiner  of  Accounts  in  order  that  he  may  have  an  independent 
record  of  the  claims,  accounts  and  bills  receivable  with  the  collection  of  which  the 
Disbursing  Officer  is  charged.  The  original  evidence  or  documents  supporting  such 
claims,  accounts,  or  bills  receivable  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Disbursing  Officer  for 
collection. 

(h)  All  vouchers  for  accounts  payable  or  receivable  shall  be  examined  and  checked 
by  him  as  soon  after  payment  as  practicable.  He  shall,  also,  at  a  later  period  and  as 
promptly  as  possible  after  transmission  to  him  of  the  Disbursing  Officer's  account 
current,  certify  thereon  his  administrative  examination  of  and  transmit  the  same, 
together  with  accompanying  vouchers,  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  for 
final  audit.  He  shall  not,  however,  keep  duplicate  sets  of  vouchers  or  of  the  documen- 
tary or  other  evidence  from  which  the  vouchers  are  prepared,  but  may  keep  a  voucher 
register. 

(i)  If  he  dissents  from  any  voucher  paid  by  the  Disbursing  Officer,  he  shall  note  his 
exceptions  and  submit  the  same  to  the  Disbursing  Officer  for  correction,  before  the 
latter's  account  current  is  made  up.  If  an  agreement  shall  not  be  arrived  at  between 
the  Examiner  of  Accounts  and  the  Disbursing  Officer,  a  statement  of  the  unadjusted 
differences  shall  be  transmitted  by  the  Examiner  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Depart- 
ment, with  the  Disbursing  Officer's  account  current. 

(j)  He  shall  also  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government. 

(k)  He  shall  be  appointed  by  and  report  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Chairman  to  any 
irregularities  in  the  accounts  or  books  of  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  Commission. 

4.  The  duties  of  the  Disbursing  Officer  on  the  Isthmus,  in  addition  to  the  payment 
and  disbursement  of  the  funds  of  the  Commission  upon  properly  prepared  vouchers, 
shall  be: 

(c)  To  assemble  the  original  documents,  papers,  and  other  evidence  from  which  the 
vouchers  are  prepared. 

{b)  To  collect  all  claims  due  the  Commission  or  accounts  and  bills  receivable. 

(c)  To  keep  property  accounts  with  the  various  officers  upon  the  Isthmus  charged 
with  the  custody  or  use  of  property. 

"s  Created  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  5,  1905,  p.  44.  See  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27,  1914,  p. 
155,  providing  for  permanent  organization,  including  Accounting  Department.  Governor's  Circular 
No.  660-2  defines  duties  of  Auditor,  Paymaster,  and  Collector.  See  generally  656  to  659  series  of 
circulars. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  69 

(d)  To  keep  the  general  books  of  the  Commission,  which  shall  properly  classify 
all  expenditures  made  by  the  Commission  and  apportion  expenditures  and  the  cost 
of  labor  and  supplies  among  the  several  departments  in  the  proportion  in  which  they 
are  used  by  the  several  departments. 

(e)  To  furnish  access  at  all  times  to  his  books,  original  papers,  and  documents,  to 
the  Examiner  of  Accounts  and  his  representatives. 

.(/)  To  distribute  expenditures  made  by  the  Commission  under  the  proper  appropri- 
ation heads. 

(g)  His  books  shall  show  the  amount  expended  by  each  of  the  several  departments 
during  each  calendar  month  and  from  the  begining  of  the  work,  and  exhibit  com- 
parative statements  of  expenditures  for  the  same  calendar  month  of  the  previous  year. 

(h)  His  books  shall  likewise  contain  an  exhibit  of  the  work  done  by  each  department 
of  the  Commission,  and  by  the  Commission  as  a  whole,  and  shall  show  the  comparative 
cost  of  doing  similar  work  between  corresponding  annual  dates  and  between  the 
several  departments. 

(i)  In  the  total  cost  of  the  work,  as  performed  by  the  several  departments  and  by 
the  Commission  as  a  whole,  account  shall  be  taken  of  the  general  expenditures  of  the 
Commission,  whether  on  the  Isthmus  or  in  the  United  States. 

(j)  He  shall  transmit  weekly  abstracts  of  the  general  books  to  the  Disbursing  Officer 
at  Washington,  in  order  that  duplicates  of  the  same  may  be  kept  in  the  United  States. 

(k)  Requisitions  for  public  funds  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Examiner  of  Accounts, 
for  notation. 

5.  The  Assistant  Examiner  of  Accounts,  so  far  as  the  requirements  of  the  work  in 
the  United  States  demand  or  permit,  shall  perform  for  the  Commission  in  the  United 
States  similar  duties  to  those  performed  by  the  Examiner  of  Accounts  on  the  Isthmus, 
and  shall  likewise  inspect  the  accounts  of  Special  Disbursing  Officers  not  employed 
on  the  Isthmus,  which  shall  be  forwarded  to  him  at  Washington  for  that  purpose 
before  transmission  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department.  Abstracts  of  approved 
expenditures  by  the  Special.  Disbursing  Officers  shall  be  periodically  transmitted  by 
him  to  the  Disbursing  Officer  upon  the  Isthmus,  for  entry  in  the  general  books. 

6.  The  Disbursing  Officer  in  the  United  States,  so  far  as  the  requirements  of  the 
work  in  the  United  States  demand  or  permit,  shall  perform  duties  corresponding  to 
those  of  the  Disbursing  Officer  on  the  Isthmus,  except  that  the  general  books  kept 
by  him  shall  only  be  duplicates  of  the  general  books  kept  by  the  Disbursing  Officer 
on  the  Isthmus.  He  shall  weekly  transmit  to  the  Disbursing  Officer  on  the  Isthmus 
abstracts  of  all  payments,  disbursements,  and  collections  made  by  him  and  state- 
ments of  approved  vouchers  outstanding. 

7.  The  original  documents  from  which  the  vouchers  are  prepared  shall  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  for  the  War  Department  by  the. several 
Disbursing  Officers,  with  their  accounts  current,  through  the  Examining  Officers. 
Duplicates  of  such  docunents,  however,  shall  be  retained  in  the  offices  of  the  several 
Disbursing  Officers,  as  part  of  the  records  of  the  Commission. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  August  15,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  15.  1907.  appointing  Maj.  H.  F.  Hodges,  U.  S.  Array,  as  Gen- 
era! Purchasing  Officer  of  the  Commission  and  prescribing  approval  for  vouchers. 

Effective  this  date,  Major  Harry  F.  Hodges,  is  appointed  General  Purchasing  Offi- 
cer of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
of  the  United  States  Army.""" 

Requisitions  for  advancement  of  funds  and  supplies,  and  all  vouchers  before 
payment,  payable  in  the  United  States  from  appropriations  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  shall  be  approved  by  the  General  Purchasing  Officer,  for  and  on  behalf 
of  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission;  and  vouchers  for  payment  for  supplies  pur- 
chased through  the  Purchasing  Department  in  the  United  States  shall,  in  addition, 
be  certified  to  be  correct  by  the  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Purchasing  Department,  who  shall 
also  have  power  to  receipt  for  the  supplies. 

In  the  absence  of  the  General  Purchasing  Officer,  vouchers  shall  be  approved  by 
any  one  who  may  be  designated  by  the  Chairman  to  act  for  the  General  Purchasing 
Officer  in  the  latter's  absence. 

By  direction  of  the  President.  Wm,  H.  Taft, 

Secretary  of  Wdr. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  15,  1907. 

'<»See  note  2  under  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  12,  1907,  p.  67,  relating  to  appointment  of  Colonel 
Hodges  as  member  of  Commission. 


70        EXPXUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  15,  1907,  providing  for  payment  of  compensation  to  Panamani 

members  of  tlic  joint  tribunal. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  C.  Arosemena  and  S.  Lewis,  representatives  of  the  Rcpuljlic  of  Panama 
upon  the  joint  tribunal  assembled  under  Article  VI  of  the  Treaty  between  the  United 
States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed  February  26,  1904,  during  the  current 
year,  be  paid  fifteen  dollars  per  day  for  the  time  actually  employed  by  them  as  mem- 
bers of  the  joint  tribunal. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  15,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  17,  1907,  providing  for  payment  of  traveling  e.xpenses  of  B.  S. 
Ambler  and  Montgomery  Blair,  members  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Messrs.  B.  S.  Ambler  and  Montgomery  Blair,  joint  commissioners  under 
Articles  VI  and  XV  of  the  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of 
Panama  of  February  26,  1904,  be  allowed  their  traveling  expenses  and  per  diem  from 
the  time  they  left  Washington  until  their  return  to  Washington. 

Wm.  H.  T.\ft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  17 ,  1907 . 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  4,  1907,  ratifying  contract  between  the  Commission  and  the 
Republic  of  Panama  respecting  water  rates  in  the  city  of  Panama. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

Contract  between  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  the  Republic  of  Panama 
as  approved  by  the  Commission  June  7th,  as  modified  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission and  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  approved  by  the  Commission  August  15, 
1907,  is  hereby  approved.''" 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 
Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  4,  1907. 
Note. — The  above  order  relates  .to  the  agreement  respecting  water  rates  in  the 
City  of  Panama."" 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  4,  1907,  amending  liquor  regulations  permitting  sale  in  restaurants, 

hotels,  etc. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  resolution  adopted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  at  a  meeting  held  on 
August  1,  1907,  reading  as  follows,  is  hereby  approved: 

Resolved,  That  the  regulations  respecting  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  thc- 
Canal  Zone,  approved  at  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-fifth  meeting  of  the  Commission 
held  April  27,  1907,'-'*  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  amended,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
of  Section  11,  as  a  part  thereof,  the  following: 

"This  Section  is  not  intended  to  prevent  the  proprietor  of  any  hotel  or  restaurant, 
holding  a  license  for  the  sale  of  liquor  in  a  room  in  the  same  building  with  such  hotel 
or  restaurant,  from  serving  to  guests  in  the  dining  room  of  such  hotel  or  restaurant, 
with  bona  fide  meals,  liquors  sold  at  his  bar  in  the  same  building." 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 
Acting  Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  4,  1907. 

•«'  Published  in  pamphlet  form,  with  amendments. 

■<«  See  ordinance  respecting  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  the  Canal  Zone.     (L.  C.  Z.  257.) 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  71 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  13,  1907,  authorizing  payment  of  SI  5  per  day  to  Ramon  Arias  K., 
Panaman  member  of  joint  tribunal. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Ramon  Arias  F.,  a  representative  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  upon  the  joint 
tribunal  assembled  under  Article  VI  of  the  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and 
the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed  February  26,  1904,  during  the  current  year,  be 
paid  fifteen  dollars  per  day  for  four  days'  time  actually  employed  by  him  as  a  mem- 
i^er  of  the  joint  tribunal. 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  13,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  1.?,  1907,  amending  ta.x  regulations  to  permit  of  baseball,  etc.,  with- 
out license  fee. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Resolution  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  August  31,  1907,  amending 
paragraph  2  of  sub-section  i  of  Section  7  of  the  regulations  providing  for  certain  taxes 
and  licenses  in  the  Canal  Zone,  other  than  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  adopted 
by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  April  27,  1907,'^'  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  is 
hereby  approved: 
"Sec.  7.  {i). 

"(2)   Minstrel,  musical,  variety,  and  all  other  similar  shows  or  exhibitions  given 
under  canvas  or  within  an  enclosure,  $5  for  each  performance  or  exhibition." 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver. 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  13,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secreta^ry  of  War,  Sept.  25,  1907,  authorizing  purchase  of  bricks  from  Rogers  &  Co.,  of 

Baranquilla,  Colombia. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  the  purchase  of  464,000  sand-lime  building  bricks  of  Rogers  &  Comfiany  of 
Baranquilla,  Colombia,  at  $14.50  per  thousand  delivered  free  of  all  charges  on  dock 
at  Colon,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  is  hereby  approved. 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department,* 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  25,  1907. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  16,  1907,  amending  sewer  and  water  regulations. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

The  resolution  of  the  Isthrhian  Canal  Commission  adopted  at  a  meeting  held  at 
Culebra,  September  25,  1907,  amending  Section  5  of  the  Rules  and  Regulations 
Governing  the  Sanitary  Installation  of  Water  and  Sewers  in  the  Cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  'so  Republic  of  Panama,  approved  at  the  one  hundred  and  thirteenth 
meeting  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  held  July  9,  1906,  is  hereby  approved  in 
the  form  following: 

Section  5.  All  buildings  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  erected,  abutting  on  or 
adjacent  to  any  street  in  which  there  is  an  accessible  public  sewer  or  water  main, 
shall  be  connected  with  one  or  both  thereof,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  proper  sanitary 
fixtures  installed,  in  strict  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  these  "Rules 
and  Regulations,"  upon  written  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works, 
unless  permission  to  omit  such  connection  and  sanitary  fi.xtures  is  specifically  given 
in  writing  by  the  Chief  Sanitary  Ofificer  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  a 
copy  of  such  permission  being  forwarded  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  by 
the  Chief  Sanitary  Ofificer.     Where  permission  is  not  given  in  writing  to  omit  such 

■"See  ordinance  (L.  C.  Z.  263). 

■s"  See  pamphlets  relating  to  water  and  sewers  and  sanitary  regulations  for  cities  of  Panama  and 
Colon. 


72  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANARfA  CANAL 

connections  with  sewer  or  water  main,  or  botli,  and  such  sanitary  fixtures  as  above 
provided,  the  owner  or  representative  of  the  owner  of  said  premises  must  comply 
with  the  written  order  of  the  Superintendent  of  PubHc  Works  and  make  said  connec- 
tions, and  install  proper  sanitary  fixtures,  in  strict  accordance  with  the  terms  and 
conditions  of  these  "Rules  and  Regulations"  within  thirty  days  from  the  receipt 
of  such  written  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works;  and  in  the  event 
that  said  owner  or  representative  of  said  owner  fails,  neglects,  or  refuses  to  comply 
with  the  said  written  notice,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Works  to  make  such  connections  and  install  said  sanitary  fixtures,  in  accordance  with 
the  terms  and  conditions  of  these  "Rules  and  Regulations,"  and  the  entire  expense 
incurred  thereby  shall  be  chargeable  against  said  property,  become  a  lien  thereon, 
and  be  collected  in  the  manner  in  which  water  rents  are  collected.  Every  building 
used  as  a  dwelling  house  shall  have  at  least  one  water-closet  for  each  family,  also  one 
sink  and  one  bath.  In  a  tenement,  lodging-house,  or  hotel,  there  must  be  at  least  one 
water-closet  for  every  IS  persons  and  one  bath  for  every  25  persons.  All  applications 
for  the  installation  of  water  fixtures  or  for  making  sewer  connections  shall  be  first 
ubmitted  to  the  Health  Officer  and  by  him  approved. 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  October  16,  1907. 


Powers  of  the  Isthmian  Caxal  Commission  and  Its  Chairman  Newly  Defined. 

The  Executive  Order  of  November  17,  1906, 's'  is  hereby  modified  as  followsr's* 

The  Commission  shall  hold  sessions  upon  the  Isthmus  at  the  call  of  the  Chairman. 
Four  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  and  the  action  of  such  majority  shall  be  the 
action  of  the  Commission. 

The  Commission,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  President,  is  charged  with  the  general  duty  of  the  adoption  of  plans 
for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  Canal;  with  the  employment  and  the 
fixing  of  the  compensation  of  engineers  or  other  persons  necessary  for  the  proper  and 
expeditious  prosecution  of  said  work;  with  the  making  of  all  contracts  for  the  con- 
struction of  the  canal  or  any  of  its  needful  accessories;  with  the  duty  of  making  to  the 
President  annually,  or  at  such  other  periods  as  may  be  required  either  by  law  or 
the  order  of  the  President,  full  and  complete  reports  of  all  their  actings  and  doings  and 
of  all  moneys  received  and  expended  in  the  construction  of  said  work  and  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  duties  in  connection  therewith;  and  with  the  duty  of  advising  and 
assisting  the  Chairman  in  the  execution  of  the  work  of  canal  construction,  with  the 
government  and  sanitation  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  with  all  matters  of  sanitation  in  the 
cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  and  the  harbors  thereof,  and  with  the  purchase  and  de- 
livery of  supplies,  machinery,  and  necessary  plant. 

For  the  proper  prosecution  of  the  work,  the  organization  shall  be  divided  by  the 
Chairman,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  President,  into  such 
departments  as  seem  advisable.'" 

Among  such  departments  shall  be  a  Department  of  Construction  and  Engineering, 
which  may  be  subdivided  into  divisions  in  the  discretion  of  the  Chairman,  who  will 
also  be  the  Chief  Engineer. 

A  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  charged  with  the  duty  of  administering  the 
civil  government  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

A  Department  of  Law,  charged  with  the  general  supervision  of  the  legal  matters 
pertaining  to  the  Commission,  whether  in  the  United  States  or  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  including  the  acquisition  of  right  of  way  and  the  adjustment  of  land 
damages. 

A  Department  of  Sanitation,  charged  with  the  duty  of  preserving  the  sanitation 
and  health  conditions  upon  the  Isthmus. 

A  Purchasing  Department,  charged  with  the  purchase  of  all  supplies,  machinery, 
and  necessary  plant. 

■s-  p.  55. 

's'The  organization  as  herein  modified  continued  until  the  permanent  organization  of  The  Panama 
Canal  was  established  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27,  1914,  p.  155.  See  generally  the  660  series  of 
Governor's  Circulars  on  the  reorganization  as  of  .April  1,  1914. 

's-iSee  183  series  of  circulars  of  Chairman  of  Commission  for  subsequent  changes  during  the  life 
of  the  Commission. 


EXECUTWE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  73 

A  Department  of  Disbursements,  charged  with  the  preparation  of  vouchers  and 
the  disbursement  of  funds  for  the  Commission,  and  with  the  keeping  of  the  general 
books  of  the  Commission,  upon  the  Isthmus. 

A  Department  of  Examination  of  Accounts,  charged  with  the  duty  of  examining 
into  and  checking  the  accounts  of  the  persons  charged  with  the  custody  and  dis- 
position of  the  property  and  funds  of  the  Commission. 

A  Department  charged  with  the  duty  of  employing  the  necessary  common  labor 
for  the  Commission ;  with  the  keeping  of  the  personal  records  of  employees;  with  the 
care  of  quarters;  and  with  the  operation  of  Commission  hotels  and  mess-houses. 

Each  of  the  foregoing  Departments  shall  discharge  such  further  duties  as  may 
be  assigned  to  it  from  time  to  time  by  the  Chairman;  and  the  Chairman,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  President,  may  transfer  from  time  to  time 
specific  duties  from  one  Department  to  another.'S4 

The  Heads  of  the  several  Departments  shall  be  appointed  by  and  report  to  the 
Chairman,  and  their  salaries,  except  as  otherwise  provided,  shall  be  fixed  by  him,  sub- 
ject to  the  disapproval  of  the  Commission. 

Officers  and  employes  in  the  several  Departments  shall  be  appointed  and  their 
salaries  primarily  fixed  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  in  which  they  are  engaged, 
after  consultation  with  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission. 

Contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies,  involving  an  estimated  expenditure  exceed- 
ing $10,000,  shall  be  made  only  after  due  public  advertisement  in  newspapers  of 
general  circulation,  and  shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  except  in 
case  of  emergency,  when,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  advertising  may 
be  dispensed  with. 

In  the  making  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  construction  involving  an  estimated  ex- 
penditure of  more  than  $1,000  and  less  than  §10,000,  competitive  bids  shall  be  secured 
by  invitation  or  advertisement  whenever  practicable. 

The  Head  of  each  Department  shall  make  a  report  upon  the  work  and  operation  of 
his  Department  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission  as  often  as  may  be  required. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Commission  shall  make  a  report  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
setting  forth  the  results  accomplished  by  each  Department  of  the  work  at  least 
annually,  and  as  often  as  he  may  deem  advisable  or  the  Secretar>'  may  require. 

The  Secretary  of  War  shall  make  to  the  President  a  report  at  least  annually  and 
as  often  as  he  may  deem  ad\'isable  or  the  President  may  require. 

All  members  of  the  Commission  shall  reside  upon  the  Isthmus,  except  when  on  leave; 
of  absence,  which  will  be  granted  to  members  of  the  Commission  by  the  Chairman  and 
to  the  Chairman  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

In  case  of  absence  from  the  Isthmus,  the  Chairman  will  designate  a  member  of 
the  Commission  to  act  in  his  stead. 

All  Executive  Orders  relating  to  the  Panama  Canal  excepting  so  far  as  they  may 
be  inconsistent  with  the  present  Order,  remain  in  force. 

Effective  this  date,  January  6,  1908. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 


Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  5.  1908,  transmitting  draft  of  foregoing  order  to  the  President. 

War  Department, 
Washington  January  5,  1908. 
Mv  Dear  ]VIr.  President:  I  enclose  herewith  a  form  of  Executive  Order  for  your 
signature,  defining  the  duties  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  duties  of  the 
Chairman  of  the  Commission,  and  the  duties  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  relation  to 
Canal  matters.  This  order  makes  substantially  no  change  in  the  authority  of  the  Com- 
mission, the  Chairman  and  Secretary  of  War  as  now  exercised,  except  perhaps  in 
respect  to  a  few  duties  of  a  detailed  executive  character  which  are  transferred  from 
the  Commission  to  the  Chairman,  leaving  the  Commission  still  in  general  charge  of  the 
construction  of  the  Canal,  as  provided  by  law.  Canal  matters  have  been  conducted 
under  previous  Executive  Orders  with  informal  amendments  from  time  to  time  which 

"5<  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  25,  1908,  p.  79,  transfers  construction  and  repair  of  pubhc  works  in  the 
Canal  Zone  from  Supt.  Public  Works  to  Dept.  Engineering  and  Construction,  and  the  maintenance  of 
public  oil  lights  from  Supt.  Public  Works  to  Dept.  of  Labor,  Quarters,  and  Subsistence.  Executive 
Order  of  Sept.  17,  1908,  p.  82,  effects  various  changes  in  the  Dept.  of  Civil  .Administration.  See  also 
183  series  of  circulars  of  die  Chairman. 


74 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINTi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


it  is  difficult  for  anyone  not  very  familiar  with  the  history  of  Canal  matters  either  to 
find  or  understand.  For  that  reason,  it  seems  wise  now  to  cover  the  matter  by  a  new 
order  which  is  not  an  amendment  or  a  change  except  as  to  the  unimportant  details 
referred  to,  but  merely  a  comprehensive  revision  of  existing  provisions. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

•  »  Wm.   H.  Taft. 

The  President. 

Enclosure. 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  <>,  1008.  providing  punishment  for  vagrancy,  intoxication,  and  disorderly 

conduct  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Title  XIV,  of  Act  Xo.  14  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  be 
amended,  effective  January  15,  19()S,  by  adding  thereto  the  following  section: 

Section  293-.\.'S5 

Sub-section  1.  Every  vagrant  or  person  found  within  the  Canal  Zone  without 
legitimate  business  or  visible  means  of  support  i'^*"  and 

SuB-SECi;ioN  2.  Every  mendicant  or  habitual  beggar  found  within  the  Canal 
Zone;'S'  and 

Sub-section  3.  Every  person  found  within  or  loitering  about  any  laborers' 
camp,  mess  house,  quarters,  or  other  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  building,  or  any 
railroad  car,  or  station,  or  other  building  of  the  Panama  Rail  Road  Company,  or  any 
dwelling  or  other  building  owned  by  any  private  person,  without  due  and  proper 
authority  and  permission  so  to  be;  or  peddling  goods  or  mechandise  about  any 
laborers'  camp  or  mess  house  during  hours  when  laborers  are  ordinarily  employed  at 
work,  or  in  or  about  places  where  groups  of  men  are  at  work;   and 

Sub-section  4.  Every  person  found  in  the  Canal  Zone  in  an  intoxicated  condition 
or  under  the  influence  of  liquor;'^*  and 

Sub-section  5.  Every  person  who  shall,  in  the  Canal  Zone,  engage  in  any  kind  of 
disorderly  conduct  "5'  or  breach  or  disturbance  of  the  peace;'*"  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed 
$25,  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  -SO  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  January  9,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  providing  for  disposition  of  unclaimed  freight  and  baggage. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  Whenever  there  shall  remain  in  the  possession  of  any  common  carrier  within  the 
Canal  Zone  any  freight,  baggage,  or  other  property,  transported  by  or  deposited  with 
the  common  carrier  at  any  point  within  the  Canal  Zone,  which  shall  have  remained 
unclaimed  by  the  owner  or  consignee  for  a  period  of  six  months,  and  upon  which  there 
shall  remain  unpaid  or  shall  ha\e  accumulated  freight  charges  or  charges  for  handling 
and  storage,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  carrier  to  sell  the  same  at  public  auction, 
at  some  designated  point  within  the  Canal  Zone,  after  having  advertised  the  sale, 
with  a  short  description  of  the  property  to  be  sold,  for  a  period  of  three  weeks  in  some 
newspaper  of  general  circulation  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

2.  In  all  cases  where  any  such  property  is  of  a  perishable  character,  the  carrier 
shall  be  authorized  to  apply  to  any  judge  of  the  circuit  court  within  the  Canal  Zone, 
or,  if  the  property  shall  be  of  less  value  than  one  hundred  dollars,  to  any  district 
judge  within  the  Canal  Zone,  upon  an  affidavit  describing  briefly  the  property  to  be 
sold,  its  unclaimed  state,  and  its  perishable  character,  for  an  order  for  immediate 
sale,  upon  such  terms  as  to  notice  as  the  nature  of  the  case  may  admit  of,  and  as  to 
such  court  or  courts  as  shall  seem  proper. 

■ssL.  C.  Z.  138. 

'!'  This  subsection  was  embodied  in  the  old  municip;>l  ordinances. 

'"See  sec.  1.  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  relative  to  exclusion  from  Canal  Zone  of 
professional  beggars,  gypsies,  etc. 

's8  Sec.  266,  Penal  Code  (I..  C.  Z.  134),  provides  for  punishment  of  certain  railroad  train  employees 
found  into.\icated  on  the  work. 

■s'See  Reports  of  Supreme  Court  of  Canal  Zone,  vol.  2,  p.  79,  case  of  Canal  Zone  i'.  Blissett  & 
McPherson,  for  interpretation  of  term  "disorderly  conduct,"  as  used  in  above  Executive  Order. 

""  See  also  sees.  290-291.  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  138),  relating  to  disturbance  of  peace,  fighting,  pro- 
fane language,  etc. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINC.  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  75 

3.  Before  advertising  the  property'  for  sale  the  same  shall  be  opened  by  the  carrier, 
and  if  it  contains  any  indication  of  the  owner  or  consignee,  a  written  notice  of  the 
existence  of  the  unclaimed  property  and  of  the  intention  to  sell  the  same  at  public 
auction  shall  be  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  owner  or  consignee,  at  any  indicated 
address,  four  weeks  before  the  date  of  actual  sale. 

4.  The  residue  of  moneys  received  from  such  sale  under  the  foregoing  sections, 
after  deducting  the  accumulated  charges  for  transportation,  cost  of  handling  and 
storage,  demurrage,  and  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  proceedings  authorizing  the 
advertising  and  sale,  shall  be  held  for  a  period  of  three  years,  and  shall  be  paid  to  the 
owner  of  such  freight,  baggage,  or  other  property,  on  demand.  If  at  the  end  of  the 
three-year  period  the  said  residue  shall  not  have  been  claimed  by  the  owner,  it  shall 
be  paid  into  the  Treasury-  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  to  the  credit  of  the  public 
school  fund. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  Hoise,  January  9,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  dividing  the  Canal  Zo  le  into  three  judicial  districts. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Section  22'^'  of  Act  No.  1  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  22. — The  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  shall  be  divided  into  three 
Judicial  Circuits. 

The  First  Judicial  Circuit  shall  be  composed  of  the  Administrative  District  of 
Ancon. 

The  Second  Judicial  Circuit  shall  consist  of  the  Administrative  Districts  of  Em- 
perador  and  Ciorgona.'*'- 

The  Third  Judicial  Circuit  shall  be  composed  of  the  Administrative  District  of 
Cristobal. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  Jaunary  9,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1908,  providing  for  fines  to  prevent  Chinese  escaping  on  the  Canal  Zone 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  That,  until  further  ordered, '''^  Law  No.  6,  of  March  11,  190-i,  of  the  Republic  of 
Panama,  as  applied  and  construed  by  the  E.xecutive  Decree  of  April  15,  1904,  is 
hereby  extended  to  and  made  applicable  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

2.  The  fines  provided  for  in  the  said  law  shall  apply  to  any  company  or  individual 
who  shall  omit  to  prevent  the  escape  of  any  transient  of  the  nationality  named  in 
said  law  into  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall  in  all  cases  be  imposed  by  the  court  of  the 
Canal  Zone  district  in  which  the  violation  of  the  law  occurs,  upon  information  of  the 
Collector  of  Revenue  or  of  the  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

This  order  shall  not  apply  to  any  individuals  introduced  by  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  or  by  its  authority,  for  the  purpose  of  temporarily  laboring  upon  or  in 
connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  January  9,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  27,  1908.  amending  civil-service  Rule  VIII  on  temporary  appointments. 
Rule  V'HI  of  the  civil  service  rules  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

rule    VIII. TEMPOR.\RV    .\PP01NTMENT. 

1.  Temporary  appointment  without  examination  and  certification  by  the  Commis- 
sion shall  not  be  made  to  a  competitive  position  in  any  case  except  when  the  public 
interest  so  requires  and  then  only  upon  the  prior  authorization  of  the  Commission; 

">■  Sec.  22  of  act  No.  1  as  it  appears  on  page  14  of  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  reads  as  amended  by  act 
No.  19  of  the  Commission. 

""  Administrative  District  of  Gorgona  abolished  and  the  territory  formerly  embraced  in  said  district 
incorporated  into  the  .Administrative  District  of  Empire,  formerly  Emperador,  by  E.Kecutive  Order  of 
Sept.  12.  1912.  p.  130. 

"■5  Repealed  by  theE.xecutive  Orderof  Feb.  6,  1917,  pp.  222,  which  order  relates  to  exclusion  of  Chinese 
from  the  Canal  Zone. 


76  EXECUTWE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

and  any  appointment  so  authorized  shall  continue  only  for  such  period  as  may  be 
necessary  to  make  appointment  through  certification  of  eligibles  and  in  no  case  with- 
out prior  approval  of  the  Commission  siiall  extend  beyond  thirty  days  from  receipt 
by  the  appointing  officer  of  the  Commission's  certificate;  and  when  a  vacancy  isto 
be  filled  by  promotion  or  transfer  for  which  the  Commission's  certificate  is  not 
required  and  a  temporary  appointment  is  authorized  by  the  Commission  under  the 
provisions  of  this  section  pending  the  promotion  or  transfer,  such  temporary  appoint- 
ment shall  in  no  case  continue  beyond  the  period  of  thirty  days,  without  prior  approval 
of  the  Commission. 

2.  When  there  are  no  eligibles  upon  a  register  for  any  grade  in  which  a  vacancy 
exists  and  the  public  interest  requires  that  it  be  filled  before  eligibles  can  be  provided 
by  the  Commission,  then  the  Commission  may  authorize  temporary  appointment 
without  examination.  Such  appointment  shall  continue  only  for  such  period  as  may 
be  necessary  to  make  appointment  through  certification  and  in  no  case  without  prior 
approval  of  the  Commission  shall  extend  beyond  thirty  days  from  the  receipt  by  the 
appointing  officer  of  the  Commission's  certification  of  eligibles. 

3.  When  there  is  at  least  one  eligible  and  not  more  than  two  eligibles  on  a  register 
for  any  grade  in  which  a  vacancy  exists,  the  Commission  shall,  upon  requisition  from 
the  proper  appointing  officer,  certify  the  name  of  the  one  eligible  or  the  names  of  the 
two  eligibles,  which  shall  be  considered  by  the  appointing  officer  with  a  view  to  pro- 
bational  appointment;  and  if  the  appointing  officer  shall  elect  not  to  make  pro- 
bational  appointment  from  such  certificate  of  less  than  three  names,  then  if  temporary 
appointment  is  required  it  shall  be  made  from  such  certificate  unless  reasons  satis- 
factory to  the  Commission  are  given  why  such  appointment  should  not  be  made. 
Such  temporary  appointment  may  continue  until  three  eligibles  are  provided. 
If  selection  is  not  made  from  the  certificate  for  either  probational  or  temporary 
appointment  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  then  temporary  appointment,  if 
required,  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  this  rule. 

4.  When  there  is  work  of  a  temporary^  character,  at  the  completion  of  which  tlie 
services  of  an  additional  employee  will  not  be  required,  a  temporary  appointment  may 
be  made  with  the  prior  consent  of  the  Commission  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  three 
months,  and  may  with  like  consent  of  the  Commission  be  extended  for  a  further  period 
of  three  months.  Such  temporary  appointment  shall  be  made  through  certification 
from  the  Commission's  eligible  registers  unless  the  Commission  shall  decide  in  any 
case  that  there  are  no  available  eligibles.  Such  temporary  appointment  shall  not 
extend  beyond  six  months  unless  there  are  no  eligibles  available  for  the  additional 
period  or  under  unusual  circumstances  which  seem  to  the  Commission  to  justify  an 
extension  beyond  six  months;  and  in  no  case  shall  such  temporary  appointment  extend 
beyond  six  months  for  any  purpose  other  than  to  complete  the  job  of  work  for  which 
the  person  was  originally  employed.  The  Commission  may  restrict  certification  for 
temporary  appointment  to  such  eligibles  as  by  reason  of  residence  or  other  conditions 
are  immediately  available. 

5.  The  acceptance  of  an  eligible  of  a  temporary  appointment  shall  not  affect  his 
standing  on  any  register  for  permanent  employment,  and  experience  gained  as  a 
temporary  appointee  shall  in  no  way  vary  the  order  of  certification  for  permanent 
appointment.  A  temporary  appointment  may  be  made  permanent  when  the  tem- 
porary appointee  is  within  reach  for  permanent  appointment  at  the  time  of  his  tem- 
porary appointment  or  in  case  he  is  so  within  reach  during  his  temporary  service. 
In  such  case  the  probational  appointment  may  date  from  the  time  when  he  became 
within  reach  for  probational  appointment.  A  person  who  has  been  temporarily 
employed  under  the  provisions  of  one  section  of  this  rule  shall  not  for  that  reason  be 
ineligible  for  employment  under  any  other  section.  Any  appointment  under  sections 
1,  2,  or  3  of  this  rule  shall  be  promptly  reported  b>'  letter  to  the  Conmiission,  as  made, 
with  a  statement  of  the  action  taken  for  making  permanent  appointment.  The  Com- 
mission is  authorized  to  inspect  the  records  of  any  Department  or  office  to  aid  it  in 
observing  and  enforcing  the  operation  of  the  provisions  of  this  rule  and  reporting 
thereon  to  the  President. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  January  27,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  6,  1908,  establishing  jury  trials  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.   In  all  criminal  prosecutions  in  the  Canal  Zone  wherein  the  penalty  of  death  or 
imprisonment  for  life  may  be  inflicted,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the  right  of  trial  by  an 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  77 

impartial  jury  '*'•'  of  the  district  in  which  the  crime  shall  have  been  committed,  to  be 
chosen  as  follows  :'''5 

2.  The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  the  district  judge,  and  the  collector  of  revenue 
for  the  administrative  district  within  the  circuit  in  which  the  crime  shall  have  been 
committed,  shall  constitute  a  jury  commission  for  that  circuit.  In  the  second  judicial 
district,  the  district  judge  and  the  collector  of  revenue  to  be  members  of  the  jury  com- 
mission shall  be  designated  by  the  circuit  judge,  upon  this  order  becoming  effective 
and  annually  thereafter,  or  as  often  as  a  vacancy  may  occur  in  the  jury  commission.''^ 

3.  Prior  to  the  first  day  of  the  term  of  any  circuit  court,  upon  application  of  the 
prosecuting  attorney,  or  by  direction  of  the  judge  of  the  circuit  in  which  the  crime 
shall  have  been  committed,  the  jury  commission  shall  assemble  and  select  the  names 
of  sixty  male  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone,  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  sixty- 
five  years,  in  good  standing  and  in  full  possession  of  their  ordinary  faculties,  who  shall 
have  resided  within  the  Canal  Zone  for  not  less  than  three  months  previously,  and 
who  shall  be  able  to  read,  write,  and  understand  the  English  language.  Attorneys  at 
law,  physicians,  ministers  of  an  established  religion,  members  of  the  military,  naval, 
and  police  forces,  and  ofhcers  of  the  Commission  of  the  rank  and  above  the  rank  of 
resident  engineers,  shall  be  exempt  from  jury  service.  The  names  of  the  persons  so 
selected  shall  be  written  by  one  of  the  commissioners  upon  slips  of  paper,  folded  so  as 
to  conceal  the  names,  in  a  uniform  manner,  and  placed  in  a  jury  box. 

4.  Upon  the  first  day  of  the  term,  unless  an  adjournment  of  the  trial  beyond  the 
term  shall  be  granted,  the  judge  shall  select  from  the  jury  box  the  names  of  thirty 
jurors  to  constitute  the  panel  for  the  trial  of  the  defendant.  The  said  jurors  shall 
thereupon  be  summoned  by  a  written  notice,  served  upon  them  by  the  marshal  of  the 
court,  to  attend  at  the  trial  of  the  defendant  upon  a  day  named.  If  it  appear  that 
any  of  the  jurors  whose  names  have  been  selected  are  absent  from  the  Canal  Zone,  or 
incapacitated  from  other  cause  from  attending  as  jurors,  the  judge,  upon  the  applica- 
tion of  the  marshal,  shall  draw  the  names  of  other  jurors  and  direct  their  summons 
until  a  panel  of  thirty  jurors  shall  be  assembled. 

5.  Upon  calling  the  case  for  trial,  twelve  jurors  shall  be  called  to  try  the  defendant  in 
the  order  in  which  their  names  shall  have  been  first  drawn  for  summons  by  the  circuit 
judge.  Either  side  shall  have  the  right  to  challenge  any  juror  for  cause,  and,  in  ad- 
dition thereto,  the  defendant  and  prosecuting  attorney  shall  each  have  the  right  to 
challenge  arbitrarily  six  of  the  said  jurors.  If  the  original  panel  of  thirty  shall  be 
exhausted  without  securing  twelve  impartial  jurors  to  try  the  defendant,  the  names 
of  other  jurors  shall  be  drawn  by  the  circuit  judge  from  the  jury  box  and  such  jurors 
summoned  until  the  jury  shall  have  been  completed. 

6.  The  jury  so  selected  shall,  under  the  instructions  of  the  court,  and  in  conformity 
with  the  procedure  prevailing  in  the  Federal  courts  of  the  United  States,  determine 
whether,  under  the  facts  as  proved,  the  defendant  is  guilty  or  not  guilty.  They 
shall  conduct  their  deliberations  in  secret,  and  shall  return  a  verdict  of  guilty  or  not 
guilty,  which  must  be  unanimous.    Sentence  shall  be  pronounced  by  the  court. 

7.  The  circuit  judge  shall  have  the  discretion  to  require  the  jury  to  be  kept  together 
and  apart  from  the  public  from  the  time  they  are  sworn  until  their  verdict  shall  be 
returned.  If  they  be  kept  together,  suitable  provision  shall  be  made  by  the  marshal  of 
the  court  for  their  subsistence  and  lodging.  The  jurors  shall  be  allowed  a  jury  fee  of 
two  dollars  for  each  day  actually  summoned  to  court  and  engaged  in  the  trial  of  a 
criminal  action. '''  The  cost  of  subsistence  and  lodging  of  the  jurors  and  the  fees 
for  the  juror's  attendance  shall  be  paid  from  the  Treasury  of  the  Canal  Zone,  upon  a 
voucher  duly  approved  by  the  circuit  judge. 

8.  It  shall  in  all  cases  be  optional  with  defendants  to  be  tried  before  a  jury  as  pro- 
vided for  in  this  order,  or  under  the  procedure  prescribed  in  Section  171  of  the  Laws 
of  the  Canal  Zone.''*  The  accused  shall,  however,  in  person  or  through  his  attorney, 
file  a  written  statement  with  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  before  which  his  trial  is  to 

■<■<  Sec.  8  hereof  makes  it  optional  with  defendants  to  be  tried  before  a  jury  as  provided  in  sec.  1, 
or  under  the  procedure  prescribed  in  sec.  171  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone 
(L.  C.  Z.  197). 

■'5  Executive  Order  of  June  30,  1913,  p.  149.  amends  sec.  1  hereof  so  as  to  include  jury  trial  in  all 
cases  of  felories.  See  also  sec.  8,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79)  providing  that  a  jury  shall  be  had  in 
any  criminal  case  or  civil  case  at  law  originating  in  the  District  Court  on  the  demand  of  either  party. 

''*  Sec.  8,  Panama  Canal  Act,  also  provides  that  the  judge  of  the  District  Court  shall  provide  for  the 
selection,  summoning,  serving,  and  compensation  of  jurors.  Sec.  9  of  Executive  Order  of  March  12, 
1914,  p.  163,  provides  that  jurors  shall  be  chosen  from  among  those  residing  within  the  division  in 
which  they  are  called  upon  to  serve  as  jurors.  See  701  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  relative  to  em- 
ployees called  as  jurors. 

""  Circular  701-1  of  the  Governor  relates  to  employees  summoned  as  jurors,  providing  that  their  time 
shall  be  covered  without  charge  against  leave. 

"«  Of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  197). 


78  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIN(i  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

take  place,  on  the  first  day  of  the  term  for  which  the  trial  is  set,  stating  the  procedure 
by  which  he  desires  to  be  tried.  The  procedure  having  been  once  selected  by  the 
accused  can  not  thereafter  be  changed,  but  must  be  followed  with  respect  to  any 
future  trial  of  the  accused  for  the  same  oft'ensc.* 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  February  6,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President.  Feb.  7.  1908,  authorizing  reinstatement  of  Douglas  B.  Thompson  with  privilege 
of  transfer  to  departmental  service. 

Mr.  Douglas  B.  Thompson,  who  was  separated  from  the  service  on  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama  by  reason  of  illness,  may  be  reinstated  with  the  privilege  of  transfer  to 
the  Departmental  Service,  if  it  should  appear  that  any  Department  desires  to  appoint 
him  in  spite  of  his  physical  disablement. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  February  7,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  8,  1908,  restricting  gold  employees  to  .American  citizens.'*' 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

On  and  after  this  date,  the  employment  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of 
skilled  laborers,  clerks,  and  all  others  who  have  heretofore  been  known  as  gold  em- 
ployees of  the  Commission,  shall  be  restricted  to  American  citizens,  except  where 
American  labor  or  service  of  the  character  required  is  not  available. 

Foreign  employees  now  upon  the  pay  rolls  of  the  Commission  shall  not  be  affected 
by  this  order,  save  that  in  event  of  any  reduction  in  force  preference  shall  be  accorded 
to  American  citizens. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  February  8,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.«21,  1908,  authorizing  appointment  of  Edwyn  N.  Purvis,  former  Canal 
employee,  to  classified  service  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Edwyn  N.- Purvis,  a  former  employee  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Service  may  be 
appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the  classified  service  in  the  United  States  without  regard 
to  the  provisions  of  the  civil  service  rules. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  Hovsts.,  February  21,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  27,  1908,  establishing  ordinance  for  driving  automobiles  in  the 

Canal  Zone.'"" 

By  direction  of  the  President,  the  following  ordinance,  adopted  at  the  one  hundred 
and  fortieth  meeting  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  January  30,  1908,  is  hereby 
approved: 

That  any  person  driving  an  automobile  in  the  Canal  Zone  at  a  speed  exceeding 
fifteen  miles  an  hour  on  straight  roads,  or  at  a  speed  exceeding  eight  miles  an  houi  when 
approaching  curves,  forks  or  cross-roads,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  ($5)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  United  States  currency,  or 
by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty  (30)  days,  or  by  both  fine  and  imprison- 
ment at  the  discretion  of  the  court.  The  owner  of  an  automobile,  if  in  the  car,  shall 
be  held  responsible  for  its  speed;  in  the  absence  of  the  owner,  the  person  actually 
driving  the  automobile  shall  be  held  responsible. 

Wm.  H.  T.aft, 
Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  February  27,  1908. 

♦Request  for  jury.     See  p.  294. 

■"See  sec.  6,  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158,  providing  conditions  of  employment  for  the 
permanent  force  for  The  Panama  Canal. 

"•  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  28.  1912,  p.  128. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  79 

drdcr  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Feb.  2  7,  1908,  fixing  charges  to  be  paid  by  Republic  of  Panama  for 
care  of  her  indigent  sick.  lepers,  etc.,  in  Commission  liospitals. 

Whereas,  by  Section  11  of  an  order  effective  December  12,  1904,'"'  assented  to  by 
the  Republic  of  Panama,  it  was  provided  that  the  Republic  of  Panama  should  contrib- 
ute and  pay  to  the  United  States  a  reasonable  daily  per  capita  charge  in  respect  of 
each  person  insane  or  afflicted  with  the  disease  of  leprosy,  or  indigent  sick,  entering, 
upon  the  request  of  the  Republic,  hospitals  maintained  or  controlled  by  the  United 
States,  the  said  per  capita  charge  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War; 

Now,  therefore,  it  is  ordered  that  on  and  after  March  15,  1908,  the  charge  to  be 
paid  by  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  all  such  patients  admitted  to  the  aforesaid  hos- 
pitals at  the  request  of  the  Republic  be  fixed  at  seventy-five  cents  gold  per  day  per 
capita. '72 

By  direction  of  the  President. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary   of   War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  February  27,  190S. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  31,  1908,  amending  order  establishing  jury  trials  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

Executive  Order  No.  750,  dated  February  6,  1908,'"  providing  for  a  system  of  jury 
trials  in  criminal  prosecutions  in  the  Canal  Zone  wherein  the  penalty  of  death  or 
imprisonment  for  life  may  be  inflicted,  is  hereby  modified  by  striking  out  of  lines  1 
and  2,  section  2,  and  out  of  lines  4  and  5  of  the  same  section,  the  words  "collector  of 
re\^nue"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "tax  collector." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  March.  31,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  24,  1908,  amending  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  making  it  a  misdemeanor  to 
deface  or  remove  boundary  or  survey  monuments. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

Section  436  "■•  of  act  No.  14  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Every  person  who  willfully  injures,  defaces,,  or  removes  any  signal,  monument, 
building,  or  appurtenance  thereto,  placed,  erected  or  used  by  persons  engaged  in 
the  United  States  Coast  Survey,  or  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  any  public 
service  company  within  the  Canal  Zone,  knowing  the  same  to  ba  a  boundary  or 
survey  monument,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  April  24,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Apr.  25,  1908,  transferring  certain  work  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Works  to  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

CuLEBRA,  Canal  Zone,  April  8,  1908. 

By  authority  of  the  order  of  the  President  of  January  6,  1908, "s  it  is  ordered  that 
the  construction  and  repair  of  public  roads,  trails,  bridges,  water  and  sewer  systems' 
lights,  markets,  slaughterhouses,  and  of  other  public  works  and  improvements  in 
the  Canal  Zone,  placed  in  charge  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works  by  section 
5  of  the  order  of  the  President  of  March  13,  1907, '''  be  transferred  from  the  Super- 

'"  Taft  Agreement,  p.  29.    See  618  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  referring  to  treatment  in  hospitals 

"^  E.xcept  that  at  Colon  Hospital  the  charge  is  the  average  per  capita  daily  cost  during  preceding 
month. 

'"  p.  76.     See  notes  thereunder  relating  to  jury  trials. 

■"L.  C.  Z.  165.  See  also  651  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  referring  to  boundary  monuments  and 
bench  marks,  and  E-xecutive  Order  of  Sept.  8,  1911,  p.  118,  prohibiting  placing  signs  on  lands  and 
property  of  the  United  States  or  Panama  Railroad. 

>"  par.  5,  p.  72.     . 

■"  p.  60. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


jntendent  of  Public  Works,  in  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  to  the 
Department  of  Construction  and  Engineering;  and  that  the  maintenance  of  public 
oil  lights  be  transferred  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  in  the  Department 
of  Civil  Administratipn,  to  the  Department  of  Labor,  Quarters,  and  Subsistence, 
at  points  in  the  Zone  where  it  can  more  conveniently  be  done  by  that  Department. 


Approved : 


War  Department, 

Washington,  April  25,  1908. 


Geo.  W.  Goethals, 
Chairman  and  Chief  Engineer. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  19,  1908,  appropriating  Canal  Zone  government  funds  for  con- 
tingent experfses,  operation  of  public  works,  and  for  school  purposes. 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  authorized  and  empowered  to  expend  of  the 
funds  in  the  treasury  of  the  Canal  Zone  March  4,  1907,  $756.63  for  contingent  ex- 
penses of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  balance  for  the  construction, 
maintenance  and  operation  of  public  works  and  improvements  and  the  maintenance 
of  public  schools  in  the  Zone. 

Wm.  H.  Taft, 
Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  May  19,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  3,  1908,  amending  section  321  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure, 

providing  for  the  authentication  of  signatures. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Section  321  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone,'"  in  force  under 

order  of  the  President  of  March  22,  1907,  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is,  amended  by  the 

addition  thereto  of  the  following: 

"Provided  that  the  signature  of  the  chief  judge  or  presiding  magistrate  toa  judicial 

record  from  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  be  authenticated  by  the  Secretary  of 

Foreign  Relations  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  whose  signature  shall  in  turn  be 

authenticated  by  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone." 


War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  3,  1908. 


Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  6,  1908,  appointing  Capt.  F.  C.  Boggs,  U.  S.  Army,  as  General 
Purchasing  Officer  and  Chief  of  Washington  Office. 

Captain  F.  C.  Boggs,  Corps  of  Engineers,  is  appointed  General  Purchasing  Officer 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
of  the  U.  S.  Army;  and  Chief  of  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, to  take  el^ect  upon  the  departure  for  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  of  Lieut.  Col. 
H.  F.  Hodges,'"*  Corps  of  Engineers,  the  present  General  Purchasing  Officer  and 
Chief  of  Office. 

By  direction  of  the  President: 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  6,  1908. 

■"  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  p.  70. 

■'*  See  note  2  under  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  12,  1907,  p.  67,  relating  to  appointment  of  Colonel 
Hodges  as  member  of  the  Commission. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  81 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  6,  1908,  fixing  compensation  of  Everett  G.  Bumpus  and  Edwin 
Denby,  members  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  That  Everett  C.  Bumpus,  heretofore  appointed  joint  Commissioner  under 
Articles  VI  and  XV  of  the  Treaty  lletween  the  United  States  and  the  RepubUc  of 
Panama  proclaimed  February  26,  1904,  be  allowed  fifteen  dollars  per  day  for  his  serv- 
ices from  the  time  he  left  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  until 
his  return  thither,  and  his  actual  traveling  expenses  and  subsistence  during  the  same 
period  of  time. 

2.  That  Edwin  Denby,-  Member  of  Congress,  heretofore  appointed  joint  Com- 
missioner under  the  above-mentioned^ Treaty,  be  allowed  his  actual  traveling  ex- 
penses and  subsistence  from  the  time  he  left  Detroit,  Michigan,  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  until  his  return  thither. 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  6,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  6,  1908,  fixing  compensation  of  Messrs.  Ponce  and  Fabrega, 
Panaman  members  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Messrs.  Ponce  and  Fabrega,  heretofore  appointed  by  the  Republic  of  Panama 
upon  the  joint  Commission  assembled  during  the  current  year,  under  Article  VI 
of  the  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  proclaimed 
February  26,  1904,  be  paid,  as  compensation  for  their  services,  fifteen  dollars  per 
day  for  the  time  actually  employed  by  them  as  members  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  Atcgusl  6,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Aug.  12, 1908,approv-ing  resolution  of  Commission  authorizing  Chairman 
to  direct  Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Ofiice  to  approve  for  payment  vouchers,  etc. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  the  following  resolution  adopted  at  the  One  hundred 
and  thirty-ninth  meeting  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  January  7,  1908,  is 
hereby  approved: 

Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  be,  and  he  hereby  is,  empowered  and  authorized  to 
direct  in  writing  the  Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Office  or  other  employee  of  the  Com- 
mission at  Washington  to  approve  and  authorize  payment  of  vouchers  for  pay- 
ments by  the  Commission,  to  make  requisitions  for  supplies  for  the  maintenance  of 
the  Washington  Office,  and  to  sign  such  appointments,  correspondence,  certificates, 
and  other  official  documents  as  may  be  necessary  to  facilitate  the  dispatch  of  current 
business  at  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Commission,  sucH  signatures  to  be  made 
under  the  caption  "By  direction  of  the  Chairman." 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  12,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  14,  1908,  amending  section  344  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
making  grand  larceny  punishable  by  not  exceeding  10  years'  imprisonment. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered : 

Section  344  '^o  of  the  Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 
"Section  344.  Grand  larceny  is  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary 
not  exceeding  ten  years." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  August  14,  1908. 

'»L.  C.  Z.  149. 
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82  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  10,  1908,  appointing  members  of  Interdepartmental  Statistical  Com- 
mittee and  defining  duties. 

The  following-named  gentlemen,  representing  the  several  Executive  Departments 
and  one  independent  government  establishment,  are  hereby  designated  as  members  of 
an  Interdepartmental  Statistical  Committee  hgreby  created,  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Secretary'  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  uniformity  of 
statistical  methods  and  results,  preventing  duplications,  rendering  possible  closer 
.cooperation,  and  keeping  the  statistical  work  of  the  government  abreast  of  the  most 
modern  methods: 

Mr.  John  Ball  Osborne,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Trade  Relations,  Department  of 
State; 

Hon.  Lawrence  O.  Murray,  Comptroller  T)f  the  Currency,  Department  of  the 
Treasury ; 

Major  John  T.  Thompson,  Assistant,  Ordnance  Department,  Department  of  War; 

Mr.  H.  C.  Gauss,  Private  Secretary  to  the  Attorney  General,  Department  of 
Justice; 

Mr.  E.  T.  Bushnell,  Chief  Clerk  to  the  First  Assistant  Postmaster  General,  Post 
Office  Department; 

Mr.  F.  S.  Curtis,  Chief  Clerk,  Department  of  the  Navy; 

Mr.  Clarence  J.  Blanchard,  Statistician,  Reclamation  Service,  Department  of  the 
Interior; 

Mr.  Victor  H.  Olmsted,  Statistician  and  Chief,  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of 
Agriculture; 

Mr.  Oscar  P.  Austin,  Chief  of  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of  Commerce  and 
Labor;    and 

Prof.  Henry  C.  Adams,  In  Charge  of  Statistics  and  Accounts,  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission. 

Hoti.  Lawrence  O.  Murray,  Comptroller  of  the  Currency,  Treasury  Department, 
is  hereby  designated  to  act  as  Chairman  of  this  Committee. 

The  specific  duties  of  the  Committee  thus  created  shall  be  as  follows: 

(a)  To  make  recommendations  with  a  view  to  eliminating  unnecessary  duplication 
of  work  and  conflicting  results. 

(b)  To  make  recommendations  with  a  view  of  utilizing  the  statistical  material  in 
one  branch  of  Government  work,  with  reference  to  the  needs  or  aims  of  other  branches. 

(c)  To  make  recommendations  with  a  view  of  establishing  uniform  definitions  of 
statistical  terms. 

(d)  To  make  recommendations  with  a  view  of  introducing  uniform  methods. 

(e)  To  make  recommendations  in  regard  to  schedules  and  accompanying  instruc- 
tions relative  to  any  new  line  of  statistical  inquiry;  to  study  the  needs  of  the  various 
bureaus  and  Departments  from  time  to  time  and  above  all  to  test  the  results  achieved, 
and  to  investigate  whether  they  are  in  harmony  with  each  other  and  modern  statistical 
methods  and  practice. 

(/)  To  make  recommendations  regarding  the  preparation  and  the  place  of  publica- 
tion of  the  Statistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  September  10,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  IS,  1908,  appointing  Doctors  Hopkins  and  Cunningham  without  reference 

to  civil-service  rules. 

Doctors  Hopkins  and  Cunningham  may  be  appointed  as  physicians  to  teach 
microscopic  w^ork  in  connection  with  tropical  diseases  at  the  Ancon  Hospital  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  without  reference  to  the  civil  service  rules. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  September  15,  1908. 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  17,  1908,  changing  namesof  certain  divisions  under  the  Department 

of  Civil  Administration. 

CuLEBRA,  C.  Z.,  September  17,  1908. 
Under  authority  of  the  Executive  Order  of  the  President  of  January  6,  1908,''* 
the  Department  of  Revenues,'*'  in  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  '*-  of  the 

"•  par.  5,  p.  72. 

'"  Created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61). 

•"  See  Executive  Department  organization  under  date  of  .Apr.  29,  1914,  Governor's  Circular  660-10,  • 
including  the  divisions  named  in  above  order. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  83 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  shall  hereafter  be  known  as  the  Division  of  Posts, 
Customs  and  Revenues  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

The  Fire  Department  '*^  shall  hereafter  be  known  as  the  Division  of  Fire  Pro- 
tection of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

The  Department  of  Police  and  Prisons  '*^  shall  hereafter  be  known  as  the  Division 
of  Police  and  Prisons  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

The  title  of  the  head  of  the  Division  of  Fire  Protection  shall  be  Fire  Chief. 
Effective  September  1,  1908. 

Geo.  W.  Goethals, 
.   Approved:  •  Chairman. 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  28,  1908,  increasing  compensation  of  Everett  C.  Burapus,  member 

of  Joint  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  the  services  rendered  by  Everett  C.  Bumpus  as  Commissioner  under  Articles 
VI  and  XV  of  the  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  having  proved  to 
be  in  excess  of  those  originally  contemplated,  Section  1  of  the  Executive  Order  of 
August  6,  1908,  is  herewith  repealed,  and  the  said  Everett  C.  Bumpus  is  allowed 
Twenty-five  Dollars  per  day  for  his  services  from  the  time  he  left  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  until  his  return  thither,  and  his  subsistence  on  the 
Isthmus. 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  28,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  30,  1908,  authorizing  the  continuance  in  the  service  of  George  Shaffer, 
Olof  Ekedahl,  and  Willoughby  Culbertson  without  civil-service  examination. 

George  Shaffer,  Olof  Ekedahl  and  Willoughby  Culbertson  may  be  continued  on 
clerical  duties  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Service  without  examination  under  the  civil 
service  rules. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  September  30,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  3,  1908,  authorizing  retention  as  part  of  the  classified  force  eight  persons 
employed  jointly  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  and  the  Commission. 

The  eight  persons  named  in  the  letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War  dated  September  23, 
1908, '^5  who  have  been  employed  jointly  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  may  be  retained  and  become  a  part  of  the  classified 
force  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  upon  the  separation  of  the  work  of  the  two 
offices. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  October  3,  1908. 


Letter  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  23,  1908,  to  the  President,  transmitting  draft  of  foregoing  order. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  September  23,  1908. 
The  President, 

White  House,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Sir:   When  the  purchase  of  supplies  for  the   Panama   Canal   first  started,  the 
Inspection  Department  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  was  used  by  the  Canal 
Commission  for  inspecting  purchases  in  the  United  States.    This  practice  was  con- 

""  Created  by  Executive  Order  of  Governor  of  Canal  Zone  of  July  13,  1906,  approved  by  Cornmis- 
sion  July  17,  1906.  Combined  under  reorganization  in  E.xecutive  Department  with  Police  and  Prisons 
under  Police  and  Fire  Division. 

'"  Created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61).    See  note  4  supra. 

"5  p.  83. 


84  EXFXUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

tinued  until  the  summer  of  1907,  when,  the  Purchasing  Department  being  placed 
under  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  War  Department,  the  General  Purchasing  Officer 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  also  availed  of  the  services  of  the  Engineer  Officers 
of  the  Army  throughout  the  country  for  inspection. 

This,  however,  did  not  take  away  the  duties  of  the  Inspecting  Engineer,  and  office 
force  located  in  New  York,  which  continued  to  have  general  supervision  of  the  Com- 
mission's inspection  work. 

In  March  last  a  portion  of  the  office  of  the  Inspection  Department  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  in  New  York  was  transferred  to  Washington,  leaving  still  a  por- 
tion of  that  force  in  New  York,  both,  however,  continuing  on  the  railroad  company's 
paj'roll,  although  the  Commission  pays  one-half  of  the  expenses  of  both  offices. 

The  entire  work  of  the  Commission  is  now  practically  done  in  the  Washington  office, 
and  it  is  now  desired  to  separate  the  inspection  department  of  tlic  Commission  from 
that  of  the  Railroad  Company,  in  order  to  obtain  an  accurate  division  of  expense,  and 
to  promote  greater  efficiency  of  serv'ice.  This  action  is  recommended  by  the  Chairman 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  provided  the  clerical  force  can  be  brought  under 
Civil  Service  rules.  I  concur  in  this  recommendation,  and  respectfully  request  that 
an  E.xecutive  Order  be  issued  placing  the  clerical  force  of  the  Inspecting  Engineer's 
office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  in  Washington  under  Civil  Service  rules, 
and  bringing  into  the  classified  service  the  following  employees  of  the  Washington 
branch  of  the  Inspecting  Engineer's  office: 


Name. 

Position. 

Salary. 

R.  E.  Young 

Clerk...  *.. 

$1,200 

do                                          ....  „ 

1,000 

W.  H.  Shields 

..     ..  do 

900 

F.  M.  Baker 

do 

900 

Geo.  F.  Dolan 

do                        ..                 ..  . 

840 

do 

840 

Brice  L.  Casteel 

do 

840 

Fred  G.  Crusoe 

Messenger- 

480 

It  is  desired  that  when  this  order  '*''  is  issued  it  exempt  from  examination  the 
Inspecting  Engineer  who  has  charge  of  the  above-mentioned  force  and  the  Inspectors, 
as  in  many  instances  these  Inspectors  are  engaged  on  very  short  notice  on  special 
work  and  for  a  short  time  only,  and  on  the  completion  of  the  work  their  services  are 
terminated. 

Very  respectfully,  Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  3,  1908,  amending  schedule  A  of  civil-service  rules  relating  to  the  Cora- 
mission. 

Amendment  to  Schedule  A  of  the  Civil  Service  Rules. 

Schedule  A,  Subdivision  VIII,  relating  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  is 
hereby  amended,  as  follows:  The  present  paragraph  will  be  numbered  1,  but  will 
remain  otherwise  unchanged.  A  new  paragraph,  to  be  numbered  2,  to  read  as  follows 
is  hereby  added: 

2.  One  inspecting  engineer  and  inspectors  in  the  purchasing  department. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  October  3,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President.  Oct.  21,  1908,  amending  regulations  governing  employment  of  unskilled  laborers 

at  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  regulations  governing  the  employment  of  unskilled  laborers  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  are  hereby  amended,  viz: 

1.  By  the  addition  of  a  new  regulation,  to  be  numbered  XI,  and  to  read  as  follows: 

"Section  1.  The  Board,  with  the  authority  of  the  Commission,  shall  have  authority 
to  authorize: 

"(a)  The  demotion  of  any  person  from  the  classified  service  to  the  position  of  mere 
unskilled  laborer,  and  the  appointment  of  such  person  in  consequence  of  such  de- 

•8'  E.xecutive  Order  of  Oct.  3.  1908,  p.  83. 


KXECUTWE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  85 

motion,  upon  his  passing  the  required  physical  examination,  to  the  position  of  mere 
unskilled  laborer,  a  statement  of  duties  in  every  instance  to  be  appended  to  the 
request  of  the  Department  for  such  demotion,  showing  the  duties  of  the  person  to  be 
demoted  in  his  former  and  in  his  proposed  new  position. 

"(b)  The  temporary  appointment  of  a  mere  unskilled  laborer  for  a  period  to  exceed 
thirty  days,  in  cases  of  great  and  evident  necessity." 

2.  By  adding  to  the  concluding  sentence  of  Regulation  VII  the  words  "except  as 
provided  in  Regulation  XI  hereof."    The  amended  regulation  will  read: 

"Appointment  or  employment  for  temporary  service  shall  be  made  as  far  as 
practicable  as  appointments  to  permanent  positions.  Where  the  needs  of  the  service 
require,  the  board  may  authorize  the  temporary  appointment  of  any  eligible  or  of  a 
person  whose  name  is  not  on  any  register,  but  no  person  shall  render  more  than  thirty 
days'  temporary  service  in  any  period  of  twelve  months  where  appointed  out  of  his 
turn,  or  outside  these  regulations  except  as  provided  in  Regulation  XI  hereof." 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  October  21,  1908. 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  23,  1908.   amending  order  fixing  compensation  of  General  Purchas- 
,ing  Officer  and  officer  detailed  for  commissary  work. 

[Memorandum  to  the  Chairman,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission.] 

War  Department, 
Washington,  October  23,  1908. 
With  the  approval  of  the  President,  Paragraph  2  of  Executive  Order  of  July  1,  1907 
is  modified  so  as  to  authorize  you  to  pay  to  the  General  Purchasing  Officer  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  to  the  officers  detailed  in  connection  with  the 
Panama  Railroad  for  the  purchase  of  commissaries,  $1,800  per  annum  in  addition  to 
their  pay  and  emoluments. 

Luke  E.  Wright, 

Secretar-^  of  War. 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  7,  1908,  repealing  sections  44,  45,  and  46  of  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure 
of  the  Canal  Zone  and  permitting  appeal  from  judgment  of  a  District  Court  by  defendant. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  An  appeal  from  the  judgment  of  a  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone  may  be  taken 
by  the  defendant  by  giving  notice  in  open  court  of  his  intention  so  to  do  at  the  time 
the  judgment  is  rendered,  or  by  filing  with  the  court  a  written  notice  of  appeal  within 
five  days  thereafter.  The  appeal  may  thereupon  be  perfected  by  the  defendant  by 
filing  with  the  District  Court  or  with  the  Circuit  Court  to  which  the  appeal  is  taken, 
a  bond  in  a  sum  fixed  by  the  Judge  of  said  District  Court  or  the  Judge  of  said  Circuit 
Court,  but  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  with  one  or  more  suffi- 
cient sureties  approved  by  the  court  or  clerk  accepting  the  same,  for  his  appearance 
and  trial  upon  appeal  in  the  Circuit  Court:  Provided,  That  if  a  money  deposit  be 
made  in  lieu  of  the  bond,  the  amount  to  be  deposited  shall  not  exceed  one-half  of  the 
sum  required  in  the  bond.'^^ 

2.  Sections  44,  45,  and  46  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone  are 
hereby  repealed.'*" 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,   November  7 ,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  9,  1908,  amending  schedule  A  of  civil-service  rules,  authorizing  certain 
appointments  for  Isthmian  serv'ice  without  examination. 

Schedule  A,  section  VIII,  paragraph  1,  of  the  civil-service  rules  is  hereby  amended 
by  the  addition  of  the  following  words  at  the  end  of  the  paragraph : 

"Unless  he  was  classified  by  the  Executive  order  of  November  15,  1904,  in  a  position 
which  was  then  and  is  at  the  time  of  the  proposed  transfer  in  the  competitive  service." 

■"'See  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  29,  1913,  p.  150,  making  it  lawful  for  the  defendant  in  criminal 
proceedings  to  make  a  cash  deposit  in  lieu  of  bail  bond.  See  also  sec.  69,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  in  re 
appeals  from  District  Court  to  Circuit  Court,  and  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  12,  1914.  p.  163  (sec.  6) 
providing  that  appeals  in  civil  and  criminal  cases  from  the  judgments  and  rulings  of  the  Magistrate 
Courts  to  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone  are  authorized  in  like  manner  as  appeals  formerly  allowed 
from  the  District  Courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  to  the  Circuit  Courts  thereof. 

■««L.  C.  Z.  180.     See  also  Executive  Oder  of  Dec.  30,  1921.  p.  293. 


86  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIN'G  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

As  amended  the  paragraph  will  read  as  follows: 

"1.  All  officers  and  employees  in  the  service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
upon  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  except  those  who  are  to  perform  the  duties  of  clerk, 
bookkeeper,  stenographer,  typewriter,  surgeon,  physician,  trained  nurse,  or  draftsman. 
Appointments  to  clerical  positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  less  than  S75 
in  gold  per  month  may  be  made  without  examination  under  the  civil-service  rules. 
No  person  appointed  to  the  service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  otherwise  than  through 
competitive  examination  or  by  transfer  or  promotion  from  a  competitive  position 
shall  be  transferred  to  a  competitive  position,  unless  he  was  classified  by  the  Execu- 
tive order  of  November  15,  1904,  in  a  position  which  was  then  and  is  at  the  time  of  the 
proposed  transfer  in  the  competitive  service."'*'' 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  November  9,  1908. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  23,  1908,  amending  order  restricting  gold  employees  to  American 

citizens. 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  the  Executive  Order  of  February  8,  1908,  restricting  the  personnel  of  gold 
employees  to  American  Citizens  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"On  and  after  this  date,  the  employment  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of 
skilled  laborers,  clerks,  and  all  others  who  have  heretofore  been  known  as  gold  em- 
ployees of  the  Commission  shall  be  restricted  to  American  citizens  and  citizens  of 
Panama,  except  where  American  or  Panamanian  labor  or  services  of  the  character 
required  is  not  available. 

"Foreign  employees  now  upon  the  pay-roll  of  the  Commission  shall  not  be  affected 
by  this  order,  save  in  the  event  of  any  reduction  of  force  preference  shall  be  accorded 
to  American  citizens  and  citizens  of  Panama."" 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  December  23,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  23,  1908,  appointing  H.  .-V.  Gudger  as  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 

of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  or  or- 
dered, H.  A.  Gudger  is  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  '"  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  at  a  salary  of  six  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Effective  January  4,  1909. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  December  23,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  23,  1908,  appointing  Wesley  M.  Owen  as  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 

Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  or  or- 
dered, Wesley  M.  Owen  is  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  at  a  salary  of  six  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Effective  January  4,  1909. 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 

The  White  House,  December  23,  1908. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  6,  1909,  extending  safety-appliance  acts  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  The  requirements  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  relating  to  the  use  on  trains  of  certain 
described  and  approved  driving-wheel  and  train  brakes,  couplers,  handholds,  and 
drawbars  of  required  height  for  freight  cars,  approved  March  2,  1893  (contained  in 
27  Stat.  L.,  p.  531),  and  known  as  "an  Act  To  promote  the  safety  of  employees  and 

189  Sgg  conditions  of  employment.  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158. 

'9°  See  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  1,S8,  providing  conditions  of  employment. 

"'  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone  continued  to  act  after  new  organization  went  into  effect  iVpril 
1,  1914,  until  pending  business  was  disposed  of.  See  sec.  1^  of  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  12,  1914, 
p.   163. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  87 

travelers  upon  railroads  by  compelling  common  carriers  engaged  in  interstate  com- 
merce to  equip  their  cars  with  automatic  couplers  and  continuous  brakes  and  their 
locomotives  with  driving-wheel  brakes,  and  for  other  purposes,"  as  amended  bj'  an 
Act  approved  April  1,  1896  (contained  in  29  Stat.  L.,  p.  85),  and  as  amended  by  an 
Act  approved  March  2,  1903  (contained  in  32  Stat.  L.,  p.  943),  shall  be  extended  to 
apply  to  that  Zone  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  mentioned  and  described  in  Section  2 
of  the  Act  of  Congress,  dated  June  28,  1902,  and  entitled  "An  Act  To  provide  for  the 
construction  of  a  canal  connecting  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans," 
and  commonly  known  as  the  "Canal  Zone.""- 

2.  The  various  appliances  for  the  protection  of  trainmen  on  freight  train  cars,  with 
reference  to  running  boards,  ladders,  sill  steps,  roof  handholds,  and  the  position  of 
brake  shafts,  as  designated  in  the  existing  standards  of  the  Master  Car  Builders' 
Association  in  the  United  States,  shall  be  used  by  all  carriers  in  the  aforementioned 
Canal  Zone. 

3.  The  equipment  and  appliances  required  to  be  used  in  sections  1  and  2  of  this 
order  shall  be  constantly  and  at  all  times  maintained  in  good  and  working  order, 
by  any  and  all  railroads  engaged  in  the  business  of  a  common  carrier  and  operating 
in  the  aforementioned  Canal  Zone. 

4.  In  particular,  sections  1,  2,  and  3  of  this  order  shall  be  carefully  observed  and 
obeyed  by  the  Panama  Railroad,  a  carrier  operating  in  the  said  Canal  Zone. 

5.  All  railroads  operated  and  cars  used  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States 
within  navy  yards,  arsenals,  military  reservations,  government  wharves,  and  any 
and  all  other  territories  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  equipped 
with  the  safety  appliances  required  in  the  Safety  Appliance  Acts  mentioned  and 
described  in  section  1  of  this  order,  and  in  the  codes  of  rules  mentioned  and  described 
in  section  2  of  this  order;  and  said  equipment  and  appliances  shall  at  all  times  be 
maintained  in  good  and  working  order.^" 

6.  This  order  shall  take  effect  not  later  than  six  months  from  the  date  of  the 
promulgation  thereof."^ 

Theodore  Roosevelt. 
The  White  House,  January  6,  1909. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  20,  1909,  waiving  limitations  of  section  1,  act  No.  24.  Laws  of 
Canal  Zone,  and  authorizing  Collector  of  Revenues  to  administer  estate  of' John  J.  Korp. 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  the  limitations  in  section  1  of  Act  No.  24, "5  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  March  1,  1905,  providing  for  the  administration  of  certain  estates  are 
hereby  waived,  in  so  far  as  they  prevent  the  Collector  of  Revenues  taking  possession 
of,  and  administering  upon  the  estate  of  John  J.  Korp,  deceased,  and  the  Collector 
of  Revenues  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  take  possession  of,  and  settle  the 
estate  of  said  John  J.  Korp,  deceased,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  said  Act."^ 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  20,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  amending  civil-service  Rule  X  regarding  transfers. 

Civil  Service  Rule  X,  paragraph  8,  clause  (e),  in  relation  to  an  employee  proposed 
for  transfer,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"He  shall  not  be  transferred  unless,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Commission,  he  possesses 
experience,  qualifications,  or  training,  which  are  required  for  the  proper  performance 
of  the  duties  of  the  position  to  which  transfer  is  proposed,  and  which  render  necessary 
in  the  interests  of  the  service  the  filling  of  the  position  by  his  transfer,  rather  than  by 
an  original  appointment  or  promotion  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  Civil  Service 
Art  " 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
The  White  House,  March  23,  1909. 

"^  T.  &  A.  30.  ' 

"5  Modified  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  19,  1913,  p.  141. 

'»■"  Amended  by  Executive  Orders  of  June  11,  1909,  p.  89,  and  Jan.  16,  1911,  p.  103,  excepting  cer- 
tain old  French  equipment. 
■»sL.  C.  Z.  254. 
'»«  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  5,  1912,  p.  126. 


88  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  14,  1909,  abolishing  office  of  Director  of  Hospitals. 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  so  much  of  Act  No.  8,  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  September 
2,  1904,  as  provides  that  certain  duties  be  performed  by  the  Director  of  Hospitals, '»' 
is  hereby  amended.  The  office  of  Director  of  Hospitals  will  be  abolished  on  September 
12,  1909,  and  the  duties  referred  to  will  be  performed  on  and  after  that  date  by  any 
official  of  the  Department  of  Sanitation  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  who  may 
be  designated. 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C. 
CULEBRA,  C.  Z.,  May  14,  1909. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  14,  1909,  amending  order  dividing  the  Canal  Zone  into  adminis- 
trative districts  to  provide  that  fines  and  fees  shall  be  paid  into  Zone  treasury. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States: 

It  is  ordered  that  the  Executive  Order  of  March  13,  1907,  effective  April  15,  divid- 
ing the  Canal  Zone  into  four  administrative  districts,  be  amended  so  that  the  last 
sentence  of  the  4th  paragraph  '»*  will  read:  "Fines  and  fees  shall  be  paid  into  the 
treasury  of  the  Canal  Zone." 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
CuLEBRA,  Canal  Zone,  May  14, 1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  May  22,  1909,  providing  that  when  certain  holidays  fall  on  Sunday  Govern- 
ment offices  will  close  on  the  following  Monday,  except  where  State  laws  fix  a  different  day  for  the 

holiday."" 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  offices  of  the  Government,  arsenals,  navy  yards  and 
stations,  and  other  Government  establishments  shall,  when  the  first  day  of  January, 
the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  the  thirtieth  day  of  May,  the  fourth  day  of  July 
and  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  December,  fall  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  commonly 
called  Sunday,  be  closed  to  public  business  on  the  following  Monday  and  that  all 
employees  in  the  public  ser\ice,  wherever  employed,  who  would  be  excused  from  work 
on  the  above-named  days  be  excused  on  the  following  Monday  when  said  days  fall  on 
the  first  day  of  the  week,  commonly  called  Sunday,  excepting  that  where  a  State  law 
fixes  for  a  holiday  another  day  than  the  Monday  following  such  legal  holiday,  the 
Government  offices  and  other  Government  establishments  situated  in  such  States 
shall  close  and  employees  in  the  public  service  shall  be  excused  on  that  day  which  is 
in  conformity  to  State  law. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  May  22,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1909,  fixing  four  hours  on  Saturdays  during  July,  .August,  and  Sep- 
tember as  a  day's  work  in  the  Federal  public  service."" 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  on  Saturdays  during  July,  August  and  September,  until 
further  notice,  four  hours  exclusive  of  time  for  luncheon  shall  constitute  a  day's 
work  for  all  employees  in  the  Federal. public  service,  wherever  employed;  and  all 
departmental  or  other  orders  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  revoked,  except 
as  to  the  naval  stations  named  in  the  executive  order  of  April  4,  1908. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  June  8,  1909. 

'"L.  c.  z.  «. 

"»  p.  60.         • 

199  Act  No.  11  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  89),  as  amended  by  resolution  of  Commission  of  May  29, 
1907,  relates  to  legal  holidays  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

»°°  Superseded  by  Executive  Order  of  June  25,  1909,  p.  89,  which  was  amended  by  Executive  Order 
of  July  16,  1909,  p.  89,  so  as  not  to  apply  to  employees  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL        89 

Order  of  the  President ,  June  1 1 ,  1909,  amending  order  extending  safety-appliance  acts  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

Paragraph  6  of  Executive  Order  No.  1002,  dated  January  6,  1909,"'  is  hereby 
amended  as  follows: 

"6.  This  order  shall  take  effect  not  later  than  six  months  from  the  date  of  the 
promulgation  thereof,  except  for  the  use  of  old  French  dump  cars  in  use  on  the 
Panama  Canal,  including  also  the  couplers  of  locomotives  necessary  to  operate  them, 
until  July  1,  1910,  after  which  date  it  shall  likewise  apply  to  this  equipment."^" 

Wm.  H.  T.\ft. 

The  White  House,  June  11,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  25,  1909,  superseding  order  fixing  hours  of  work  in  the  Federal  service 
on  Saturdays  during  three  months  in  the  year. 

The  following  Order  will  supersede  that  of  June  8,  1909,"^  as  to  hours  of  labor  on 
Saturdays  during  the  months  mentioned: 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that,  during  the  months  of  July,  August  and  September  of 
each  year,  until  further  notice,  four  hours,  exclusive  of  time  for  luncheon,  shall 
constitute  a  day's  work  on  Saturdays  for  all  clerks  and  other  employees  of  the  Federal 
Government,  wherever  employed;  and  all  Executive  or  other  orders  in  conflict  here- 
with, except  the  Executive  Order  of  April  4,  1908,  relating  to  certain  naval  stations, 
are  hereby  revoked. 

Provided,  however,  that  this  Order  shall  not  apply  to  any  bureau  or  office  of  the 
Government,  or  to  any  of  the  clerks' or  other  employees  thereof,  that  may  for  special 
public  reasons  be  excepted  therefrom  by  the  head  of  the  Department  having  super- 
vision or  control  of  such  bureau  or  office,  or  where  the  same  would  be  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  existing  law.  -"* 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  June  25,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  July  16,  1909,  providing  that  the  two  orders  fixing  hours  for  work  on  Saturdays 
in  July,  August,  and  September  shall  not  apply  to  Isthmian  employees. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  Executive  Order  No.  1084,  made  June  8,  1909,^5  and 
Executive  Order  No.  1096,  made  June  25,  1909,2"^  shall  have  no  application  to  em- 
ploves  upon  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  July  16,  1909. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  July  21.  1909,  extending  authority  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues  to 
administer  estates  not  exceeding  $1,000  in  value. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  it  is  ordered: 
That  the  authority  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues  under  Act  No.  24  of  the  Laws  of  the 
Canal  Zone,^''"  entitled  "An  Act  providing  for  an  inexpensive  method  of  Administra- 
tion upon  the  Estates  of  Employees  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States  and  who  die  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  leaving  estates  of  small  value  upon  which  regular 
administration  is  deemed  inadvisable,"  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis' 
sion  March  1,  1905,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  extended  to  include  all  estates  of  the 
character  described  in  said  act  as  amended  by  the  Executive  Order  of  June  22,  1907,^°* 
which  do  not  exceed  in  value  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars.^''^ 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 
W.A.R  Department,  Secretary  of  War. 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  21,  1909. 

'"  p.  86. 

'"  Further  amended  bv  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  16,  1911,  p.  103,  excepting  gravel  cars  up  to  July  1, 
1911. 
"3  p.  88. 

'»^  Executive  Order  of  July  16,  1909,  p.  89,  provided  that  above  order  shall  not  apply  to  employees 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 
"5  p.  88. 
■      "«  p.  89. 

"'L.  C.Z.  254. 

"*  p.  66  hereof,  which  extended  provisions  of  act  to  include  employees  of  the  Panama  Railroad. 

»»»  Both  laws  mentioned  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  5,  1912,  p.  126. 


90  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIN(i  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  July  30,  1909,  authorizing  diminution  of  time  for  good  behavior  for  convicts 

in  the  Canal  Zone  penitentiary. 

Unde--  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

That  every  convict  who  is  now  or  who  may  hereafter  be  confined  in  the  Canal  Zone 
penitentiary  ■""  under  sentence  for  a  definite  time,  and  who  shall  have  no  infraction 
of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  penitentiary  or  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  recorded 
agamst  him,  and  who  performs  the  duties  assigned  to  him  in  a  faithful,  orderly  and 
peaceable  manner,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  diminution  of  time  from  his  sentence  as 
follows:  For  the  first  year,  one  month;  for  the  second  vear,  two  months;  for  the 
third  year,  three  months;  for  the  fourth  year,  four  months;  for  the  fifth  year,  five 
months;  for  the  sixth  and  each  succeeding  year,  six  months;  and  pro  rata  for  any 
part  of  a  year,  where  the  sentence  is  for  more  or  less  than  a  year. 

In  case  any  convict  shall  be  guilty  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  rules  or  Regulations 
of  the  penitentiary  or  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  as  above  provided,  and  has  become 
entitled  to  any  diminution  of  his  sentence  by  the  provisions  aforesaid,  he  shall  for  the 
first  offense  forfeit;  if  he  has  made  so  much,  two  days;  for  the  second  offense, 
four  days;  for  the  third  offense,  eight  days;  for  the  fourth  offense,  sixteen  days; 
and  in  addition  thereto,  whatever  number  of  days,  more  than  one,  that  he  is  in  punish- 
ment, shall  also  be  forfeited ;  for  more  than  four  offenses,  the  warden  shall  have  power 
to  deprive  him,  at  his  discretion,  of  any  portion  or  all  of  the  diminution  of  sentence 
that  he  may  have  earned,  but  not  less  than  as  provided  for  the  fourth  offense:  Pro- 
vided, That  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  have  the  power  to  restore  to 
any  convict  any  diminution  of  sentence  forfeited  by  him."' 

Whenever  any  convict  is  or  has  been  committed  under  several  convictions,  with 
separate  sentences,  they  shall  be  construed  as  one  continuous  sentence,  in  the  granting 
or  forfeiting  of  diminution  of  sentence.-'-' 

The  warden,  in  computing  the  diminution  of  sentence  of  any  convict  now  in  the 
penitentiary,  shall  allow  him  for  the  unexpired  portion  of  his  sentence,  the  same  as 
if  this  order  had  been  in  effect  at  the  commencement  of  his  sentence,  but  shall  not 
allow  him  for  the  portion  of  his  sentence  already  served. "3 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  July  30,  1909. 

Order  of  the  President,  July  30,  1909,  fixing  punishment  for  murder  in  the  first  and  second  degrees. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered:  That  Section  149  "<  of  Act 
No.  14  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

''Sec.  149.  Every  person  guilty  of  murder  in  the  first  degree  shall  suffer  death, 
or  if  there  be  extenuating  circumstances,  confinement  in  the  penitentiary  for  life;"s 
and  every  person  guilty  of  murder  in  the  second  degree  is  punishable  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  penitentiary  not  less  than  ten  years." 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  July  30, 1909. 


Tonnage  Dues — Revocation  of  Proclamations. 
"By  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America — A  Proclamation: 

Whereas  by  proclamations  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  dated  January 
thirty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five,  February  twenty-sixth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  eighty-five,  September  ninth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five,  April 
twenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  April  si.xteenth,  eighteen  hundred 

"'  Penitentiary  established  by  act  No.  12  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  90). 

"■  Executive  Order  of  May  9.  1904,  p.  20,  authorized  Governor  of  Canal  Zone  to  grant  reprieves 
and  pardons.  Under  authority  of  sec.  7  of  the  Panama  Canal  .Act  (T.  &  .A.  79),  the  President  issued 
Executive  Order  of  May  13.  1914.  p.  174.  relating  to  pardons,  commutations,  remission  of  fines,  and 
authorizing  the  Governor  to  establish  regulations  affecting  the  welfare  of  prisoners. 

'"Sec.  2-  of  Penal  Code(L.  C.  Z.  96)  provides  that  when  a  person  is  convicted  of  two  or  more  crimes, 
the  imprisonment  to  which  he  is  sentenced  upon  the  second  or  other  subsequent  conviction  must  com- 
mence at  the  termination  of  the  first  term,  or  at  the  termination  of  second  or  other  subsequent  term  of 
imprisonment,  as  the  case  may  be. 

"J  Sec.  28  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  96),  provides  that  the  term  of  imprisonment  commences  to  run 
only  upon  the  actual  delivery  of  the  defendant  at  the  place  of  imprisonment;  and,  if  thereafter  during 
such  term  the  defendant  by  any  legal  means  is  temporarily  released  from  sUch  imprisonment  and 
subsequently  returned  thereto,  the  time  during  which  he  was  at  large  must  not  be  computed  as  part  of 
such  term. 

"•L.  C.  Z.  116. 

"s  In  the  case  of  Canal  Zone  r.  Zaldivar,  p.  227,  vol.  2,  Sup.  Ct.  Rept.  C.  Z.,  the  court  held  that  the 
provisions:  "Every  person  guilty  of  murder  in  the  first  degree  shall  suffer  death,  or  if  there  be  extenu- 
ating circumstances,  confinement  in  the  penitentiary  for  life,"  leaves  to  the  discretion  of  the  trial  court 
the  fixing  of  the  penalty. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL      '   9 1 

and  eighty-eight,  May  second,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four  and  July  nineteenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  the  President  did  thereby  declare  and  proclaim 
from  and  after  the  dates  of  his  said  Proclamations,  respectively,  the  suspension  of  the 
collection  of  the  whole  of  the  duty  on  tonnage  now  imposed  by  Section  eleven  of  the 
Act  of  Congress  approved  June  nineteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-six,  entitled 
"An  Act  to  abolish  certain  fees  for  official  services  to  American  vessels  and  to  amend 
the  laws  relating  to  shipping  commissioners,  seamen  and  owners  of  vessels,  and  for 
other  purposes,"  amending  Section  fourteen  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  June 
twenty-sixth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four,  entitled  "An  Act  to  remove  certain 
burdens  on  the  American  -merchant  marine  and  encourage  the  American  foreign 
carrying  trade,  and  for  other  purposes,"  upon  vessels  entered  in  ports  of  the  United 
States  from  ports  in  the  Province  of  Ontario  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada;  ports  in  the 
island  of  Monserrat  in  the  West  Indies;  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Aspinwall  (Colon); 
port  of  San  Juan  del  Norte  (Greytown),  Nicaragua;  port  of  Boca  del  Toro,  United 
States  of  Colombia ;  ports  in  the  Kingdom  of  the  Netherlands ;  free  ports  of  the  Dutch 
East  Indies;  ports  in  the  island  of  Guadeloupe,  French  West  India  Islands;  ports 
in  the  island  of  Grenada,  British  West  India  Islands;  and  the  port  of  Copenhagen, 
Denmark,  respectively; 

And  Whereas,  Section  thirty-six  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  August  fifth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  entitled  an  "Act  to  provide  revenue,  equalize  duties  and 
encourage  the  industries  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  will  repeal, 
sixty  days  after  the  approval  of  said  Act,  section  eleven  of  the  Act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved June  nineteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-six,  aforesaid,  amending  Sec- 
tion fourteen  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  June  twenty-sixth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-four,  aforesaid,  by  virtue  of  which  the  proclamations  aforesaid  were  is- 
sued and  have  continued  in  force  and  effect ; 

And  Whereas,  Section  thirty-six  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  August  fifth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  provides  the  rates  of  tonnage  duty  which  shall  be  imposed 
on  and  after  October  fifth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  upon  vessels  which  shall  be 
entered  in  any  port  of  the  United  States; 

Now,  therefore,  I,  William  Howard  Taft,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
in  pursuance  of  the  aforesaid  Section  thirty-six  of  the  Act  aforesaid,  do  hereby  revoke 
the  said  proclamations  of  January  thirty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five, 
February  twenty-sixth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five,  September  ninth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  eighty-fiVe,  April  twenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-seven, 
April  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  May  second,  eighteen  hundred 
and  ninety-four,  and  July  nineteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  suspending 
the  collection  of  tonnage  taxes  upon  vessels  entered  in  ports  of  the  United  States 
from  ports  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada;  ports  in  the  island 
of  Monserrat  in  the  West  Indies;  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Aspinwall  (Colon); 
port  of  San  Juan  del  Norte  (Greytown),  Nicaragua;  Port  of  Boca  del  Toro  (now  in  the 
Republic  of  Panama);  ports  in  the  Kingdom  of  the  Netherlands;  free  ports  of  the 
Dutch  East  Indias;  ports  in  the  island  of  Guadeloupe,  French  West  India  Islands; 
ports  in  the  island  of  Grenada,  British  West  India  Islands,  and  the  port  of  Copen- 
hagen, Denmark,  respectively;  this  said  revocation  of  said  proclamations  to  take 
effect  on  and  after  the  fifth  day  of  October,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  afifixed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington  this  sixth  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States 
of  America  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-fourth. 

[seal.]  Wm.  H.  Taft. 

By  the  President: 
Alvey  a.  Adee, 

A  cling  Secretary  of  State. 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  8,  1909,  prohibiting  hunting  by  night  with  artificial  light  or  with  spring 

guns  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered : 

Section  454  "''  of  Act  No.  14  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended  to  read 
as  follows: 

"« L.  C.  Z.  169.  Sees.  449  to  460  of  the  Penal  Code  were  repealed  by  the  Executive  Order  of 
Nov.  7,  1913,  p.  152,  providing  regulations  to  carry  arms,  but  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27, 1914,'p.  155, 
again  provided  for  the  prohibition  of  hunting  with  artificial  light  or  with  trap  guns,  arid  repealed  above 
order  of  Sept.  8,  1909.  See  also  pamphlet  issued  June  15,  1920,  containing  laws  and  regulations  govern- 
ing hunting  and  carrying  arms. 


92        EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

"Sec.  454.  Permits  to  hunt  with  firearms  upon  the  public  lands  of  the  Canal  Zone 
or  on  the  lands  of  private  ownership,  but  without  prejudice  to  the  rights  of  the  owners 
may  be  issued  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone  upon  application  made  to  him. 
But  every  person  who  shall  hunt  at  night  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise  with 
the  aid  or  use  of  a  lantern,  torch,  bonfire,  or  other  artificial  light,  or  who  shall  hunt 
by  the  use  of  a  gun  or  other  firearm  intended  to  be  discharged  by  an  animal  or  bird, 
by  means  of  a  spring  dr  trap  or  other  similar  mechanical  device,  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor." 

Wm.  U.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  September  8,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  2,  1909,  making  cruelty  to  children  and  animals  misdemeanors. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law  it  is  ordered : 

1.  Chapter  II  of  Title  XII  of  Act  No.  14,""  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,  is  amend- 
ed by  the  addition  thereto  of  the  following  section: 

"Section  2IO5.  Every  person  who  shall  torture,  cruelly  beat,  abuse,  wilfully  mal- 
treat, or  unnecessarily  deprive  of  liberty  any  child  under  the  age  of  eighteen,  and 
every  person  having  custody  or  possession  of  a  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  who 
shall  expose  it  in  any  highway,  street,  field,  house  or  other  place  with  intent  to  aban- 
don it,  is  guiltv  of  a  misdemeanor." 

2.  Section  423,"*  Chapter  XIV,  Title  XVI,  of  Act  No.  14  of  the  laws  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Section  423.  Every  person  who  shall  overdrive,  overload,  torture,  cruelly  beat, 
or  injustifiably  injure,  maim,  mutilate  or  kill  or  deprive  of  necessary  food,  drink  or 
shelter,  or  work  when  unfit  for  labor,  any  animal  whether  wild  or  tame  and  whether 
belonging  to  himself  or  to  another,  or  who,  being  the  owner  or  possessor  or  having 
charge  or  custody  of  a  maimed,  diseased,  disabled  or  infirm  animal  shall  abandon  it, 
or  leave  it  to  die  in  a  street,  road  or  other  place,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor."'  Any 
police  officer  may  lawfully  destroy  or  cause  to  be  destroyed  any  animal  found  aban- 
doned and  not  properly  cared  for,  appearing,  in  the  judgment  of  two  reputable  per- 
sons called  b}'  him  to  view  the  same  in  his  presence,  to  be  injured  or  diseased  past 
recovery  for  any  useful  purpose." 

3.  Any  duly  appointed  agent  of  a  regularly  organized  humane  society  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  may  be  commissioned  by  the  proper  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone  as  a  special 
police  officer  for  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  and  of  any  other  law, 
regulation  or  order  in  force  in  the  Canal  Zone  for  the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  children 
and  animals,  and  when  so  commissioned  shall  be  vested  for  that  purpose  with  all  the 
authority  of  a  member  of  the  Canal  Zone  Police  force. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
The  White  House,  October  2,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  2,  1909,  providing  for  a  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  to  examine  applicants  for 
licenses  as  master,  mate,  engineer,  or  pilot  on  steam  vessels  in  Canal  Zone  waters. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered : 

Section  1.  The  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  appoint  three 
persons  who  shall  constitute  a  "Board  of  Local  Inspectors."  The  members  of  this 
Board  shall  be  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  the  Panama  Rail- 
road Company,  or  both,  and  shall  perform  the  duties  hereinafter  specified  without 
additional  compensation. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  recommend  the  classification  of  mas- 
ters, mates,  engineers,  and  pilots  of  steam  vessels  propelled  upon  the  waters  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone.  Upon  such  recommendation,  in  writing,  the  Head 
of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  shall  issue 
licenses. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  any  person  applies  to  be  licensed  as  master,  mate,  engineer,  or 
pilot  of  any  steam  vessel  propelled  upon  the  waters  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  make  diligent  inquiry  as  to  his 
character,  and  shall  carefully  examine  the  applicant,  as  well  as  the  proof  he  presents 

»"L.  C.  Z.  12.5. 
"«  Ibid..  163. 

»■«  See  sec.  254  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  132)  making  it  a  felony  to  put  the  carcass  of  any  dead  animal 
on  any  road,  river,  etc. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  93 

in  support  of  his  claim;  and  if,  upon  full  consideration,  they  are. satisfied  that  his 
character,  habits  of  life,  knowledge,  and  experience  in  the  duties  of  master,  mate, 
engineer,  or  pilot,  are  all  such  as  to  authorize  the  belief  that  he  is  a  suitable  and  safe 
person  to  be  entrusted  with  the  powers  and  duties  of  such  station,  they  shall  recom- 
mend that  a  license  be  issued  to  him,  authorizing  him  to  be  employed  on  any  vessel 
propelled  upon  the  waters  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  such  duties, 
for  the  term  of  three  (3)  years;  but  such  license  shall  be  suspended  or  revoked  upon 
satisfactory  proof  of  negligence,  unskilfulness,  or  intemperance.  The  Board  of  Local 
Inspectors  will  recommend  the  assignment  of  mates  or  engineers  to  an  appropriate 
class  designated  "Chief,"  "-1st,"  or  "2nd."--'' 

Sec.  4.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  not  engage  for  permanent  employ- 
ment upon  any  of  its  vessels  propelled  by  steam,  any  master,  mate,  or  engineer,  who 
shall  not  be  duly  licensed  by  the  United  States,  or  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
and  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  unless  an  American  citizen  is  not  avail- 
able; and  all  officers  at  present  employed  who  do  not  hold  United  States  licenses  will 
be  required  to  qualify  before  the  Board. 

Sec.  5.  The  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  may  issue  licenses  as  masters,  mates, 
engineers,  or  pilots  to  persons  who  are  not  citizens  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  6.  The  Executive  Order  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone,  dated  December 
8,  1905,  is  amended  by  this  order  only  in  so  far  as  it  provides  for  the  examination  and 
licensing  of  pilots."' 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  October  2,  1909. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  15,  1909,  exempting  insurance  companies  whose  business  in  Canal 
Zone  consists  solely  in  furnishing  bonds  of  employees  from  annual  fee  and  license  tax. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered:  ' 

That  the  Executive  Order  of  March  12,  1907,  effective  July  1,  1907,^-'-  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended  by  the  addition  of  the  following : 

"Provided,  That  indemnity  insurance  companies  whose  business  within  the  Canal 
Zone  consists  solely  of  furnishing  fidelity  bonds  of  employees  of  the  United  States, 
which  are  required  by  the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  regulations  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  shall  hereafter  be  exempt  from  liability  to  pay  the  annual  fee  of 
fifty  dollars  and  the  license  tax  of  one  and  one-half  per  centum  of  their  premium 
receipts." 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 
Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.C.,  October  15,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  23,  1909,  fixing  hours  of  work  for  telegraph  operators  and  train  dispatchers 
of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered : 

That  no  operator,  train  dispatcher,  or  other  employee  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  who  by  the  use  of  the  telegraph  or  telephone  dispatches,  reports,  transmits, 
receives,  or  delivers  orders  pertaining  to  or  affecting  train  movements  shall  be  re- 
C|uired  or  permitted  to  be  or  remain  on  duty  for  a  longer  period  than  nine  hours 
in  any  twenty-four-hour  period  in  all  towers,  offices,  places,  and  stations  continuously 
operated  night  and  day,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  thirteen  hours  in  all  towers, 
offices,  places,  and  stations  operated  only  during  the  daytime,  except  in  case  of 
emergency,  when  the  employees  named  in  this  order  may  be  permitted  to  be  and  re- 
main on  duty  for  four  additional  hours  in  a  twenty-four-hour  period  on  not  exceed- 
ing three  days  in  any  week. 

This  order  shall  be  in  effect  on  and  after  January  1,  1910. 

Wivi.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,    November  23,  1909. 

"°  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  8,  1910,  p.  96,  authorized  members  of  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  to  ad- 
minister oaths  necessary  in  conducting  the  business  of  the  Board. 

»"  See  also  footnotes  under  Executive  Order  of  July  21,  1911,  p.  113,  providing  for  inspection  of 
steam  vessels;  and  Circular  644  issued  by  the  Governor  on  May  1,  1914,  the  latter  being  a  compilation 
■of  rules  and  regulations  relating  to  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  its  duties,  etc.,  including  inspection  of 
vessels,  issuance  of  licenses  for  officers  of  vessels,  and  otfiers. 

'"p.  60. 


94  EXFXUTIVK  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  23,  1909.  making  the  enticing  of  laborers  from  tlie  Commissiorvor  Panama 

Railroad  a  misdemeanor. "' 

Any  person  who,  as  principal  or  agent,  shall,  with  the  intent  or  for  the  purpose  of 
recruiting  on  the  Canal  Zone  mechanics,  laborers,  artisans,  or  any  character  of  work- 
men, to  go  into  a  foreign  country,  induce  or  attempt  to  induce  any  person  who  is 
working  for  or  is  under  contract  to  work  for,  or  who  desires  to  work  for,  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  or  a  contractor  of  either  or 
both  of  them,  to  cease  to  work  for,  or  break  any  such  contract  to  work  for,  or  not  to 
begin  work  for,  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company, 
or  a  contractor  of  either  or  both  of  them,  or  to  leave  the  Canal  Zone  wit  ha  view  or  for 
the  purpose  of  working  in  a  foreign  country,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1,000.00)  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  common  jail  not  to  exceed  six  (6) 
months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

\Vm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,    November  23,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  26,  1909,  directing  that  no  subordinate  shall  apply  to  Congress  for  legis- 
lation nor  respond  to  requests  from  Congress  for  information  except  through  or  as  authorized  by 
the  head  of  his  department. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  no  bureau,  office  or  division  chief,  or  subordinate  in  any 
department  of  the  Government,  and  no  officer  of  the  army  or  navy  or  marine  corps 
stationed  in  Washington,  shall  apply  to  either  House  of  Congress,  or  to  any  commit- 
tee of  either  House  of  Congress,  or  to  any  member  of  Congress,  for  legislation,  or  for 
appropriations,  or  for  congressional  action  of  any  kind,  except  with  the  consent  and 
knowledge  of  the  head  of  the  department;  nor  shall  any  such  person  respond  to  any 
request  for  information  from  either  House  of  Congress,  or  any  committee  of  either 
House  of  Congress,  or  any  Member  of  Congress,  except  through,  or  as  authorized  by, 
the  head  of  his  department."-' 

,  Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,    November  26,  1909. 


Circular  of  the  War  Department,  Dec.  4,  1909,  publishing  foregoing  order. 
[Circular.] 

War  Department, 
Washington,  December  4,  1909. 

The  following  order  of  the  President  "5  ig  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

"It  is  hereby  ordered  that  no  bureau,  office  or  division  chief,  or  subordinate  in  any 
department  of  the  (iovernment,  and  no  officer  of  the  army  or  navy  or  marine  corps 
stationed  in  W^ashington,  shall  apply  to  either  House  of  Congress,  or  to  any  commit- 
tee of  either  House  of  Congress,  or  to  any  member  of  Congress,  for  4egislation,  or  for 
appropriations,  or  for  congressional  action  of  any  kind,  except  with  the  consent  and 
knowledge  of  the  head  of  the  department;  nor  shall  any  such  person  respond  to  any 
request  for  information  from  either  House  of  Congress,  or  any  committee  of  either 
House  of  Congress,  or  any  Member  of  C'ongress,  except  through,  or  as  authorized  by, 
the  head  of  his  department. 

"Wm.  H.  Taft. 

"The  WHfTE  House,  November  26,  1909." 

Under  the  exception  contained  in  the  concluding  sentence  of  the  foregoing  order, 
chiefs  of  bureaus  and  the  Chief  of  StafT  are  hereby  given  general  authority  to  respond 
directly  to  any  request  for  information  from  either  House  of  Congress  or  any  com- 
mittee or  member  of  either  House  of  Congress  on  all  ordinary  and  routine  matters 
pertaining  exclusively  to  their  respective  offices;  but  information  bearing  on  ques- 
tions of  policy;  or  on  important  or  unusual  matters;  or  of  a  character  which  sound 
judgment  would  indicate  as  coming  properly  within  the  discretion  of  the  head  of  the 
Department  whose  views  Congress,  its  committees  and  members  are  entitled  to  know 


>  See  sec.  1,  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  in  re  exclusion  of  undesirable  persons. 

'  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  4,  1909,  p.  94,  authorizes  certain  persons  to  give  out  such  information. 

'  Published  as  separate  Executive  Order,  see  p.  94  hereof. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  95 

in  their  consideration  of  questions  affecting  the  Department;  or  information  which  a 
chief  of  bureau  or  the  Chief  of  Staff  would  wish  brought  to  his  knowledge  if  he  were 
the  head  of  the  Department  should  not  be  given  out  without  first  being  submitted  to 
and  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Dec.  1,  1909,  authorizing  members  of  gun  clubs  to  carry  arms;    and 
granting  enlisted  men  of  the  MarineCorps  on  tlie  Isthmus  hunting  licenses  without  cliarge. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Act  14,  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  by  authority  of  the  Presi- 
dent under  date  of  September  3,  1904,  entitled  "An  Act  to  establish  a  penal  code  for 
the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,"  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  adding 
after  paragraph  6  of  Section  450  "^  the  following: 

"7.  As  a  member  of  a  rifle,  gun  or  pistol  club,  organized  for  the  promotion  of  rifle, 
gun  or  pistol  practice,  a  certified  copy  of  whose  constitution  and  by-laws  has  been 
approved  by  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  filed  with  the  Collector  of 
Revenues,  when  going  to  and  from  a  target  range  and  when  engaged  in  target  practice 
at  a  target  range.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section  certificates  of  membership  in  such 
rifle,  gun  or  pistol  club  shall  be  issued  under  regulations  approved  by  the  Chief 
Executive  of'the  Canal  Zone." 
and  Section  456  --'  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  as  follows: 

"The  license  fees  for  permits  issued  by  the  Treasurer  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Title  shall  be  as  follows:  For  every  permit  issued  to  carry  a  firearm  abroad,  five  dol- 
lars ($5);  for  every  permit  authorizing  an  overseer  or  watchman  engaged  by  a  pri- 
vate employer,  ten  dollars  ($10)  for  each  watchman  or  overseer  so  authorized  to 
carry  a  firearm;  for  each  hunting  permit,  five  dollars  ($5);  provided  that  no  charge 
shall  be  made  for  hunting  permits  issued  to  enlisted  men  of  the  Marine  Corps  stationed 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses  issued  by 
him,  with  the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  to  whom  they  are  issued,  and  the  date 
rnd  serial  number  thereof.""* 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  December  1,  1909. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1910,  amending  order  prescribing  procedure  in  submitting  recommen- 
dations affecting  method  of  appointment  in  the  classified  service."' 

The  Executive  Order  of  February  20,  1908,  prescribing  the  procedure  to  be  ob- 
served in  submitting  recommendations  affecting  the  method  of  appointment  in  the 
classified  service,  will  be  amended  by  adding  to  line  five  after  the  word  "Rules"  the 
following:  "or  proposing  any  exception  to  the  requirements  of  said  Act  or  Rules,  or 
Labor  Regulations,  in  either  the  classified  or  unclassified  service;"  and  by  adding  to 
line  sixteen  after  the  word  "Congress"  the  following:  "in  which  case  it  shall  only  be 
made  through  or  as  authorized  by  the  head  of  the  Department." 

As  amended,  the  Order  will  read: 

"Hereafter  the  following  procedure  shall  be  strictly  observed  by  officers  and  em- 
ployees in  the  Executive  Civil  Service  in  submitting  any  recommendation  affecting 
the  method  of  appointment  to  any  position  or  class  of  positions  now  included  or  which 
may  be  included  in  the  classified  service  under  the  operation  of  the  Civil  Service 
Act  or  Rules,  or  proposing  any  exception  to  the  requiremsnts  of  the  said  Actor  Rules, 
or  Labor  Regulations,  in  either  the  classified  or  unclassified  service: 

"Every  recommendation  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  full  statement  df  the  reasons 
therefor,  and,  if  approved  by  the  head  of  the  proper  Department  or  independent 
bureau,  shall  be  referred  to  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  which  body  shall  submit  a 
report  thereon  to  the  President. 

"'L.  C.  Z.  168. 

"'  Ibid,  169. 

"'Above  order  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  7,  1913,  p.  152,  and  the  latter  order  was 
repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  6,  1920,  p.  267,  relating  to  carrying  and  keeping  arms,  and  repeal- 
ing all  conflicting  laws  and  orders. 

"' See  conditions  of  employment  provided  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158. 


96  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

"No  recommendation  of  the  character  mentioned  shall  be  submitted  by  any  officer 
or  employee,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  Congress  or  to  any  committee  or  member  of 
Congress,  except  in  the  manner  herein  provided  unless  such  recommendation  shall 
be  called  for  from  such  officer  or  employee  by  the  Senate,  the  House  of  Representatives 
or  the  Congress,  in  which  case  it  shall  only  be  made  through  or  as  authorized  by  the 
head  of  the  Department." 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  January  12,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  26,  1910,  autliorizing  certain  sanitary  improvements  in  the  Zone  and  the 
charging  of  a  proportion  to  owners  of  adjacent  property."" 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  may,  from  the  necessities  of  sanitation,  cause 
such  improvements  to  be  made  in  the  Canal  Zone  as  the  construction  of  streets,  roads, 
and  trails,  water  and  sewer  systems,  and  similar  sanitary  improvements,  and  may 
charge  such  proportion  of  the  cost  thereof,  not  to  exceed  one-half,  to  the  owners  of  the 
property  adjacent  to,  abutting  upon,  or  within  tha  district  in  which  such  improve- 
ment is  necessary  and  has  bsen  made,  as  may  be  decided  by  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  to  be  just  and  equitable. 

Due  notice  of  all  such  improvements  shall  be  given  to  psrsons  affected  thereby 
together  with  the  estimated  assessment,  in  accordance  with  rules  to  be  issued  by  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission.  Any  unpaid  assessment  shall  become  a  lien  upon  the 
property  affected  thereby  collectible  as  provided  bv  law 

Wm.  H.  T./vft. 

The  White  House,  January  26,  1910. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Feb.  8,  1910,  authorizing  members  of  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  to 

administer  oaths. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  ordered: 
That  each  member  of  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  appointed  under  the  authority 
of  Executive  Order  No.  1131  of  the  President,  dated  October  2,  1909,=3i  jg  hereby 
authorized  to  administer  oaths  necessary  in  conducting  the  business  of  the  Board. ^3' 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D   C.  Febrtiary  8,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  2.  1910.  providing  that  collection  of  moneys  for  liquor  licenses  shall  be 
made  by  Collector  of  Revenues  instead  of  by  district  tax  collectors. 

The  provisions  of  the  second  paragraph  of  the  Executive  Order  of  March  13,  1907,'33 
which  fix  the  duties  of  the  district  tax  collectors  ^^^  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  not  require 
the  collection  by  them  of  moneys  to  be  paid  for  liquor  licenses  under  the  regulation 
respecting  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  the  Canal  Zone,  approved  by  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission,  April  27,  1907;  but  such  moneys  shall  be  collected  by  the 
Collector  of  Revenues  or  his  deputy  or  assistant. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  April  2,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  12,  1910,  appointing  Maurice  H.  Thatcher  as  a  member  of  the  Commission 

and  fixing  his  compensation. 'Js 

Maurice  H.  Thatcher  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission with  compensation  at  the  rate  of  Fourteen  Thousand  Dollars  ($14,000) 
per  annum,  effective  upon  date  of  sailing  for  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

"•  See  also  Sanitary  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone,  sec.  35  of  act  No.  9  of  the  Commis- 
sion (L.  C.  Z.  78)  governing  charges  for  work  done. 

"■  p.  92. 

"'  Sec.  59  of  Executive  Order  of  .July  9,  1914,  p.  194,  providing  rules  and  regulations  for  operation 
and  navigation  of  Panama  Canal,  authorizes  Board  to  summon  witnesses,  administer  oaths,  etc. 

"1  p.  60. 

'"  Office  of  tax  collector  abolished  and  duties  of  tax  collector  transferred  to  Collector  of  Revenues, 
by  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  4.  1910,  p.  101. 

"s  Commissioner  Thatcher  was  succeeded  by  Commissioner  Metcalfe.  See  notes  under  Executive 
Order  of  Apr.  1,  1907,  p.  64,  in  re  Commissioners  in  charge  of  Department  of  Civil  Administration, 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  97 

Commissioner  Thatcher  will  be  allowed  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  will  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary  ex- 
penses while  away  from  the  Isthmus  on  official  business, 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  April  12,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  16, .1910,  prescribing  duties  of  Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney  and  amending 

Code  of  Criminal  Procedure. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  1.  The  Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 
shall  be  legal  adviser  to  the  Commission,  the  Chairman  thereof  and  to  the  Head  of  the 
Department  of  Civil  Administration;  he  shall  submit  his  opinions  in  writing  when 
requested  by  the  Commission,  the  Chairman  thereof  or  the  Head  of  the  Department 
of  Civil  Administration ;  he  shall  have  the  direction  and  control  of  all  litigation  before 
the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  Republic  of  Panama  in  which  the  Commission,  or 
the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  any  of  its  dependencies  are  interested  or  in- 
volved, and  he  may  appear  for  them,  or  either  of  them,  before  said  courts  when  he 
deems  it  necessary;  he  shall  have  the  supervision  and  direction  of  all  prosecutions 
for  offenses  against  the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  he  may  inquire  into  criminal 
matters  and  prosecute  the  same  in  person  before  the  courts,  when  in  his  opinion  it 
may  be  necessary  to  do  so.-^* 

Article  2.  The  Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
the  Prosecuting  Attorney,-"  the  Assistant  Prosecuting  Attorney,  or  other  counsel 
specially  designated  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  shall 
have  equal  authority  with  the  judges  of  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  to  issue  sub- 
poenas for  witnesses  in  criminal  cases,  and  each  of  said  officers,  as  well  as  any  judge 
of  any  of  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  may  examine  witnesses  under  oath  in  the 
investigation  of  offenses  against  the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Article  3.  The  information  in  a  criminal  case  may  be  filed  by  the  Prosecuting 
Attorney,  the  Assistant  Prosecuting  Attorney,  or  other  counsel  specially  designated 
I  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  as  well  as  by  the  Counsel  and 
Chief  Attorney  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  it  may  be  verified  by  any  of 
said  officers,  and  the  affidavit  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  states  that  the  information  is 
based  upon  the  sworn  testimony  of  witnesses  and  that  the  affiant  solemnly  believes 
that  there  is  just  cause  for  the  filing  of  the  information. ^5^ 

Article  4.  Section  138  ^^9  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  138.  When  the  information  is  not  subscribed  and  sworn  to  by  the  Prose- 
cuting Attorney,  or  other  officer  authorized  to  file  informations,  it  must  be  set  aside 
by  the  court  in  which  the  defendant  is  arraigned,  upon  his  motion. 

Article  5.  Civil  and  criminal  process  issued  from  any  court  or  tribunal  of  the 
Canal  Zone  may  be  executed  and  return  thereon  made  by  any  peace  officer  of  the 
Canal  Zone. 

The  following  are  peace  officers :  The  Marshal  and  Deputy  Marshals  of  the  Supreme 
Court;  the  Marshal  of  each  of  the  Circuit  Courts;  the  Bailiffs  of  the  Supreme  Court 
and  Circuit  Courts  and  all  officers  and  members  of  the  police  force  of  the  Canal 
Zone.^'''' 

^1' Made  Head  of  the  Department  of  Law,  and  assigned  further  duties,  by  tlie  Executive  Order  of 
Oct.  4,  1910,  p.  102.  See  sec.  8,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  providing  for  a  District  Attorney,  whose 
duty  shall  be  to  conduct  all  business,  civil  and  criminal,  for  the  Government,  and  to  advise  the  Governor 
•of  the  Panama  Canal  on  all  legal  questions  touching  the  operation  of  the  Canal  and  the  administration 
■of  civil  affairs.  See  also  Governor's  Circular  No.  661-3  of  Apr.  1,  1914,  appointing  a  Special  Attorney 
in  agreement  with  provision  of  Act  of  Congress  of  Apr.  6,  1914  (T.  &  A.  99)  to  perform  same  duties  in 
connection  with  land  matters  as  formerly  performed  by  the  Head  of  Department  of  Law,  and  to  codify 
the  various  laws,  Executive  Orders,  and  ordinances  in  effect  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

"'  Sees.  39-40  of  act  No.  1  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  19)  provided  for  Prosecuting  Attorney  and 
assistants,  and  defined  duties.  These  sections  are  superseded  by  provisions  of  sec.  8  of  the  Panama  Canal 
Act  providing  for  a  district  attorney.  See  also  Title  III  of  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (.L.  C.  Z.  187). 
■defining  powers  and  duties  of  the  Prosecuting  .'\ttorney. 

"»  See  sec.  3,  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  and  Title  II  same  code  (L.  C.  Z.  173  and  183). 

=>»  L.  C.  Z.  193. 

"•  And  constables  of  the  Magistrate  Courts,  by  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  3,  1914,  p.  194. 

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98  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

The  provisions  of  this  Article  are  cumulative,  and  shall  not  be  construed  to  repeal 
or  modify  the  existing  laws  relating  to  the  execution  of  process  and  return  thereon. 

Article  6.  All  laws  or  orders,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  Order  are  hereby 
repealed. 

VVm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  April  16,  19 JO. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  VVar,  May  24,  1910,  abolishing  office  of  Executive  Secretary. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered  that  so  much  of  Act  No.  8 
enacted  hv  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  September  2,  1904,  as  provides  that 
certain  duties  be  performed  by  the  Executive  Secretary,^''''  is  hereby  amended. 

The  office  of  Executive  Secretary  will  be  abolished  on  June  1,  1910,  and  the  duties 
heretofore  devolving  upon  that  official  will  on  and  after  that  date  be  performed  by 
any  official  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  that  may  be  designated  by 
the  proper  authority. ^<^ 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  Wat . 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  May  24,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  July  25,  1910,  empowering  Commission  to  establish  rules  and  regulations  to 
facilitate  and  protect  Canal  work. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  its  auxiliary  lands  and  waters: 

Section  1.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  empowered  to  establish 
rules  and  regulations  to  facilitate  and  protect  the  works  of  excavation,  dredging  and 
other  Canal  construction  within  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  lands  and  waters  auxiliary 
thereto;  as  well  as  such  rules  and  regulations  respecting  the  use,  or  passage  through 
any  of  the  Canal  channels,  lakes  and  other  auxiliary  waters  as  from  time  to  time  the 
Commission  may  deem  needful  to  fully  protect  such  channels,  lakes  and  auxiliary 
waters,  and  to  facilitate  and  protect  the  operations  of  Canal  construction  therein. 

The  rules  and  regulations  that  may  be  adopted  by  the  Canal  Commission  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  law  when 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War.^« 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
established  hereunder  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  e.xceed  five  hundred  dollars  ($500),  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  district  jail  for  not  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Wm.  H.  T.\ft. 

The  White  House.  July  25,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  July  28,  1910,  limiting  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  Courts. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone  Government : 

Section  1.  No  civil  action  or  special  proceeding  shall  be  brought  or  proceeded  with 
in  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  any  case  in  which  both  of  the  parties,  plaintiff  and 
defendant,  are  alien  nonresidents  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  cause  of  action  is  one 
which  arose  without  the  territorial  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  and  the 
party  proceeded  against  has  no  property  within  said  territorial  limits,  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  courts. 

»>L.  C.  z.  61. 

»"  The  permanent  organization  provided  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27,  1914,  p.  155,  includes  an 
Executive  Secretary,  and  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-10  outlines  the  organization  of  the  Executive 
Department. 

'"Ordinance  of  the  Commission  of  Dec.  5.  1910  (L.  C.  Z.  279)  and  amendment  thereto  of  Dec. 
16,  1912  (L.  C.  Z.  292)  provided  rules  and  regulations  for  the  navigation  of  the  Canal,  and  ordinance 
of  Sept.  15,  1913  (L.  C.  Z.  298)  prohibited  floating  craft  from  entering  Culebra  Cut.  These  ordi- 
nances were  superseded  by  Executive  Order  of  July  9.  1914,  p.  178,  prescribing  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  operation  and  navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  issued  under  the  authority  contained  in  sec. 
5  of  the  Panama  Canal  .\ct  (T.  &  A.  79). 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  99 

Neither  shall  any  civil  action  or  special  proceeding  be  brought  or  proceeded  with  in 
the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  when  both  parties,  plaintiff  and  defendant,  though  citi- 
zens of  the  United  States,  are  found  transiently  within  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone 
Government,  unless  the  cause  of  action  is  one  arising  within  the  said  territorial  limits, 
or  the  party  proceeded  against  has  property  within  the  said  limits,  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  courtsF 

This  Order  shall  not  be  construed  to  exclude  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal 
Zone  courts  cases  between  parties  who  have  an  ofhcial  or  business  residence  within 
the  territorial  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  or  who  reside  therein  for  the 
purpose  of  any  occupation  or  employment,  notwithstanding  that  they  may  not  have 
acquired  a  permanent  residence  within  said  territorial  limits.^^'' 

Section  2.  All  laws,  orders  and  decrees,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  order 
are  hereby  repealed. ^''s 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  July  28,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  20,  1910,  prescribing  method  for  married  women  to  convey  or  mortgage 
real  estate,  and  authorizing  certain  officers  to  administer  oaths. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  1.  Any  deed  or  other  instrument  in  writing  relative  to  or  affecting  real 
estate  the  separate  property  of  a  married  woman,  or  any  mortgage  or  other  lien  on 
such  property,  shall  be  sufficient  if  the  husband  of  the  married  woman  joins  with  her 
in  the  execution  of  the  instrument  and  the  same  is  acknowledged  by  them  before  an 
officer  authorized  to  take  acknowledgments  hereimder,  in  conformity  with  the 
provisions  hereof. 

Article  2.  Any  deed  or  other  instrument  in  writing  heretofore  executed  by  a 
married  woman  joined  by  her  husband  and  otherwise  in  conformity  to  law,  conveying 
lands  or  interests  therein  belonging  to  her  separate  estate,  or  creating  a  mortgage 
or  other  lien  thereon,  shall  be  held  to  be  valid  and  effective  to  pass  such  title  to  or 
interest  in  such  land,  or  to  create  such  mortgage  or  other  lien  thereon,  from  the  date 
of  the  execution  of  the  deed  or  other  instrument,  although  no  order  may  have  been 
obtained  as  required  by  the  Civil  Code  from  a  court  or  judge  to  authorize  such  con- 
veyance, mortgage,  or  other  lien. 

Article  3.  In  order  to  acknowledge  the  execution  of  an  instrument  in  writing 
under  the  provisions  hereof  the  parties  shall  appear  in  person  before  the  officer 
authorized  to  take  the  same  and  acknowledge  to  him  that  they  have  executed  the 
same  for  the  purposes  and  considerations  expressed  in  the  instrument.  If  the  parties 
making  the  acknowledgment  or  either  of  them  is  not  personally  known  to  the  officer 
taking  the  acknowledgment,  their  identity  must  be  established  on  the  oath  of  a 
credible  witness;  and,  in  addition,  the  married  woman  making  the  acknowkdgment 
must  be  examined  privily  and  apart  from  her  husband  by  the  officer  taking  her  ac- 
knowledgment, and  the  contents  of  the  instrument  in  writing  must  be  fully  explained 
to  her  by  him,  and  he  shall  not  accept  her  acknowledgment  unless  she  declares  to  him 
that  she  has  willingly  signed  the  instrument,  without  fear  or  compulsion  on  the 
part  of  her  husband,  and  that  she  does  not  wish  to  retract  it. 

.    The  certificate  of  acknowledgment  of  the  husband  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  is  sub- 
stantially in  the  following  form: 

The Judicial  Circuit,  1 

(anal  Zone.  J 

Before  me,  ,  in  and  for ,  in  the  Canal  Zone,  on   this 

day  personally  appeared ,  known  to  me  (or  proven  to  me  on  the  oath  of 

,  a  ere   ible  witness)  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  foregoing 

instrument,  and  ackowledged  to  me  that  he  executed  the  same,  for  the  purposes  and  consideration 
therein  expressed.  ' 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  office  this day  of A.  D 


'"  In  the  case  of  Blue  v.  i  a  .am  i  Ti-nber  Co..  p.  195,  vol.  2,  Sup.  Ct.  Rept.  C.  Z.,  the  court  held  that 
one  domiciled  i/i  the  Canal  Zoie  tor  thi  purpose  of  transacting  basiiess  ia  the  Republic  of  Pa  lama  is 
not  trarsier-tly  within  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government  within  the  meaning  of  the  above 
Executive  Orler;  that  by  alij  i  lonr^siients.  the  Executive  OrJer  clearly  refers  to  no  ireside.  ts  who 
are  likewise  not  citi-cens  of  t.ae  J  litei  ."states  of  America.  See  also  case  of  Panama  Development  Co. 
V,  Lam  Hing  &  Co.,  p.  3(0,  vol.  2,  Supt.  Ct.  Rept.  C.  Z.,  where  the  court  held  that  where  both  the 
parties,  plai  tiff  and  defendant,  are  alien  no  iresidents  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  contract  for  the 
breach  oi  which  suit  was  brought  was  e.Kecuted  without  the  territorial  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone,  relating 
to  matters  to  be  performer!  in  a  foreign  jurisdiction,  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  would,  upon  principle 
of  policy,  if  not  from  lack  of  jurisdiction,  be  loath  to  assume  jurisdiction. 

"•s  See  Civil  Code  of  Colombia-Panama,  pp.  33-35,  in  re  domicile. 


lOO  EXECUTIN  K  ORDKRS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

.The  certificate  of  acknowledgment  of  a  married  woman  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  is 
ubstantially  in  the  foi!(jwing  form: 

The Judicial  Circuit.  \ 

Canal  Zone.  / 

Before  me. ■  in  and  for ,  in  the  Canal  Zone,  on  this 

day  personally  appeared ..,  known  to  rae  C|f  proven  to  me  on  the  oath  of -. 

a  credible  witness)  to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  the  said 

being  examined  by  me  privily  and  apart  from  her  husband and  having 

had  said  instrument  fully  explained  to  her  by  me,  acknowledged  the  same  to  be  her  act  and  deed,  and 
declared  that  she  had  willingly  signed  the  same  for  the  purposes  and  consideration  therein  expressed. 

without  fear  or  compulsion  on  the  part  of  her  husband,  the  said ,  and  that  she  did  not 

wisli  to  retract  it. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  office  this  day  of A.  D _ 


Article  4.  Any  instrument  in  writing  required  to  be  acknowledged  by  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order,  or  by  any  other  law  or  order  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  acknowl- 
edged before  a  judge  of  any  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  clerk  thereof,  or  before  any 
notary  public  of  said  Canal  Zone,  and  may  also  be  acknowledged  before  the  judge  of 
any  court  of  record  or  the  clerk  thereof  or  before  any  notary  public  within  any 
state,  territory,  district  or  possession  of  the  Cnited  States. 

If  the  instrument  is  one  executed  in  a  foreign  country  the  same  may  be  acknowl- 
edged before  any  diplomatic  or  consular  officer  or  commercial  agent  of  the  United 
States,  accredited  to  such  country. 

The  officers  authorized  to  take  acknowledgments  hereunder  are  also  empowered  to 
issue  proper  certificates  of  the  same. 

Article  5.  Articles  189  246  and  1810  ^^^  of  the  Civil  Code,  and  all  laws,  orders, 
and  decrees  and  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  Order  are  hereby  repealed;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  this  Order  shall  not  affect  any  deed  or  other  instrument  executed 
pursuant  to  the  laws  in  force  prior  to  the  date  upon  which  this  Order  shall  take 
effect.'" 

Wm  H  Taft. 

The  White  House,  August  20,  1910. 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  16,  1910,  amending  civil-service  Rule  X,  regarding  transfers."' 

Civil  Service  Rule  X,  paragraph  8,  clause  (a),  is  hereby  amended  by  inserting  in 
the  tenth  line  after  the  w^ord  "requirement"  the  following  words:  "in  cases  of  trans- 
fer from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  or  ..." 

As  amended  clause  (a)  will  read  as  follows: 

"He  must  have  served  three  years  in  or  under  the  department  or  independent  office 
from  which  transfer  is  proposed;  but  the  Commission  may  waive  this  requirement, 
when  it  deems  such  action  necessary  in  the  interest  of  the  service,  in  cases  of  transfer 
other  than  from  one  executive  department  to  another  at  Washington,  D.  C.  In 
any  case  he  must  have  received  absolute  appointment  and  have  actually  served  at 
least  six  months  next  preceding  the  transfer;  but  the  Commission  may  waive  this 
latter  requirement  in  cases  of  transfer  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  or  where  the 
person  has  been  separated  within  a  year  from  a  competitive  position  after  six  months' 
service  therein,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  proper  officer  that  the  separation  was 
caused  by  necessary  reduction  of  force  and  not  by  inefficiency,  and  may  allow  transfer 
to  any  other  department  or  office  upon  his  passing  an  examination  prescribed  by  the 
Commission  testing  his  efficiency  for  the  position  to  which  his  transfer  is.  proposed, 
subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this  rule." 

The  purpose  of  this  order  is  to  give  to  employees  in  the  Canal  Service  who  are 
otherwise  eligible  the  same  consideration  as  is  accorded  to  employees  in  the  classified 
Philippine  Service  who  have  rendered  at  least  three  years  of  meritorious  service  in  the 
Tropics. 

Wm  H  Taft. 
The  White  House,  September  16,  1910. 

'«'  Colombia-Panama  Civil  Code,  pp.  61  and  378. 

'•'See  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1911,  p.  104,  providing  a  method  of  executing  and  recording 
deeds  and  repealing  order  on  same  subject  of  Mar.  12.  1907,  p.  58,  but  in  nowise  modifying  above  order 
relating  to  conveyances  by  married  women. 

"»  See  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  10,  1917,  p.  231,  on  this  subject. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  101 

Order  of  the  President,  Oct.  4,  1910,  abolishing  the  office  of  District  Tax  Collector  and  prescribing 
regulations  for  collection  of  taxes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone  Government: 

Section  1.  The  office  of  District  Tax  Collector,  created  by  paragraph  two  of  the 
Executive  Order  effective  April  15,  1907, ^■"  is  hereby  abolished: 

Section  2.  The  duties  heretofore  discharged  by  the  District  Tax  Collectors  shall 
be  performed  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  ^so  in  person  or  by  duly  appointed  deputies, 
provided  that  there  shall  be  a  Deputy  Collector  of  Revenues  assigned  to  each  Admin- 
instrative  District,  who,  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  shall  exercise  and  perform  the  duties  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues  within 
the  respective  districts.  The  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  have  such  additional 
deputies,  assistants  and  other  help  as  are  now  assigned  to  him  or  may  hereafter  be 
assigned  to  him  by  competent  authority. 

The  existing  laws  relating  to  the  execution  of  official  bonds  by  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  and  his  deputies  shall  not  be  affected  in  any  manner  by  this  order. 

Section  3.  Taxes  and  penalties  assessed  against  real  estate  or  the  improvements 
thereon  shall  constitute  a  lien  on  such  property  which  shall  be  superior  to  all  othei 
liens,  mortgages  or  encumbrances  of  any  kind  whatsoever  and  shall  be  enforceable 
against  the  property  whether  in  the  possession  of  the  delinquent  or  any  subsequent 
owner  and  can  be  discharged  only  by  the  payment  of  the  taxes,  a  penalty  of  twenty 
per  cent.  (20%),  and  any  costs  that  may  have  accrued. 

Section  4.  A  statement  showing  the  persons  delinquent  for  taxes  in  the  respective 
districts  prepared  and  signed  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  and  approved  by  the 
Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  and  containing  the  requisites  pre- 
scribed by  Section  54  of  Act  7  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  enacted  September  1, 
1904,  shall  be  sufficient  warrant  for  the  proceedings  to  seize  and  sell  property  sufficient 
to  satisfy  the  amount  of  taxes,  penalties  and  costs  due  in  each  case,  and  the  monies 
acquired  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  at  such  sale  shall  be  duly  accounted  for  by 
him  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  like  manner  as  other  public  monies 
received  by  him;  and  in  making  returns  thereof  he  shall  show  the  total  amount  of 
proceeds  received  from  such  sale,  the  amount  of  taxes,  penalties  and  costs  and  any 
surplus  remaining  that  may  have  been  paid  over  to  the  delinquent  tax  payer  for  the 
payment  of  such  surplus. 

Section  5.  The  owner  of  personal  property  seized  may  redeem  the  same  from  the 
Collector  of  Revenues  at  any  time  before  the  sale,  but  not  afterwards,  by  tendering 
to  him  or  his  deputy  the  amount  of  the  taxes,  penalties,  and  costs  up  to  the  time  of  the 
tender;  the  costs  to  be  charged  in  making  such  seizure  and  sale  shall  only  embrace 
the  actual  expense  of  the  seizure  and  preservation  of  the  property  pending  the  sate, 
and  no  charge  shall  be  imposed  for  the  services  of  the  collecting  officer. 

The  purchaser  at  a  tax  sale  of  personal  property  shall  acquire  an  indefeasible  title 
to  the  property  sold,  and  the  officer  making  the  sale  shall  execute  a  bill  of  sale  of  such 
property  to  the  purchaser. 

Section  6.  The  provisions  of  skid  Act  7  of  the  Canal  Zone  Laws,  relating  to  the 
forfeiture  of  real  estate  and  other  immovable  property  to  the  municipalities,  formerly 
existing,  in  default  of  bidders  at  tax  sales,  and  the  procedure  therein  established  in 
such  cases,  and  the  conditions  therein  prescribed  in  respect  to  the  redemption  of  such 
property  by  the  delinquent  tax  payers,  and  the  execution  of  deeds  to  the  municipali- 
ties thereunder  when  the  property  was  not  duly  redeemed  shall  apply  hereafter  to  the 
Canal  Zone  Government,  and  the  property  shall  pass  to  the  Canal  Zone  Govern- 
,  ment  in  default  of  bidders  at  such  tax  sales,  in  like  manner  and  form  as  it  did  to  the 
abolished  municipalities  under  the  said  Act  7. 

Section  7.  Deeds  conveying  title  to  real  estate  or  to  improvements  thereon  exe- 
cuted by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  or  his  deputies  to  private  persons  or  to  the  Canal 
Zone  Government  under  tax  sales  pursuant  to  law,  shall  convey  all  right,  title,  and 
interest  of  the  delinquent  tax  payer  in  and  to  the  proi:)ert\-  sold,  on  the  date  of  such 
sale,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  registration  in  the  real  estate  records  of  the  district  in 
which  the  property  is  situated. 

Section  8.  All  the  provisions  of  said  Act  7  of  the  Canal  Zone  Laws  relating  to  the 
levy,  assessment  and  payment  of  taxes  and  the  enforced  collection  thereof  which 
conferred  powers  and  imposed  duties  on  the  officials  of  the  abolished  municipalities 

"'  See  duties  of  tax  collector  prescribed  by  that  order,  p.  60. 

"» See  sees.  28-52  of  act  No.  7  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  37),  creating  Department  of  Revenues, 
defining  duties  of  officials  thereof,  etc.  See  also  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-10,  providing  for  a 
Division  of  Civil  Affairs  of  the  Executive  Department. 


102  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

shall  be  held  to  apply  to  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  and,  hereafter,  he  shall  exercise 
and  discharge  all  of  said  powers  and  duties  in  person  or  through  his  deputies  in  the 
respective  administrative  districts. 

Section  9.  All  laws,  orders  or  decrees  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed 
but  the  repeal  shall  not  affect  any  action  or  procedure  that  may  have  been  taken  or 
had  under  preexisting  laws  and  such  action  or  procedure  if  not  terminated  shall  be 
proceeded  with  in  conformity  with  this  order  as  near  as  may  be;  and,  provided  fur- 
ther, property  now  delinquent  for  taxes  may  be  sold  to  satisfy  the  taxes  due  thereon 
under  the  provisions  hereof  in  like  manner  as  may  be  done  with  property  becoming 
delinquent  hereafter. 

Section  10.  Nothing  in  this  Executive  Order  shall  be  held  to  deprive  the  Chairman 
and  (^hief  Engineer  or  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  from 
exercising  any  power  or  authority  now  conferred  on  them,  or  either  of  them,  by  law 
in  relation  to  the  appointment  of  officers  and  employees,  or  the  supervision  of  the 
work  of  officers  and  employees  responsible  or  reporting  to  them,  or  to  either  of  them. 

Wm  H  Taft. 
The  White  House,  October  4,  1910. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Oct.  4,  IQIO,  placing  the  Department  of  Law  under  the  direction  of  the 

Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney. 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
Office  of  Chairman  and  Chief  Engineer, 

CiLEBRA,  Canal  Zone,  October  4,  1910. 

The  Department  of  Law,  created  by  the  E.xecutive  Order  of  January  6,  1908,'»* 
establishing  an  organization  under  the  Isthmian  Canal  authorities,  shall  be  under  the 
direction  of  the  Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney,  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chair- 
man and  Chief  Engineer. 

In  addition  to  the  powers  and  duties  assigned  to  him  by  the  Executive  Order 
of  April  16,  1910,'S'  the  Counsel  and  Chief  /Attorney  shall  be  charged  with  the  general 
supervision  of  the  legal  matters  pertaining  to  the  Commission,  including  the  ac- 
quisition of  right  of  way  and  the  adjustment  of  land  damages. 

Geo.  W.  Goethals, 


Approved,  October  4,  1910. 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Chairman  and  Chief  Engineer. 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 


To  Prescribe  the  Manner  of  Le.\sing  Public  Lands  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  establish  rules  and  regulations,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  leasing  of  public  lands 
in  the  Canal  Zone,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved 
February  27,  1909,  and  entitled:  "An  act  relating  to  the  use,  control  and  ownership 
of  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama. "''* 

Section  2.  The  leases  for  public  lands  authorized  to  be  made  under  said  Act  of 
Congress  shall  be  executed  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  Land  Office  *54  of  the  Canal 
Zone  Government,  with  the  approval  of  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Admin- 
istration; but  the  Isthmian  C^inal  Commission,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  War  may  designate  some  other  officers  to  execute  or  approve  such  leases,  when,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Commission  it  is  necessary  or  con.venient  to  do  so. 

Wm  H  T.\ft. 
The  White  House,  October  7,  1910. 

«■  p.  72. 

•s'  p.  97.  See  notes  thereunder  in  re  Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney.  District  Attorney,  and  Special 
Attorney. 

'»T.  &  A.  51. 

'5-  Created  by  Executive  OHir  of  Jan.  19.  1011,  p.  lOJ.    See  notes  thereunder. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  103 

'^riicr  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  5,  1911,  amending  orders  relative  to  import  duties,  and  exclusion 
of  tropical  employees  from  commissary  privileges. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  January  5,  1911. 
Orders : 

1.  By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered  that  the  first  proviso  of  section  1  of  the 
Order  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  direction  of  the  President,  on  December  3, 
1904,  which  was  promulgated  in  Circular  No.  4,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1904,^55  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Provided,  however.  That  this  order  shall  cease  to  be  operative — 

"First.  If  the  Republic  of  Panama  should  at  any  time  increase  the  rate  of  duty 
on  imported  articles  described  in  class  2  of  the  Act  of  the  National  Convention  of 
Panama  passed  July  5,  1904,  and  effective  October  12,  1904,  above  fifteen  per  centum 
ad  valorem,  provided  for  in  said  Act;  or  if  the  said  Republic  should  increase  at  any 
time  the  rates  of  duty  on  the  imported  articles  described  in  the  other  schedules  of  said 
Act,  except  on  all  forms  of  imported  wines,  liquors,  alcohols  and  opium,  upon  which 
the  Republic  may  fix  higher  rates. 

"Second.  If  article  thirty-eight  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
as  modified  by  Article  one  hundred  and  forty-six  thereof,  is  repealed  or  modified  at 
any  time  in  so  far  as  the  importation  and  sale  of  all  kinds  of  merchandise  are  con- 
cerned. 

"Third.  If  the  consular  fees  and  charges  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  in  respect  to 
the  entry  of  all  vessels  and  importations  into  the  said  ports  of  Colon  and  Panama, 
are  increased  beyond  the  rates  now  in  force, — which  rates  are  understood  to  be  sixty 
per  centum  of  the  rates  in  force  prior  to  the  promulgation  of  said  order  of  December 
3,  1904;   or, 

"Fourth.  If  goods  imported  into  the  ports  of  Colon  and  Panama,  consigned  to  or 
designated  for  any  port  in  the  Canal  Zone,  are  at  any  time  subjected  in  the  Republic 
of  Panama  to  any  other  direct  or  indirect  impost  or  tax  whatever." 

2.  Paragraph  3  of  the  Order  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  direction  of  the 
President,  on  January  7,  1905,-5^  which  contemplates  the  exclusion  from  the  benefits 
x)f  the  commissaries  established  and  maintained  by  the  Canal  Commission  of  all 
employees  and  workmen  who  are  natives  of  tropical  countries  is  hereby  revoked. 

J.  M.  Dickinson, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  16.  1911,  authorizing  use  of  French  dump  cars  without  safety  appliances 
for  obtaining  gravel  until  July  1. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  use  six-meter  French 
dump  cars  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  gravel  from  the  bed  of  the  Chagres  River 
until  July  1,  1911,  without  equipping  such  cars  with  the  various  safety  appliances 
required  by  the  provisions  of  Executive  Order  No.  1002,  dated  January  6,  1909.^57 

Wm  H  Taft. 

The  White -House,  January  16,  1911. 


To  Create  a  Land  Office  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  for  Other  Purposes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  A  Land  Office  for  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  created  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Department  of  Law,  and  subject  to  the  superior  direction  of  the  Chair- 
man and  Chief  Engineer.  The  Land  Office  shall  be  in  charge  of  an  official  to  be  known 
as  Land  Agent. 

Section  2.  The  papers,  maps,  records,  and  other  doctiments  relating  to  the  lands 
owned  or  controlled  by  the  LInited  States  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  lands  auxiliary 
to  the  canal  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone,  when  not  otherwise 
provided  by  law,  shall  be  kept  in  the  Land  Office  in  the  care  and  custody  of  the  Land 
Agent,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  may 
establish  from  time  to  time. 

»5s  p.  29. 
's«  pp.  ii. 
«'p.  86. 


104  EXECUXrV'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Land  Agent  to  render  assistance  to  the  Head 
of  the  Department  of  Law  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  investigation  of  land  claims 
and  land  titles;  and  under  the  direction  of  that  officer  he  shall  have  the  supervision 
of  ("rovernmcnt  lands  to  prevent  unauthorized  intrusions  thereon;  and  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  in  accordance  with  law.  He  shall  have 
such  assistants  and  other  help  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Chairman  and  Chief 
Ergineer. 

Section  4.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  may  adopt  rules  and  regulations  for 
the  government  of  the  Land  Office,  in  conformity  with  this  Order  and  not  incon- 
sistent with  the  Kxecutive  Order  of  October  7,  1910,  entitled:  "Executive  Order- 
To  prescribe  tiic  manner  of  leasing  public  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone/'^ss 

Section  5.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  enter  into  an 
arrangement  with  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  consolidate  the  said  Company's 
Land  Office  with  the  Land  Office  hereby  created, ^59  and  by  which  the  papers,  maps, 
records,  and  other  documents  affecting  the  Panama  Railroad  Company's  lands  in  the 
Canal  Zone  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  may  be  transferred  to  the  Land  Office 
created  by  this  Order,  there  to  be  kept  in  the  custody  of  the  Land  Agent  for  the  use 
and  benefit  of  the  Railroad  Company;  and  the  arrangement  so  made  may  provide 
that  the  work  now  done  by  the  personnel  in  the  Panama  Railroad  Company's  Land 
Office,  including  land  surveys  and  investigation  of  land  claims,  may  be  done  by  the 
Government  Land  Agent  and  other  personnel  of  the  Canal  Commission. 

The  arrangement  hereby  authorized  shall  be  effected  upon  such  terms,  in  respect 
to  reimbursement  and  other  compensation  from  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to 
the  Commission,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company. 

Section  6.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  this  date.'*" 


The  White  House,  January  19,  1911. 


VVm  H  Taft. 


To  Provide  a  Method  of  Executing  and  Recording  Deeds,  and  to  Repeal 
the  Executive  Order  Dated  March  12,  1907,  Effective  April  15,  1907, 
Relating  to  the  Same  Subject. 

Article  1 .  No  conveyance  of  immovable  property  or  of  an  interest  therein,  or  a 
mortgage  thereon,  shall  be  effective  except  by  an  instrument  in  writing,  executed 
and  delivered  between  parties  competent  to  contract,  and  sufficiently  describing  the 
property  conveyed,  or  mortgaged,  and  signed  by  the  person  executing  the  same,  or  if 
he  is  not  able  to  write  he  shall  affix  his  mark  thereto, — and  duly  acknowledged  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  order,  before  some  officer  authorized  to  take 
acknowledgments,  provided,  however,  that  a  copy  of  any  instrument  in  writing, 
affecting  immovable  property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  duly  executed  before  a  Notary- 
Public  in  the  Republic  of  Colombia  prior  to  Nov'ember  3,  1903,  or  in  the  Republic  of 
Panama  after  said  date,  and  authenticated  by  the  Notary  Public  charged  with  the 
custody  of  the  protocol  containing  the  original  deed  from  which  the  copy  was  taken, 
shall  be  valid  and  effective  as  a  conveyance  of  the  lands  or  interests  in  the  lands  therein, 
described. 

Art.  2.  The  acknowledgments  provided  for  in  this  order  shall  be  made  in  the  man- 
ner and  form  provided  for  the  husband's  acknowledgment  in  the  Executive  Order  of 
August  20,  1910,  entitled  "E.xecutive  Order. — Conveyance  of  Real  Estate  by  Married 
Women."  ^'" 

Art.  3.  If  for  any  reason  the  (irantor  in  the  instrument  can  not  appear  before  the 
officer  authorized  to  take  acknowledgments,  the  execution  of  such  instrument  must  be 
attested  by  not  less  than  two  subscribing  witnesses,  and  may  be  proven  by  the  oath 
of  one  of  the  subscribing  witnesses  to  such  instrument,  taken  before  any  of  the  officers 
authorized  to  take  acknowlodgments,  to  the  effect  that  he  subscribed  such  instru- 
ment as  a  witness  at  the  request  of  the  grantor,  who  signed  the  same  in  his  presence, 
or  who  acknowledged  to  him  that  he  had  signed  the  same,  for  the  purposes  and  con- 
sideration therein  expressed. 

»>•  p.  102.  ~~  " 

's'  Resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Apr.  15.  1911,  p.  1768,  Minutes  of  Commission,  consolidated 
land  offices  of  the  Commission  and  Panama  Railroad. 

"•See  also  act  of  Congress  of  Feb.  27, 1909  (T.  &  A.  51).  relating  to  use  of  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
and  Executive  Order  of  June  28,  1911,  p.  113,  authorizing  issuance  of  revocable  licenses  for  town  lots- 

-'*'  p.  99. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELAT1N(;  TO  PAxNAMA  CANAL  105 

The  Certificate  of  Acknowledgment  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  is  substantially  in  the 
following  form: 

The Judicial  Circuit.  1 

Canal  Zone.  J 

Before  me , ,  in  and  for ....,  in  the  Canal  Zone  on  this  day  personally 

appeared  known  to  me  (or  proven  to  me  on  the  oath  of a  credible  witness), 

to  be  the  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  as  a  witness  to  the  foreoing  instrument,  and  after  being 
duly  sworn  by  me,  on  his  oath  deposes  that  he  subscribed  the  same  as  such  witness  at  the  request  of 

,  the  grantor  named  in  the  foregoing  instrument,  and  that  he  saw  the  grantor  execute  the 

same  (or  that  the  grantor  acknowledged  to  him  that  he  had  executed  the  same,  as  the  case  may  be), 
for  the  purposes  and  consideration  therein  expressed. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  office  this     day  of  .. A.  D. 


Art.  4.  The  officers  authorized  to  take  acknowledgments  under  this  order  shall 
issue  proper  certificates  of  all  acknowledgments  taken  or  proven  before  them. 

Art.  5.  The  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  First  Judicial  Circuit  of  the- Canal 
Zone  shall  be,  ex  officio,  Registrar  of  Property  of  the  Canal  Zone,-'^-'  and  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  record  all  instruments  autiiorized  to  be  recorded  by  this  order,  or  any  other  law 
or  order  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  presented  to  him  for  record,  in  a  well  bound  book  or 
books  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose,  and  he  shall  attach  a  certificate  to  each  deed  so 
recorded  by  him;  which  certificate  shall  state  the  date  and  hour  of  the  filing  of  the 
instrument  for  record,  as  well  as  the  book  and  page  or  pages  of  the  record  upon  which 
the  same  is  recorded; — and  shall  be  signed  by  him  under  his  official  title,  and  shall  be 
impressed  with  his  seal.  The  seal  of  the  Registrar  shall  contain  the  words  "Registrar 
of  Property  of  the  Canal  Zone." 

He  shall  keep  an  index,  direct  and  cross,  of  the  instruments  recorded  by  him,  which 
shall  show  the  names  of  the  grantor  and  grantee  of  each  instrument  recorded  by  him, 
the  date  of  the  instrument  and  the  date  of  the  filing  of  the  same,  and  the  book  and 
page  or  pages  in  which  it  is  recorded. 

Art.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Registrar  of  Property  to  keep  a  file  docket  wherein 
he  shall  note  the  filing  of  all  instruments  when  presented  to  him  for  record,  which 
docket  shall  contain  the  names  of  the  parties  to  the  instrument,  the  date  of  the  same, 
and  the  date  and  hour  of  its  filing  in  the  Registrar's  office;  and  all  such  instruments 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  recorded  from  the  time  of  such  filing. 

Art.  7.  No  instrument  in  writing  shall  be  admitted  to  record  in  the  Registrar's 
office  except  such  as  are  acknowledged  or  authenticated  in  the  manner  provided  for 
in  this  order. 

Art.  8.  The  instruments  described  in  Article  1  of  this  order,  and  executed  in  con- 
formity therewith,  as  well  as  the  instruments  described  in  the  Executive  Order  of 
August  20,  1910,  entitled  "Executive  Order. — Conveyance  of  Real  Estate  by  Mar- 
ried Women,"  and  executed  in  accordance  therewith,  shall  be  admitted  to  record  in 
the  Registrar's  Office. 

Art.  9.  A  copy  of  any  Notarial  deed  relating  to  property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  taken 
from  the  records  in  the  office  of  the  Registrar  of  Property  of  Panama  or  Colon, 
Republic  of  Panama,  and  recorded  therein  prior  to  February  26th,  1904,^^-5  and  duly 
certified  by  the  Registrar  issuing  the  same,  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
Registrar  of  Property  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  like  manner  as  provided  for  deeds  executed 
in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Art.  10.  In  all  cases  in  which  Spanish  documents  are  admitted  to  registration  under 
the  provisions  of  this  order,  such  documents  shall  be  accompanied  by  English  trans- 
lations which  shall  be  recorded  with  them. 

Art.  11.  A  copy  of  any  final  judgment  or  decree  of  a  court  of  competent  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Canal  Zone,  vesting  the  title  to  immovable  property  or  any  interest 
therein,  in  one  or  more  of  the  parties  to  said  judgment  or  decree,  and  duly  certified 
by  the  clerk  of  the  court  in  which  the  judgment  or  decree  was  rendered,  as  being  a 
true  copy  of  such  judgment  or  decree  as  the  same  appears  in  the  records  of  the  court, 
shall  be  admitted  to  record  in  the  Registrar's  office  in  like  manner  as  provided  hereinfor 
deeds  executed  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

■""  Prior  to  this  Order  all  three  Circuit  Court  clerks  were  charged  with  this  duty.  Under  the  Panama 
Canal  Act  all  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  imposing  duties  upon  the  clerks  of  existing  courts  apply  to  clerks 
of  the  new  courts  created  by  that  act.  See  Executive  Order  of  July  3,  1914,  p.  177.  relating  to  duties  of 
clerk  of  District  Court  and  his  assistants  regarding  property  registry  and  issuance  of  marriage  licenses. 

'<"  Date  of  Proclamation  of  Hay-Varilla  Treaty  ceding  Canal  Zone  to  United  States. 


106  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Art.  12.  Acopy  of  a  judgment  or  decree  of  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  of  the 
Republic  of  Panama,  affecting  immovable  property  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
rendered  prior  to  the  26th  day  of  February,  1904,  and  duly  certified  i^y  the  clerk  or 
secretary  of  the  court  rendering  such  judgment  or  decree,  and  by  the  judge  thereof, 
when  the  signature  of  the  said  judge  is  authenticated  by  the  Secretary  of  Foreign 
Relations  of  Panama,  shall  in  like  manner  be  admitted  to  record  in  the  Registrar's 
office  under  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Art.  13.  NO  deed  or  other  instrument  in  writing  affecting  immovable  property 
shall  be  valid  against  subsequent  creditors  of,  or  bona  fide  purchasers  for  value, 
without  notice,  from  the  owner  of  such  property,  unless  the  same  shall  have  been 
recorded  with  the  Registrar  of  I^roperty  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Art.  14.  The  Registrar's  offices  at  Kmpire  and  Cristobal '^^  shall  be  discontinued 
on  and  after  the  date  on  which  this  order  goes  into  effect,  and  the  books  and  records 
of  immovable  property  in  those  offices  shall  be  transferred  to  the  Registrar's  office 
hereby  created,  and  shall  become  a  part  of  the  recorfls  of  his  office;  and  after  this 
order  takes  effect  all  deeds,  or  other  instruments,  required  to  be  recorded  by  the  provi- 
sions of  this  order  or  any  other  law  or  order  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  recorded  in  the 
office  of  the  Registrar  herein  provided  for. 

Art.  15.  The  Registrar  of  Property  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  for  his  services 
rendered  as  Registrar,  the  following  fees,  l^nited  States  currency: 

For  each  instrument  recorded,  including  his  certificate  thereto  ten  cents  per  folio 
of  one  hundred  words;  but  no  charge  shall  be  less  than  fifty  cents  for  any  one  instru- 
ment. 

For  each  certified  copy  issued  by  him  of  an  instrument  recorded  in  his  office,  includ- 
ing certificate  thereto,  ten  cents  per  folio  of  one  hundred  words;  but  no  charge 
shall  be  less  than  fifty  cents  for  each  copy  thereof. 

For  searching  his  records  and  giving  a  certificate  thereto  of  any  fact  or  facts  con- 
tained in  his  records,  fifty  cents  for  each  certificate:  provided  that  where  more  than 
one  record  book  is  searched  he  may  charge  twenty-five  cents  for  each  additional  book. 

The  fees  so  collected  by  the  Registrar  of  Property  shall  be  turned  in  by  him  to  the 
Canal  Zone  Treasury. 

-Art.  16.  Any  instrument  in  writing  mentioned  in  Article  1  of  this  order  and  duly 
acknowledged  or  authenticated  in  the  manner  therein  described,  and  any  deed 
or  other  instrument  e.xecuted  and  acknowledged  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  said  order  of  .\ugust  20th,  1910,  relating  to  conveyances  by  married  women, 
may  be  used  in  evidence  on  the  trial  of  any  action  or  special  proceedings  without  the 
necessity  of  proof  of  its  execution  unless  such  instrument  is  attacked  for  forgery  by 
the  affidavit  of  the  adverse  parties;  provided,  however,  that  such  instrument  shall 
not  be  admissible  in  evidence  without  proof  of  its  execution  unless  the  same  or  a  copy 
thereof  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  court  wherein  such  action  or  special  proceeding 
is  pending,  and  due  notice  is  given  to  the  opposite  party  or  his  attorney  at  least  three 
days  before  the  trial  of  such  action  or  special  proceeding. 

Art.  17.  A  copy  of  any  instrument  duly  recorded  under  the  provisions  of  this  order 
and  certified  to  by  the  Registrar  in  charge  of  the  record,  niay  be  used  in  evidence  in 
any  judicial  proceedings  in  like  manner  and  effect  as  might  be  done  with  the  original 
if  produced,  provided  such  certified  copy  is  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  court  wherein 
the  action  or  proceeding  is  pending,  and  due  notice  of  the  filing  of  such  copy  is  given 
to  the  adverse  party  or  his  attorney  at  least  three  days  before  the  trial  or  proceedings 
in  which  the  said  copy  is  to  be  produced  in  evidence. 

Art.  18.  All  orders  or  decrees  and  parts  thereof  in  conflict  with  this  order  are 
hertjjy  repealed,  and  the  E.xecutive  Order  of  March  12,  1 907, ^''^  effective  .\pril  15, 
1907,  relating  to  the  execution  and  recording  of  deeds  is  also  hereby  repealed;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  this  order  shall  not  affect  a  deed  or  other  instrument  relating 
to  immovable  property  executed  pursuant  to  the  said  order  of  March  12,  1907, 
prior  to  the  date  on  which  this  order  shall  take  effect,  and  provided  further  that  this 
order  shall  not  be  construed  to  modify  in  any  manner  the  Executive  Order  of  August 
20th,  1910,^"  relating  to  the  conveyance  of  real  estate  by  married  women. 

Art.  19.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  days  from  its  date. 

\Vm  H  Taft.    ■ 
The  White  House,  February  3,  1911. 


'**  2d  and  3d  judicial  circuits, 
"s  p.  58. 
•»  p.  99. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       107 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Mar.  11,  1911,  exempting  Juan  Vampero,  Filipino,  from  operation  of 
order  limiting  employment  and  providing  for  discharge  of  aliens. 

By  authority  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered  that  the  Executive  Order  of  December 
23, 1908,  limiting  the  employme,nt  and  providing  for  the  di.scharge  of  aliens,  shall  not 
apply  to  Juan  Vampero,  a  native  of  the  Philippine  Islands. 

Robert  Shaw  Oliver, 

A  ding  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  11,  1911. 


JUSTICES  OF  THE  SUPREME   COURT. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  or 
ordered,  Walter  W.  Warwick  is  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  at  a  salary  of  six  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  effective  the 
day  he  enters  on  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Wm.  H.  Taft.  . 

The  White  House,  March  16,  1011. 


Order  of  the  President.  Mar.  16,  1911,  appointing  Thomas  E,  Brown,  jr.,  as  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  or 
ordered,  Thomas  E.  Brown,  Jr.,  is  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  at  a  salary  of  six  thousand  dollars  ($6,000)  per  annum, 
effective  the  day  he  enters  on  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  March  16,  1911. 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  20,  1911,  classifying  certain  employees  transferred  from  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  to  the  Commission  on  consolidation  of  storehouses. 

On  January  1,  1911,  for  the  purposes  of  economy,  certain  storehouses  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  were  consolidated  with  the  storehouse  operated  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  all  the  employees 
of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  whose  services  were  needed  in  the  consolidated 
storehouse  were  transferred  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission.  Among  the  em- 
ployees so  transferred  are  F"rancis  E.  Huck,  Jr.,  Reuben  B.  Luker,  Edmund  Sale, 
Peter  Stuart,  and  Carl  M.  Williams,  who  have  been  employed  as  clerks  by  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  for  a  number  of  years,  during  which  time  they  have 
rendered  satisfactory  service,  and  since  January  1,  1911,  have  been  temporarily 
employed  under  the  ci\-il  service  rules. 

These  persons  may  be  retained  and  become  a  part  of  the  classified  force  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  under  section  6  of  Civil  Service  Rule  II  but  with  the 
same  restrictions  applicable  to  clerks  appointed  on  the  Isthmus  without  a  competitive 
status,  who  in  order  to  be  transferred  must  pass  a  competitive  examination  and  be 
reached  for  certification.  The  classification  (?f  these  persons  is  made  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  with  the  concurrence  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  and  the  Civil  Service  Commission. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  March  20,  1911. 


Order  of  the  President.  May  2.  1911,  making  it  a  felony  for  persons  to  return  to  the  Canal  Zone  after 
imprisonment  in  penitentiary  and  deportation. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  invested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  1 .  If  any  person  after  having  been  convicted  and  havi-ng  served  a  sentence 
of  imprisonment  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  after  being  deported  therefrom,  returns  to 


108       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

the  Canal  Zone,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and  punished  by  imprisonment 
in  the  penitentiary  for  one  year,  and  thereafter  removed  from  the  Canal  Zone  in 
accordance  with  the  laws  and  orders  relating  to  deportation.^" 

Art.  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date.'** 

.    \Vm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  May  2,  1911. 


Relating  to  the  Arrest  and  Discharge  of  Deserting  Seamen. 

By  virtue  of  the  Authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

1 .  If  any  seaman  who  shall  ha\e  signed  a  contract  to  perform  a  voyage  shall  absent 
himself  from  an  American  vessel  at  any  port  or  place  in  the  Canal  Zone,  without  leave 
of  the  master,  or  ofificer  commanding  in  the  absence  of  the  master,  such  master  or  the 
Collector  of  Revenues  or  his  deput>  acting  as  the  Shipping  Commissioner-'"'  may 
make  complaint  against  such  absent  seaman  to  the  judge  of  any  Circuit  Court  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  who  thereupon  shall  issue  his  warrant  against  the  seaman  complained  of 
in  order  that  he  may  be  brought  before  him  to  answer  the  complaint;  and,  after  a 
hearing  before  said  judge,  if  it  shall  appear  that  the  seaman  had  signed  a  contract  to 
perform  a  voyage  on  the  vessel  and  that  the  \oyagc  agreed  for  is  not  finished  or 
altered,  or  that  the  contract  was  not  otherwise  dissolved,  and  that  such  seaman  has 
deserted  the  vessel,  or  absented  himself  therefrom  without  leave,  the  judge  shall  com- 
mit him  to  jail  to  remain  there  until  the  vessel  shall  be  ready  to  proceed  on  her  voyage, 
or  until  the  master  shall  require  his  discharge,  and  then  to  be  delivered  to  the  master, 
the  latter  paying  all  the  costs  of  such  commitment  which  may  be  deducted  by  him 
from  the  wages  due  to  such  seaman. 

2.  If  it  shall  appear  on  the  hearing  hereinbefore  provided  for  that  the  voyage  of  the 
vessel  is  continued  contrary  to  agreement,  or  that  the  vessel  is  badly  provisioned,  or 
unseaworthy,  or  that  the  officers  of  the  ship  have  been  guilty  of  cruel  treatment  toward 
the  seaman,  he  shall  be  discharged  and  the  judge  shall  require  the  master  to  pay  to 
such  seaman  one  month's  wages  over  and  above  the  wages  due  at  the  time  of  discharge, 
and  to  provide  him  with  adequate  employment  on  board  some  other  vessel,  or  provide 
him  with  a  passage  on  board  some  other  vessel  bound  to  the  port  from  which  he  was 
originally  shipped,  or  to  the  most  convenient  port  of  entry  in  the  United  States,  or  to  a 
port  agreed  to  by  the  seaman,  and  the  seaman  shall  have  lien  on  the  vessel  to  compel 
compliance  with  the  order  of  the  judge,  who  shall  have  authority  to  issue  all  writs 
necessary  to  enforce  his  jurisdiction;  and  the  judge  shall  cause  to  be  entered  upon  the 
crew  list  and  shipping  articles  and  official  log  the  cause  of  discharge  and  the  particulars 
in  which  the  cruel  or  unusual  treatment  consisted,  and  shall  cause  his  name  to  be 
subscribed  thereto  officially,  and  shall  cause  the  entry  made  in  the  official  log  to  be 
read  to  the  master.  The  latter's  reply  thereto,  if  any,  shall  likewise  be  caused  to  be 
entered  and  subscribed  in  the  same  manner. 

3.  If  any  consul  or  vice-consul  of  any  foreign  government,  who  is  commissioned  to 
the  government  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  is  recognized  by  the  United  States 
m  the  Canal  Zone,  sucli  foreign  government  having  a  treaty  with  the  I'nited  States, 
or  with  the  Republic  of  Panama,  stipulating  for  the  restoration  of  seamen  deserting, 
shall  make  application  in  writing  stating  that  the  person  therein  named  has  deserted 
from  a  vessel  of  any  such  government  while  in  an\-  port  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall 
furnish  proof  by  the  exhibition  of  the  register  of  the  vessel,  ship's  roll,  or  other  official 
document  ,that  the  person  named  belonged,  at  the  time  of  the  desertion,  to  the  crew 
of  such  vessel,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  judge  of  any  Circuit  Court  of  the  Ca  nal  Zone, 
to  issue  warrant.s  to  cause  such  person  to  be  arrested  for  examination.    If,  on  examina- 

"'  In  the  case  of  Canal  Zone  v.  BiirrouRlis,  p.  1-t.?.  vol.  2,  Sup.  Ct.  Rept.  C.  Z..  the  court  deL-ided  (on 
Apr.  20,  mi  2),  that  one  convicted  of  a  felony  and  who  had  been  deported  from  the  Canal  Zone  prior  to 
May  2.  1^1 1,  can  not  be  convicted  of  a  violation  of  the  Executive  Order  making  it  a  felony  for  one 
who  has  been  convicted  and  served  a  sentence  of  imprisonment  to  return  to  the  Canal  Zone  after  depor- 
tation. See  also  ca.se  of  Canal  Zone  r.  Gibbs.  p.  184,  vol.  2,  Sup.  Ct.  Rept.  C.  Z.,  where  the  court  held 
that  one  who  temporarily  returns  to  the  Canal  Zone  after  having  been  convicted  anri  having  served  a 
sentence  in  prison,  and  after  deportation  therefrom,  is  not  guilty  of  violating  the  provisions  of  the 
Executive  Order  of  May  2.  1911.     (.See  later  order  of  Sept.  2.'>,  191.5,  p.  LSI). 

"»  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  .Sept.  2.S.  191.?.  p.  LSI. 

"^  Sec^9,  act  of  Congress  of  .\ug.  21.  1916  (T.  &  .A.  128),applieslawsrelating  to  seamen  of  vessels  of  the 
United  States  on  foreign  voyages  to  seamen  of  all  vessels  of  the  United  States  at  the  Canal  Zone,  and 
bestows  certain  authority  in  connection  therewith  on  the  Shipping  Commissioner  on  the  Canal  Zone. 
Sfe  also  Governor's  Circular  No.  679-Rev.  relating  to  Customs  Service,  .-^rt.  XV'III  of  which  relates  to 
duties  of  Shipping  Commissioner,  and  Circular  No.  660-48.  authorizing  the  Bureau  of  Shipping  Com- 
missioner in  the  Executive  Department. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATlNc;  TO  PANAiMA  CANAL  109 

tion,  the  facts  stated  are  found  to  be  true,  the  person  arrested,  not  being  a  citizen  of 
the  i'nited  States,  or  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  shall  be  delivered  up  to  the  consul  or 
vice-consul,  to  be  sent  back  to  the  dominions  of  any  such  government,  or,  on  the 
request  and  at  the  expense  of  the  consul  or  vice-consul,  shall  be  detained  until  the 
consul  or  vice-consul  finds  an  opportunity  to  send  him  back  to  the  dominions  of  any 
such  government.  No  person  so  arrested  shall  be  detained  more  than  two  months 
after  his  arrest;  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  shall  be  set  at  liberty,  and  shall  not  be 
again  molested  for  the  same  cause.  If  any  such  deserter  shall  be  found  to,  have 
committed  any  crime  or  offense,  his  surrender  may  be  delayed  until  the  tribunal 
before  which  the  case  shall  be  pending,  or  may  be  cognizable,  shall  have  pronounced 
its  sentence,  and  such  sentence  shall  have  been  carried  into  effect. 

4.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  May  6,  1911. 


Government  of  the  Insane  Asylum  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  The  Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Ancon,  as  heretofore,  shall  be  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Sanitation.  The  object  of  said  Asylum  shall  be 
the  curative  treatment  of  the  insane. 

Sec.  II.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Ancon  Hospital  shall  be  the  administrative 
chief  of  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  subject  to  existing  laws  and  orders,  and  to  such 
rules  and  provisions  as  may  be  issued  by  the  Department  of  Sanitation  in  accord- 
ance with  existing  laws  and  orders.  He  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  general  inspection 
of  buildings,  grounds  and  equipment,  and  shall  have  the  supervision  over  the  pro- 
fessional and  administrative  personnel  of  the  Asylum  and  over  the  inmates,  and  shall 
satisfy  himself  that  all  patients  receive  the  care  and  medical  treatment  which  is  best 
adapted  to  their  comfort  and  recovery. ''" 

He  shall  see  that  a  proper  register  of  the  patients  is  kept,  showing  their  names, 
previous  residence,  occupation,  origin  and  antecedents,  and  condition  at  the  time  of 
admission,  and  their  mental  and  physical  condition,  as  well  as  their  medical  treatment 
during  the  time  of  their  stay  in  the  Asylum  shall  be  recorded.  The  death  or  discharge 
of  patients  shall  be  entered  in  the  register. 

Sec.  III.  No  person  declared  to  be  insane  shall  be  kept  in  a  jail,  prison,  hospital 
for  the  sick  or  other  similar  institution,  but  shall  be  sent,  with  the  proper  precautions, 
to  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  herein  provided  for. 

Sec.  IV.  The  Superintendent  of  Ancon  Hospital,  through  the  physician  in  charge 
of  the  Insane  Asylum,  may  discharge  any  patient  upon  filing  in  his  office  a  written 
statement  that  in  his  judgment  such  patient  has  recovered  or  that  the  discharge  will 
not  be  detrimental  or  dangerous  to  the  public  welfare  or  injurious  to  the  patient, 
provided,  that  before  discharging  any  patient  who  has  not  recovered  the  Superintend- 
ent shall  satisfy  himself  by  adequate  investigation  that  the  relatives  or  friends  of  the 
patient  are  able  and  willing  to  receive  and  care  for  such  patient. 

No  patient  shall  be  discharged  without  suitable  clothing. 

The  discharges  referred  to  in  this  section  do  not  apply  to  commitments  on  judicial 
orders  in  criminal  cases,  in  which  cases  the  discharges  can  be  granted  only  by  the 
Court  which  directed  the  commitment  of  the  prisoner. 

Sec.  V.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  as  a  patient  in  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane 
except  upon  the  order  of  a  Circuit  Judge  of  the  Canal  Zone,  provided,  that  if  a  patient 
is  in  a  state  of  violent  insanity  he  may  be  admitted  at  once  into  the  quarters  herein- 
after provided  for  the  observation  of  persons  alleged  to  be  insane,  without  an  order  of 
court,  upon  the  written  request  of  the  District  Physician  to  the  Superintendent  of 
Ancon  Hospital;  or  the  patient  may  be  admitted  to  the  observation  quarters  by^  said 
Superintendent  without  such  request,  in  the  absence  of  the  District  Physician. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Ancon  Hospital  to  report  the  case  in 
writing  to  the  Circuit  Judge,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  patient  has  been 
admitted  to  the  observation  quarters,  and  as  soon  as  the  Judge  shall  have  received  the 
report  he  shall  proceed  to  examine  and  determine  the  case  in  like  manner  as  if  the 
petition  had  been  presented  to  him  prior  to  the  patient's  admission  into  observation 
quarters. 

''"  Sec.  244  of  the  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  131),  provides  that  every  person  guilty  of  any  harsh,  cruel  or 
unkind  treatment  of,  or  any  neglect  of  duty  toward  any  idiot,  lunatic,  or  insane  person,  is  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 


110  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Sec.  VI.  To  obtain  the  judicial  order  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section  it  shall 
be  necessary  for  the  nearest  relative  of  the  person  alleged  to  be  insane  to  present  a 
petition,  duly  subscribed  and  sworn  to  by  the  petitioner,  to  the  Judge  of  any  Circuit 
Court  of  the  C!anal  Zone,  which  petition  shall  state  the  sex,  age  and  nationality,  if 
known,  of  the  patient,  and  the  facts  showing  his  mental  infirmity,  and,  if  possible, 
the  hist(jry  of  the  case  and  the  form  of  insanity  with  which  he  is  suffering  and  the 
attending  circumstances  making  it  necessary  that  he  be  confined  in  the  Asylum. 
The  petition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  signed  by  one  or  more  reputable 
physicians  to  the  effect  that  such  person  is  insane. 

When  the  nearest  relatives  of  the  person  alleged  to  be  insane  are  absent  or  refuse  to 
act  the  petition  may  be  made  by  the  District  Judge  of  the  District  in  which  the  patient 
resides  or  is  to  be  found,  at  the  time  the  application  is  made,  and  in  that  event  it  shall 
state  that  the  nearest  relatives  of  the  person  alleged  to  be  insane  are  absent  or  refuse 
to  act. 

Sec.  VII.  The  petition  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section  shall  take  precedence 
over  all  other  matters  pending  before  the  court  and  shall  be  heard  by  the  judge 
thereof  without  delay,  and  if  the  facts  stated  therein  are  sufficient  to  satisfy  him  of  the 
insanity  of  the  person  sought  to  be  confined  he  shall  issue  orders  at  once  directing  that 
the  person  alleged  to  be  insane  betaken  into  custody  and  placed  in  quarters  hereinafter 
provided,  for  the  proper  observation  of  the  case. 

The  order  of  the  Judge  directing  that  the  person  alleged  to  be  insane  be  placed 
under  observation  shall  be  sufficient  authority  for  the  Superintendent  of  the  Asylum 
to  admit  the  patient  into  the  institution  for  the  purposes  of  observation,  there  to 
remain  until  tlie  observation  is  concluded;  and  the  Judge  shall  direct  in  said  order 
that  if  the  observation  shall  show  that  the  patient  is  not  insane  he  shall  be  set  at 
liberty  at  once,  and  the  medical  officer  in  charge  of  such  observation  shall  forthwith 
report  his  action  thereon  to  the  judge  who  issued  the  order. 

The  observation  of  the  alleged  insane  person  shall  be  made  in  suitable  quarters 
within  the  asylum  grounds,  by  the  chief  medical  officer  thereof,  or  under  his  direc- 
tion, and  shall  be  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  thirty  days,  and  the  judge  who  issued 
the  order  for  the  detention  of  the  patient  may  require  the  medical  officer  in  charge 
of  the  case  to  make  reports  thereon  to  him  from  time  to  time.  " 

Sec.  VIII.  The  observation  provided  for  in  this  law  may  be  carried  on  at  the  resi- 
dence of  the  alleged  insane  person,  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Judge,  that  may  be 
done  with  safety  to  the  patient  and  the  public;  and  in  such  cases  the  Judge  may 
impose  such  limitations  and  conditions  as  in  his  judgment  the  interest  of  the  patient 
and  the  safety  of  the  public  demand. 

Sec.  IX.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  physician  in  charge  of  the  observation  to 
examine  the  patient  and  observe  the  symptoms  of  his  case;  within  thirty  days  after 
the  patient  is  placed  under  observation  the  medical  officer  in  charge  of  the  case  shall 
make  his  report  thereon  in  writing,  and  shall  state  whether  the  patient  is  sane  or 
insane.  The  report  shall  contain  a  statement  of  the  facts  upon  which  it  is  based,  and 
shall  be  sent  to  the  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  case,  within  twenty-four  hours 
after  the  same  has  been  subscribed  by  him. 

Sec.  X.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  having  jurisdiction  of  the  case,  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  receipt  of  the  report  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section 
to  render  judgment  therein,  either  committing  the  patient  to  the  Asylum  for  the 
Insane  or  directing  that  he  be  turned  over  to  his  relatives,  able  and  willing  to  take  care 
of  him,  or  to  order  his  discharge,  in  accordance  with  the  findings  of  the  medical  officer 
in  charge  of  the  case. 

Sec.  XI.  The  relatives  of  the  person  alleged  to  be  insane,  or  the  Public  Prosecutor, 
may  appear  and  contest  the  report  of  the  medical  officer,  and  in  such  cases  the  Judge 
shall  hear  the  evidence  presented  by  the  parties  and  render  judgment  thereon,  either 
committing  the  patient  to  the  asylum  or  directing  his  discharge  as  the  law  and  the 
facts  in  the  case  may  justify. 

Sec.  XII.  From  the  judgment  of  the  court  rendered  in  accordance  with  the  preced- 
ing section  either  of  the  parties  may  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
which  court  shall  hear  and  dispose  of  the  case  with  all  reasonable  despatch,  giving  it 
precedence  over  all  other  matters  pending  therein. 

When  an  appeal  is  taken  the  trial  court  shall  issue  such  orders  as  it  may  deem 
necessary  and  proper  for  the  custody  and  safe-keeping  of  the  patient  during  the  hear- 
ing of  the  appeal. 

Any  person  interested  in  an  inmate  of  the  Asylum,  who  believes  he  is  improperly 
detained  therein,  may  make  application  to  the  Circuit  Judge  of  the  First  Judicial 
Circuit  for  the  discharge  of  such  patient.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  application  the 
J  udge  shall  issue  an  order  to  the  Superintendent  of  Ancon  Hospital  to  make  a  report 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  111 

on  the  patient's  condition,  and  upon  the  receipt  of  such  report  the  Judge  shall  con- 
sider the  same,  and,  in  his  discretion,  may  grant  or  deny  the  application.  Should 
the  Judge  be  in  doubt  as  to  the  proper  action  to  take  he  may  cause  the  patient  to  be 
examined  by  two  competent  physicians  who  shall  report  to  the  Judge  in  writing  as  to 
whether  the  patient  should  be  released  or  detained  in  the  Asylum.  If  the  physicians 
recommend  the  detention  of  the  patient  the  court  may  deny  the  application;  should 
they  recommend  his  release  the  Judge  may  grant  the  petition  and  discharge  the 
patient  at  once. 

The  relatives  or  friends  of  the  patient  or  the  Public  Prosecutor,  if  dissatisfied  with 
the  ruling  of  the  Judge  may  appeal  therefrom  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
which  Court  shall  dispose  of  the  appeal  as  in  ordinary  cases  provided  for  under  this 
Order;  and  pending  the  appeal  the  trial  court  may  make  such  orders  relating  to  the 
custody  of  the  patient  as  may  best  subserve  the  interest  of  the  patient  and  the  public. 

If  the  insane  person  shall  be  serving  a  sentence  for  the  violation  of  the  criminal 
laws,  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Circuit  wherein  the  conviction  shall  have  been  had  shall 
have  jurisdiction  of  the  petition  for  the  discharge  of'the  patient  from  the  Asylum. 

Sec.  XIII.  The  order  of  the  Judge  directing  that  the  patient  be  admitted  to  the 
Asylum  for  the  Insane  for  care  and  treatment  shall  also  provide  that  the  marshal,  or 
police  officer  acting  as  marshal  of  the  court,  shall  convey  the  patient  promptly  under 
proper  escort  to  the  Asylum. 

Sec.  XIV.  If  any  person  confined  in  a  prison  or  penitentiary  under  the  sentence  of 
a  court  becomes  insane  he  shall  be  committed  to  the  asylum  for  the  Insane  by  the 
Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Circuit  wherein  the  patient  received  his  sentence  of 
conviction.  In  all  such  cases  the  provisions  of  this  order,  relating  to  the  period  of 
observation  of  the  patient  and  the  trial  of  the  issue  as  to  his  insanity  shall  be  observed, 
provided  howev^er,  that  the  period  of  observation  shall  be  carried  out  in  the  infirmary 
of  the  prison  or  penitentiary,  unless  the  Judge,  on  the  advice  of  the  Department  of 
Sanitation  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  should  take  place  elsewhere.  Whenever  a  person 
is  committed  to  the  Insane  Asylum  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  order  of 
commitment  issued  by  the  court  shall  include  a  statement  of  the  offense  of  which  the 
person  was  convicted,  the  term  of  his  imprisonment  and  the  date  upon  which  said 
term  is  to  expire.  Should  such  person  be  discharged  from  the  insane  asylum  before  the 
date  of  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  imprisonment  he  shall  be  returned  to  the  penal 
institution  from  which  he  was  taken,  in  order  that  he  may  finish  his  term;  and  shall 
be  set  at  liberty  if  his  discharge  from  the  Asylum  takes  place  subsequent  to  the  date 
of  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  imprisonment. 

Sec.  XV.  All  expenses  connected  with  cases  of  insanity,  including  the  cost  of  ob- 
servation, transportation,  care,  treatment  and  maintenance  of  the  patients,  shall  be 
borne  by  their  respective  estates,  to  be  paid  in  due  order  of  administration  of  their 
estates  in  accordance  with  the  probate  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,^''  and  if  the  patients 
are  insolvent  then  the  expense  shall  be  borne  by  the  relatives  responsible  for  the  care 
and  maintenance  of  such  patients  under  the  law  to  be  recovered  by  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  against  such  relatives  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  and 
if  the  relatives  of  the  patients  are  also  insolvent  then  such  expenditure  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  public  moneys  appropriated  for  such  purposes. 

Sec.  XVI.  Nothing  contained  in  this  Order  shall  be  construed  to  repeal  or  modify 
the  provisions  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone  relating  to  the 
inquiry  into  the  insanity  of  the  defendants  before  trial  or  after  conviction. ^i- 

Sec.  XVII.  Insane  patients  from  the  Republic  of  Panama  may  be  admitted  into 
the  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  herein  provided  for,  in  accordance  with  the  existing  agree- 
ments between  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  and  the  Panamanian  authorities,  or  under 
such  changes  and  modifications  of  said  agreements  as  may  be  made  from  time  to 
time.-'^ 

Sec.  XVIII.  The  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  establish  rules  and 
regulations  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  government  of  the 
Asylum  for  the  Insane  herein  provided  for,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. =74 

Sec.  XIX.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  this  date. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  May  10,  1911. 

'"  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  5,  1912,  p.  126,  includes  provision  for  administering  estates  of  em- 
ployees adjudged  insane. 

="  See  sees.  250-253  (L.  C.  Z.  212),  relating  to  inquiry  as  to  insanity  after  a  judgment  of  death  sentence; 
see  also  Sees.  353-358  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  228),  relating  to  inquiry  iato  the  i.isanity  of 
the  defendant  before  trial  or  after  conviction. 

'"  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  27  ,1908,  p.  79,  fixes  per  capita  charge  of  75  cents  gold  per  day.  See 
circular  No.  618-16,  relating  to  treatment  in  hospitals. 

»»  See  625  series  of  Governor's  Circulars. 


112  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIMi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  tlu-  President.  May  11.  191 1.  making;  it  a  misdein»>anor  to  evade  payment  of  fare  on  railroad 

trains  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  autliority  in  me  vested,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

SECTION  I.'  Any  person  who  shall  board  any  passenger,  freight  or  other  railway 
train  in  the  Canal  Zone,  whether  moving  or  standing,  for  an^'  purpose  and  without  in 
good  faith  intending  to  become  a  passenger  thereon,  and  with  no  lawful  business 
thereon,  and  with  intent  to  obtain  a  free  ride  on  such  train,  however  short  the  dis- 
tance, without  the  consent  of  the  person  or  persons  in  charge  thereof,  shall  be  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars.'" 

Sec.  II.  This  Order  shall  take  eflfect  thirty  days  from  this  date. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
The  White  Hoitse,  May  11,  1911. 


To  Provide  for  the  Collection  of  a  Distill.^tiox  Tax.'^* 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  On  and  after  the  date  on  which  this  order  shall  take  effect,  there  shall 
be  collected  the  sum  of  ten  cents  on  each  and  every  litre  or  fraction  thereof  of  distilled 
spirits  produced  in  the  Canal  Zone  from  grain,  starch,  sugar,  molasses  or  any  other 
substance  by  distillation,  or  any  other  alcoholic  liquors  produced  by  distillation,  for 
sale  or  consumption. 

Section  II.  Manufacturers  or  distillers  of  any  of  the  spirits  or  alcoholic  liquors 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  shall  make  application  in  writing  to  the  Collector 
of  Revenues  of  the  Canal  Zone,  upon  a  form  prescribed  by  him,  for  license  to  engage  in 
business  as  such  manufacturers  or  distillers.  Xo  application  shall  be  granted  by  the 
Collector^^of  Revenues  unless  the  applicant  secures  the  payment  of  the  taxes  that  may 
accrue  under  the  provisions  of  this  law  by  executing  a  bond  with  two  or  more  good  and 
sufficient  sureties  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  conditioned  upon 
the  applicant's  faithful  compliance  with  this  order  and  the  regulations  issued  there- 
under, and  that  he  will  pay  all  taxes  that  may  be  assessed  against  him  under  this 
order;  or  in  lieu  of  said  bond  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  in  his  discretion,  may  require 
a  money  deposit  from  such  applicant  to  secure  the  payment  of  such  taxes.  The  said 
bond  or  deposit,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  be  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  in 
conformity  herewith  as  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  may  from  time  to  time 
establish. 

Section  III.  The  tax  herein  provided  for  shall  be  computed  upon  a  meter  measure- 
ment of  the  output  of  each  still  made  through  a  meter  of  standard  make,'"  which 
shall  be  attached  to  the  still  under  the  supervision  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  or  his 
Deputy,  and  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  said  officer,  and  at  the  expense  of  the  owner 
or  operator  of  said  still;  and  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  withhold  the  license  for 
the  operation  of  said  still  until  the  said  meter  has  been  attached  thereto  in  the  manner 
herein  provided  for. 

Section  IV.  The  licensed  manufacturer  or  distiller  under  this  law  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  output  of  his  still,  at  his  place  of  manu- 
facture or  production,  in  quantities  of  not  less  than  five  gallons  without  the  payment 
of  any  further  license  tax  than  that  prescribed  by  this  order. 

Section  V.  Any  [)erson  manufacturing  or  distilling  any  of  the  spirits  or  alcoholic 
liquors  herein  enumerated  liefore  obtaining  a  license  to  do  so  from  the  Collector  of 
Revenues,  or  before  installing  the  meter  herein  ])rescribccl,  or  who  shall  tamper  with 
any  still  or  meter  or  connection  thereof  with  intent  to  defraud  the  Revenues  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  exceeding  One  Thousand  Dollars  (SI, 000)  or  by  imprisonment  in  the 
District  Jail  for  a  term  not  exceeding  twelve  (12)  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment,  within  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

"s  See  also  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  July  18.  1912  (L.  C.  Z.  290),  prohibiting 
unlawful  riding  of  labor  train,  jumping  on  or  off  moving  train,  and  riding  on  platform  or  roof  of  moving 
train. 

"' bee  ordinance  of  Apr.  27,  1907,  and  amendments  (L.  C.  Z.  257)  relating  to  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

•f'  Executive  Order  of  May  21.  1912,  p.  l.?0.  provides  for  other  method  of  measuring  if  Chairman  is 
of  opinion  that  meter  is  not  satisfactory.  Tlie  same  order  provides  for  discontinuance  of  all  stills  as  of 
Jan.  1,  1913.    See  also  National  Prohibition  Act  (T.  &  A.  220). 


EXECUTR'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  113 

Section  VI.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  may  from  time  to  time  establish 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  seem  necessary  to  execute  the  provisions  of  this 
order. ="* 

Section  VII.  All  laws,  orders  or  decrees  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this 
order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  VIII.  This  order  will  be  effective  thirty  days  from  this  date.^" 

Wm.  H.  Taft 

The  White  House,  May  13,  1911. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  12,  loil,  amending  order  providing  for  collection  of  distillation  tax. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  the  order  of  May  13,  1911,^*°  providing 
for  the  collection  of  a  distillation  tax  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  amended  ho  as  to  be 
effective  August  13,  1911. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  WliiTE  House,  June  12,  1911. 


Order  of  the  President,  June  28,  1911,  authorizing  Chairman  and  Chief  Engineer  to  execute  revocable 
licenses  for  lots  in  town  sites  in  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  the  Chairman  and  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  execute  revocable  licenses  for 
lots  in  town  sites  in  the  Canal  Zone,  either  directly  or  through  such  agency  as  he  may 
direct,  such  licenses  to  be  revocable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Chairman  and  Chief  En- 
gineer or  such  other  executive  officer  as  may  be  in  charge  in  the  Canal  Zone,  licensees 
to  vacate  and  remove  improvements  at  once  without  indemnity. =^' 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 

The  White  House,  June  28,  1911. 


Providing  for  the  inspection  of  steam  vessels.''' 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  in 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Sec.  1.  Every  vessel  propelled  in  whole  or  in  part  by  machinery  shall  be  deemed 
a  steam  vessel  within  the  meaning  of  this  order. 

Sec.  2.  All  steam  vessels  navigating  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  except  public 
vessels  of  the  United  States  or  other  countries,  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  order. 

Sec.  3.  The  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  cause  the  hull  of 
each  steam  vessel  navigating  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  to  be  carefully  inspected 
at  least  once  every  year,  and  shall  satisfy  themselves  that  every  such  vessel  so  in- 
spected is  of  a  structure  suitable  for  the  service  in  which  she  is  to  be  employed,  and 
has  suitable  accommodations  for  passengers  and  crew,  and  is  in  a  condition  to  warrant 
the  belief  that  she  may  be  used  in  navigation  with  safety  to  life,  and  that  all  the 
requirements  of  the  law  in  regard  to  nre,  boats,  pumps,  hose,  life-preservers,  floats, 
signals,  and  other  things  are  faithfully  cornplied  with,  and  if  they  deem  it  expedient 
they  may  cause  the  vessel  to  be  put  in  motion  and  may  adopt  any  other  suitable 
means  to  test  her  efficiency  and  that  of  her  equipment. 

Sec.  4.  Whenever  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  find  on  board  any  vessel 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  order  any  equipment,  machinery,  apparatus,  or 
appliance  which  does  not  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  law,  the  Board  shall 

»'•  Provided  by  resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Aug.  5,  1911  (L.  C.  Z.  289). 

"»  Made  effective  .^ug.  13,  1911,  by  Executive  Order  of  June  12,  1911,  p.  113. 

"•p.  112. 

"»'  See  notes  under  ExecutiveOrder  of  Jan.  19.  1911,  p.  103,  creating  a  land  office. 

''=  Sec.  24  hereof  authorized  the  Canal  Commission  to  establish  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsist- 
ent herewith  for  the  better  enforcement  of  this  order.  Under  date  of  May  1,  1914,  the  Governor  issued 
circular  No.  644,  most  of  the  provisions  of  which  have  relation  to  the  subject  of  inspection  of  steam 
vessels. 

See  also  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  2,  1909.  p.  92,  providing  for  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  and 
Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1914  (p.  178),  providing  rules  and  regulations  for  the  operation  and  naviga- 
tion of  the  Panama  Canal.  Other  references  in  this  connection  are:  Executive  Order  of  the  Governor 
of  Canal  Zone  of  Dec.  8,  1905,  relating  to  harbor  masters  and  pilots;  Ordinance  of  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  of  Dec.  16,  1912  (L.  C.  Z.  292)  providing  for  licensing  of  navigators  of  motor  boats. 

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require  i  he  same  to  be  placed  in  proper  condition  by  the  owner  or  master  of  the  vessel,   » 
and  if  the  said  Board  shall  find  in  any  such  vessel  any  life-preserver  or  fire  hose  so 
defective  as  to  be  incapable  of  repair,  the  Board  shall  require  the  same  to  be  destroyed    , 
in  the  presence  of  some  person  appointed  by  the  Board  to  represent  it. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  cause  the  boilers  and  all  appurtenances    ■ 
of  all  steam  vessels  ^^J  to  be  carefully  inspected  before  the  same  shall  be  used,  and  at 
least  once  every  year  thereafter,  and  shall  subject  all  boilers  to  the  hydrostatic  test 
in  the  ratio  of  150  lbs.  to  the  square  inch  to  100  lbs.  to  the  square  inch  of  the  working 
steam  power  allowed.    All  such  vessels  shall  comply  with  the  following  requirements,    . 

viz. ....  •       1   1      r  •■ 

That  the  boilers  are  well  made,  of  good  and  suitable  material,  design  suitable  for  ■.[ 
the  service  in  which  employed,  and  to  be  equipt  with  the  proper  safety  appliances, 
and  of  such  construction,  shape,  condition,  arrangement  and  material  that  they 
may  be  safely  employed  in  the  service  proposed  without  peril  to  life;  and  the  Board 
of  Local  Inspectors  shall  cause  ah  examination  to  be  made  to  satisfy  itself  that  the 
requirements  of  these  regulations  have  been  complied  with. 

Sec.  6.  When  the  inspection  of  a  steam  vessel  is  completed  and  the  Board  of  Local 
Inspectors  approve  the  vessel  and  her  equipment,  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  shall 
make  and  subscribe  a  certificate  to  the  Collector  of  Revenues  in  accordance  with  the 
form  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Board.  Every  certificate  granted  to  steamers  carrying 
passengers  shall  state  the  number  of  passengers  of  each  class  that  any  such  steamer 
has  accommodations  for  and  can  carry  with  prudence  and  safety. 

If  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  refuse  to  grant  a  certificate  of  approval,  the 
Chairman  thereof  shall  make  a  statement  in  writing  and  give  his  reasons  for  such 
disapproval,  and  shall  sign  the  statement  as  such  Chairman  and  file  the  same  in  the 
records  of  the  Board,  giving  a  copy  thereof  to  the  owner  or  master  of  the  vessel. 

Sec.  7.  All  foreign  private  steam  vessels  carrying  passengers  to  or  froin  any  port 
or  place  within  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
order,  PROVIDED  that  if  any  foreign  passenger  steamer  of  a  country  which  has 
inspection  laws  approximating  those  of  the  United  States  has  an  unexpired  certificate 
of  inspection  duly  issued  by  the  authorities  of  the  country  to  which  the  ves.sel  belongs, 
the  said  vessel  shall  not  be  subjected  to  an  inspection  other  than  that  necessary  to. 
satisfy  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  that  the  condition  of  the  vessel,  her  boilers  and 
life  saving  equipment  are  as  stated  in  her  certificate  of  inspection;  but  no  such 
certificate  of  inspection  shall  be  accepted  as  evidence  of  lawful  inspection  unless  like 
privileges  are  granted  to  steam  vessels  of  the  United  States  under  the  laws  of  the 
country  to  which  such  vessel  belongs. 

Sec.  8.  Private  steam  vessels  duly  registered  in  the  United  States  having  unexpired 
certificates  of  inspection  issued  by  the  proper  authorities  in  the  United  States  shall 
not  be  subject  to  inspection  hereunder. 

Sec.  9..  The  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  retain  on  file  all  original  certificates  of 
inspection  required  to  be  delivered  to  him  by  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  and  shall 
give  to  the  master  or  owner  of  the  vessel  therein  named  three  certified  copies  thereof, 
two  of  which  shall  be  placed  by  such  master  or  owner  in  .conspicuous  places  in  the 
vessel  where  they  will  be  most  likely  to  be  observed  by  the  passengers  and  others, 
and  there  kept  at  all  times  framed  under  glass;  and  the  other  shall  be  retained  by 
such  master  or  owner  as  evidence  of  the  authority  thereby  conferred. 

Sec.  10.  Before  issuing  an  inspection  certificate  to  any  vessel,  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  shall  demand  and  receive  from  the  owner  or  master  of  such  vessel  as  com- 
pensation for  inspection  and  examination  made  for  the  year,  the  following  sums, 
in  addition  to  the  fees  for  issuing  enrollments  and  licenses  now  allowed  by  law: 

For  each  steam  vessel  of  100  tons  or  under.— $10.00 

For  each  and  every  ton  in  excess  of  100  tons 5c 

The  fees  herein  provided  for  shall  cover  the  cost  of  the  certificate,  as  well  as  the 
inspection  and  examination  of  the  vessel,  which  fees  shall  be  for  the  use  and  benefit 
of  the  Canal  Zone  Treasury.^*'' 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  any  passenger  is  received  on  board  of  any  steam  vessel  not 
having  the  certified  copies  of  the  certificate  of  approval  placed  and  kept  as  required 
by  this  Order,  such  vessel  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS 
for  each  passenger  so  received,  to  be  recovered  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Circuit 
in  which  the  vessel  is  to  be  found,  and  the  money  so  recovered  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the 
vessel,  which  may  be  seized  and  sold  to  satisfy  the  same,  as  well  as  all  costs  of  the 
proceeding. 

»«!  Circular  674  provides  rules  and  regulations  for  inspection  of  boilers  except  those  on  floating  equip- 
ment. 

''*  Sec.  10,  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  13,  1913  (E.  O.  132).  Further  amendments  to  this 
section  are  effected  by  the  644  series  of  circulars  of  the  Governor. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  115 

Sec.  12.  No  steamer  carrying  passengers  shall  depart  from  any  port  or  place  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  unless  it  shall  have  in  its  service  a  full  complement  of  licensed  officers  and 
•a  full  crew,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  may  be  sufficient  at 
all  times  to  manage  the  vessel. 

Sec.  13.  Every  steam  vessel  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  have 
on  board  in  an  accessible  place  one  life-preserver  for  every  person  allowed  to  be 
carried,  in  addition  to  those  provided  for  the  crew  of  such  vessel;  and  if  a  greater 
number  of  passengers  than  is  stated  in  the  certificate  is  taken  on  board  of  any  vessel 
within  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  master  or  owner  of  such  vessel  shall  be  liable 
to  any  person  suing  for  the  same  to  refund  the  passage  money  and  TEN  DOLLARS 
for  each  passenger  beyond  the  number  allowed. 

Sec.  14.   If  any  passenger  steamer  engages  in  excursions  within  or  from  the  waters 

'  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  issue  to  such  steamer  a  special 

permit  in  writing  for  the  occasion,  in  which  shall  be  stated  the  additional  number  of 

,  passengers  that  may  be  carried  and  the  number  and  kind  of  life  saving  appliances 

that  may  be  provided  for  the  safety  of  such  additional  passengers,  and  they  shall  also, 

in  their  discretion,  limit  the  route  and  distance  for  such  excursions. 

Sec.  15,  The  master  of  every  passenger  steamer  shall  keep  a  correct  list  of  all 
passengers  received  on  board  the  vessel,  which  record  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection 
of  the  Inspectors  and  the  officers  of  the  Customs  at  all  times,  and  the  correct  number 
of  passengers  shall  be  furnished  to  the  Inspectors  as  often  as  called  for. 

Sec.  16.  Every  master  of  a  passenger  steamer  who  fails  thru  negligence  or  design 
to  keep  a  list  of  passengers  as  required  by  the  preceding  section  shall  be  liable  to  a 
fine  of  ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS,  to  be  recovered  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
Circuit  in  which  the  vessel  is  to  be  found. 

Sec.  17.  Every  steam  vessel  carrying  passengers  shall  be  provided  with  two  good 
double-acting  fire  pumps  to  be  worked  by  hand;  each  chamber  of  such  pumps  shall 
be  of  sufficient  capacity  to  contain  not  less  than  one  hundred  cubic  inches  of  water 
and  such  pumps  shall  be  placed  in  the  most  suitable  part  of  such  vessel  for  efficient 
service,  having  suitable  well  fitted  hose  to  each  pump  at  least  one  half  the  vessel 
in  length  and  kept  at  all  times  in  perfect  order  and  shipped  up  and  ready  for  use. 
On  every  steamer  not  exceeding  two  hundred  tons,  one  such  pump  may  be  dispensed 
with.  Each  fire  pump  shall  be  supplied  with  water  by  a  suitable  pipe  connection 
passing  through  the  side  of  the  vessel  so  low  as  to  be  under  water  at  all  times,  and  no 
fire  pump  thus  provided  shall  be  placed  below  the  lower  deck  of  the  vessel.  Every 
steamer  shall  also  be  provided  with  a  pump  which  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  and 
suitably  arranged  to  test  the  boilers  thereof. 

Sec.  18.  Every  vessel  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  provided 
with  such  number  of  life-boats,  floats,  rafts,  life-preservers,  line  carrying  projectiles 
and  best  means  of  propelling  them,  and  drags,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of 
Local  Inspectors  will  best  procure  the  safety  of  all  persons  on  board  such  vessels 
in  case  of  disaster.  And  every  such  vessel  shall  have  the  life  boats  required  by  this 
order  provided  with  suitable  boat  disengaging  apparatus,  so  arranged  as  to  allow  such 
boats  to  be  safely  launched  while  such  vessels  are  under  speed  or  otherwise  so  as  to 
allow  such  disengaging  apparatus  to  be  operated  by  one  person,  disengaging  both  ends 
of  the  boat  simultaneously  from  the  tackle  by  which  it  may  be  lowered  to  the  water; 
and  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  shall  determine  the  kind  of  life-boats,  floats,  rafts, 
life  preservers,  line  carrying  projectiles  and  means  of  propelling  the  same,  and  drags 
which  are  to  be  used  on  the  vessel,  and  also  the  kind  and  capacity  of  the  pumps  for 
freeing  the  vessel  from  water  in  case  of  heavy  leakage,  the  capacity  of  such  pumps 
being  suited  to  the  navigation  in  which  the  vessel  is  employed. ^^5 

Sec.  19.  The  owner  or  master  of  any  such  vessel  who  refuses  to  provide  such  life- 
boats, floats,  rafts,  life-preservers,  line  carrying  projectiles  and  means  of  propelling 
them,  drags,  pumps  or  appliances  which,  under  the  provisions  of  the  preceding 
sections  are  required  by  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  shall  be  fined  ONE  THOU- 
SAND DOLLARS,  and  the  same  may  be  enforced  against  the  owner  of  the  vessel 
personally  or  as  a  lien  upon  the  vessel,  which  may  be  seized  and  sold  to  satisfy  such 
fine  and  costs  of  court. 

Sec.  20.  TlieBoardof  Local  Inspectors  shall  have  the  power  to  enforce  the  require- 
ments of  this  Order, — first,  by  not  granting  a  certificate, — second,  by  revoking  the 
certificate  already  issued  to  the  vessel. 

The  owner  or  master  of  the  vessel  may  appeal  from  the  action  of  the  Board  of  Local 
Inspectors  to  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  at  any  time  within 

""5  Sec.  18,  amended  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  13,  1913,  p.  132.  Further  amendments  to  this 
section  are  effected  by  the  644  series  of  circulars  of  the  Governor. 


116  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

ten  days  after  the  final  action  of  the  Board;  and  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil 
Administration  may  modify  or  set  aside  the  action  of  the  Local  Board,  and  he  shall 
certify  his  ruling  to  the  Board  for  observance  in  each  case. 

Sec.  21.  Whene\er  a  steamer  engaged  in  carrying  passengers  to  or  from  the  Canal 
Zone  enters  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Captain  of  the 
Port  to  notify  the  master  or  agent  of  such  vessel  that  the  same  is  subject  tolhe  Inspec- 
tion Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone;  and  after  being  so  notified,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  agent  or  master  to  make  a  written  rccjuest  to  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  for  the 
inspection  of  the  vessel  and  her  equipment  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Order.  Any  agent  or  master  of  a  vessel  who  fails  or  refuses  to  make  the  written  request 
as  herein  provided  for  after  receiving  the  notice  above  mentioned  from  the  Captain 
of  the  Port,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  FIF'fY  DOLLARS  upon  his  conviction  in  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  Circuit  in  which  said  agent  or  master  is  to  be  found. 

Sec.  22.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  for  which  a  specific 
punishment  is  not  prescribed  herein,  shall  subject  the  owner  or  master  of  the  offending 
vessel  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  or  by  imprisonment 
in  jail  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion 
of  the  Court. 

Sec.  23.  The  fines  and  penalties  imposed  under  this  Order  shall  constitute  a  lien 
on  the  vessel  in  each  case,  and  upon  judgment  for  any  such  fine  or  penalty  execution 
may  issue  therefor,  as  in  civil  cases,  against  such  vessel,  and  same  shall  be  sold  to 
satisfy  such  execution;  and  the  court  may  order  the  provisional  detention  of  such 
vessel  to  abide  the  judgment  of  the  court;  but  a  bond,  to  be  approved  by  the  judge 
of  the  court,  may  be  given  to  secure  the  payment  of  any  judgment  that  may  be 
rendered,  and  the  vessel  shall  be  released  thereon. 

Sec.  24.  The  Canal  Commission  may  establish  rules  and  regulations  not  incon- 
sistent herewith  for  the  better  enforcement  of  this  Order.^^'' 

Sec.  25.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  ninety  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
published  in  the  Canal  Record.^*? 

VVm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

July  21,  1911. 

[No.   1386.] 


Against  the  Promotion  of  Fights  Between  Bulls,  Dogs,  or  Cocks.^** 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  1  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Any  person  who  sets  on  foot,  instigates,  promotes  or  carries  on  any 
fights  between  cocks  or  other  birds,  or  any  dog  fight,  or  bull  fight,  or  fight  between 
other  animals;  or  who  does  any  act  as  assistant,  umpire  or  principal  in  furtherance 
of  any  fight  between  any  such  animals,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed 
FIFTY  DOLLARS,  or  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  THIRTY  DAYS,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft. 
The  White  House, 

August  4,  1911. 

[No.  1392.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  1,  1911,  appointing  Prof.  Emory  R.  Johnson  Special  Commissioner 
on  Panama  Canal  traffic  and  tolls. 

By  order  of  the  President,  Professor  Emory  R.  Johnson  is  hereby  appointed  a 
Special  Commissioner  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  up  to  as  late  a  date  as  practicable 
the  data  contained  in  the  Report  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  for  1899-1901 
relative  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  value  of  the  Isthmian  Canal,  and  also  to 
formulate  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  measurement  of  ships  going  through 

■»»  Governor's  Circular  No.  644  is  a  compilation  of  rules  and  regulations,  most  of  which  are  relative 
to  steamboat  inspection.    See  also  other  circulars  in  the  644  series. 

'»'  Published  in  the  Canal  Record  of  Aug.  16.  1911. 

'»»  See  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  2.  1909,  p.  92,  amending  sec.  423  of  Penal  Code,  relating  to  cruelty 
to  animals.  See  also  sees.  288-289  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  137),  relating  to  fights  between  two  or  more 
persons,  prize  fights,  etc. 


EXECUTrV'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  117 

the  Canal  and  to  make  an  investigation  and  recommendation  regarding  the  tolls  to  be 
charged.  Until  his  report  ^^'  is  forthcoming  Professor  Johnson  will  be  allowed  his 
actual  expenses  and  fifteen  dollars  a  day  including  Sundays  and  holidays.  Upon 
the  completion  of  Professor  Johnson's  work  the  Secretary  of  War  will  finally  fix  his 
entire  compensation. 

Henry  L.  Stimson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

September  1,  1911. 


Establishing  the  Postal  Savings  System  in  the  Can.\l  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  \.  There  is  hereby  established  in  the  post-offices^'"  of  the  Canal  Zone  a 
postal  savings  system,^"  to  be  operated  without  the  payment  of  interest  on  the 
deposits  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  now  or  hereafter  adopted. 

Section  2.  There  is  hereby  created  a  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  control,  supervision, 
and  administration  of  the  postal  savings  depository  offices  designated  and  established 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  and  of  the  funds  received  as  deposits  at  such  postal 
savings  depository  offices  by  virtue  thereof.  Said  board  shall  consist  of  the  Collector 
of  Revenues  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  Auditor  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  and  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone,  severally,  acting  ex  officio,  and  shall  have  power  to  make 
all  necessary  and  proper  regulations  for  the  receipt,  transmittal,  custody,  deposit, 
investment,  and  repayment  of  the  funds  deposited  at  postal  savings  depository  offices; 
the  regulations  above  mentioned  to  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Chairman  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Section  3.  Said  Board  of  Trustees  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  desig- 
nate such  post-offices  as  it  may  select  to  be  postal  savings  depository  offices,  and  each 
and  every  post-office  so  designated  by  order  of  said  Board  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 
postal  savings  depository  office  within  the  meaning  of  this  Order  and  to  be  author- 
ized and  required  to  receive  deposits  of  funds  from  the  public  and  to  account  for  and 
dispose  of  the  same,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  Order  and  the  regulations 
made  in  pursuance  thereof.  Each  postal  savings  depository  office  shall  be  kept  open 
for  the  transaction  of  business  during  such  hours  as  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall 
direct. 

Section  4.  That  accounts  may  be  opened  and  deposits  made  in  any  postal  savings 
depository  established  under  this  Order  by  any  person  of  the  age  of  ten  years  or  over, 
in  his  or  her  own  name,  and  by  a  married  woman  in  her  own  name  and  free  frocn  any 
control  or  interference  by  her  husband;  but  no  person  shall  at  the  same  time  have 
more  than  one  postal  savings  account  in  his  or  her  own  right. 

Section  5.  At  least  one  dollar,  or  a  larger  amount  in  multiples  thereof,  must  be 
deposited  before  an  account  is  opened  with  a  person  depositing  the  same;  and  one 
dollar,  or  multiples  thereof,  may  be  deposited  after  such  account  has  been  opened. 
Postal  savings  deposits  will  be  evidenced  by  postal  savings  certificates  issued  in 
fixed  denominations  of  .$1,  $2,  $5,  $10,  $20,  $50,  $100,  each  bearing  the  name  of  the 
depositor,  the  number  of  his  account,  the  date  of  issue,  and  the  name  of  the  depository 
office. 

Section  6.  Any  depositor  may  withdraw  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  funds  de- 
posited to  his  or  her  credit  upon  demand,  and  under  such  regulations  as  the  Board 
of  Trustees  may  prescribe. 

Section  7.  Postal  savings  funds  received  under  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall 
be  deposited  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  Canal  Zone  under  such  regulations  as  the 
Board  of  Trustees  may  prescribe. 

Section  8.  Postal  savings  depository  funds  shall  be  kept  separate  from  other 
funds  by  postmasters  and  other  officers  and  employees  of  the  postal  service,  who 
shall  be  held  to  the  same  accountability  under  their  bonds  for  such  funds  as  for  public 
moneys;  and  no  person  connected  with  the  Post-Office  Department  shall  disclose 
to  any  person  other  than  the  depositor  the  amount  of  any  deposits,  unless  directed 
so  to  do  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues. 

is»  Report  in  one  volume  on  the  subject  of  measurements  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  on  Oct. 
2,  191.?.    Report  on  traffic  and  tolls  submitted  to  Secretary  of  War  in  separate  volume  on  Aug.  7,  1913. 

""Temporary  postal  service  established  in  Canal  Zone  by  Executive  Order  of  June  24,  1904,  p.  27. 
Permanent  postal  service  created  by  act  No.  8  of  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61). 

"■  This  order  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  5,  1914,  p.  199,  which,  however,  provided  for  a 
money-order  savings  deposit  without  fee. 


118       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Section  9.  That  the  final  judgment,  order,  or  decree  of  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  adjudicating  any  right  or  interest  in  the  credit  of  any  sum  deposited 
by  any  person  with  the  postal  savings  depository,  if  the  same  shall  not  have  been 
appealed  from,  and  the  time  for  appeal  have  expired,  upon  submission  to  the  Col- 
lector of  Revenues  of  a  copy  of  the  same,  duly  authenticated  in  the  manner  provided 
by  the  laws  of  the  United  States  for  the  authentication  of  the  records  and  judicial 
proceedings  of  the  courts  of  any  state  or  territory,  or  of  any  possession  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  when  the  same  are  proved  or  admitted  within 
any  other  court  within  the  United  States,  shall  be  accepted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees 
as  conclusive  of  the  title,  right,  interest,  or  possession  so  adjudicated;  and  any 
payment  of  said  sum  in  accordance  with  such  order,  judgment,  or  decree  shall 
operate  as  a  full  and  complete  discharge  of  the  United  States  and  the  Canal  Zone 
Government  from  the  claim  or  demand  of  any  person  or  persons  to  the  same. 

Section  10.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  sixty  days  from  and  after 
this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

September  8,  1911. 

[No.  1409] 


To  Prohibit  the  Pl.\cing  of  Signs  on  Lands  and  Property  of  the  United  States 
AND  THE  Panama  Railroad  Company.*'^ 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  construct  or  place  any  sign, 
bill,  poster  or  other  advertising  device  on  any  land,  building  or  other  structure  owned 
or  controlled  by  the  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  in  the  Canal 
Zone;  and  any  person  thus  offending  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  Five 
Dollars  nor  more  than  Twenty-Five  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to 
exceed  Thirty  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Court;  and  every  day  that  such  sign,  bill,  poster  or  other  advertising  device  shall 
remain  upon  such  lands  or  structures  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  offense.  Provided, 
however,  that  this  Order  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  persons  from  advertising, 
by  means  of  any  such  advertising  devices  the  business  that  they  may  be  conducting 
according  to  law  in  any  building  or  other  structure  upon  which  such  advertising  device 
is  constructed  or  placed. 

Section  2.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  Sixty  Days  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

September  8,  1911.  < 

[No.  1410.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Sept.  14,  1911,  making  it  a  misdemeanor  to  unlawfully  remove  packing  from 
journal  boxes  of  locomotives,  coaches,  etc. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  1.  Any  person  who  shall  without  lawful  authority  take  or  remove  the  packing 
or  waste  from  out  of  any  journal  box  or  boxes  of  any  locomotive  engine,  tender, 
coach,  caboose  or  truck,  used  or  operated  on  any  railroad,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  shall  be  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  One 
Hundred  Dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  both  fine 
and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  days  from  and  after  this  date.^'^ 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

September  14,  1911. 

[No.  1412.) 

•"See  generally  Sees.  421-441  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  163),  specifying  certain  acts  of  malicious 
mischief.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  17,  1912,  prohibiting  removal  of  signs  from  posted  reserva- 
tions. 

»"  See  Chap.  XIII  of  Penal  Code,  specifying  certain  acts  of  malicious  injury  to  railroads. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  119 

Order  of  the  President.  Sept.  21,  1911,  appointing  William  H.  Jackson  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 

Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  or 
ordered,  William  H.  Jackson  is  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  Canal  Zone  at  a  salary  of  six  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  effective  the  day  he 
enters  on  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
The  White  House, 

September  21,  19 11.. 

[No.  1413.] 


To  Amend  Sections  51,  62,  and  526,  and  to  Repeal  Sections  63  and  529  of  the 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  I :  Section  5 1  ^'-i  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  51:  Pleadings  in  the  District  Courts  shall  be  oral,  except  when  they  are 
required  by  law  to  be  verified  by  the  oath  of  either  of  the  parties  to  the  suit,  in  which 
case  the  pleadings  shall  be  in  writing. 

Article  II:  Section  62  ^'s  of  the  above-mentioned  Code  is  hereby  amended  so  as 
to  read  as  follows: 

Section  62:  Every  District  Judge  shall  keep  a  well  bound  book  styled  "Docket", 
in  which  he  shall  enter  the  name  and  style  of  every  civil  suit  brought  before  him; 
the  dates  of  issuing  process  therein  and  of  the  return  thereof;  a  brief  statement  of  the 
nature  of  the  suit  and  of  any  plea  made  thereto  by  the  defendant,  and  if  no  appear- 
ance is  made,  the  defendant's  default  shall  be  noted;  the  names  of  the  witnesses 
sworn;  the  date  and  the  amount  of  the  judgment;  the  date  of  issuing  execution  or 
other  process  upon  the  judgment,  and  a  copy  of  the  returns  thereon;  the  appeal, 
when  and  bj'  whom  demanded;  and  briefly  all  the  proceedings  before  him  touching 
the  suit. 

Each  District  Judge,  at  the  beginning  of  his  docket  and  before  any  entries  are 
made  therein  shall  make  and  subscribe  the  following  certificate,  substantially, 
to-wit : — 

"A  docket  of  proceedings  in  civil  matters  before 

District  Judge  of  the  Administrative  District  of - 

Canal  Zone. 

Witness  my  signature. 

District  Judge." 

Article  III:  Section  526^'*  of  the  above  mentioned  Code  is  hereby  amended  so 
as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  526:  Costs  shall  ordinarily  be  allowed  to  the  prevailing  party  as  a  matter 
of  course,  but  the  court  shall  have  power  for  special  reasons  to  adjudge  that  either 
party  shall  pay  the  costs  of  an  action,  or  that  the  same  be  divided  as  may  be  equitable; 
and  the  court  may,  for  sufficient  cause,  order  that  no  costs  be  taxed  against  either 
party  to  any  suit  or  special  proceedings.^" 

Article  IV:  Sections  63  ^'*  and  529  ^^  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Article  V:  This  Order  shall  take  effect  90  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm.  H.  Taft. 
The  White  House, 

Sept.  26,  1911. 

[No.  1414.] 

"«  p.  13,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure. 
"5  Ibid.,  pp.  15-16. 
"'  Ibid..  118. 

"'  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  9,  1920,  p.  263,  relating  to  costs  in  civil  cases  (which  repealed 
order  of  Aug.  14,  1914.  p.  196,  on  same  subject.     See  also  order  of  Dec.  30,  1921,  p.  293). 
"'  p.  16,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure 
"» Ibid..  118. 


120  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Amending  Section  10  of  Act  No.  9,  Entitled  "An  Act  to  Provide  Sanitary 
Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  for 
THE  Enforcement  Thereof",  Enacted  September  2,  1904. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  1.  Section  10  of  Act  No.  9,3°»  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  sanitary  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  for  the  enforcement 
thereof,  enacted  September  2,  1904,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows- 

Section  10.  Every  physician,  druggist,  school  teacher,  clergyman,  midwife,  nurse 
head  of  a  family,  or  other  person  in  attendance  on  or  in  charge  of  any  one  sick  or 
injured  having  knowledge  of  the  existence  in  any  district  of  the  Canal  Zone  of  any  ' 
ot  the  diseases  hereinafter  named,  shall  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  District 
Physician  or  District  Sanitary  Inspector.  The  diseases  required  to  be  so  reported  are  : 
measles,  small-pox, 

rubella  (rotheln),  chicken-pox  (varicella), 

scarlet  fever,  diphtheria  (croup), 

typhus  fever,  .  tuberculosis  (of  any  organ), 

relapsing  fever,  glanders, 

typhoid  fever,  epidemic  cerebrospinal  meningitis.-i 

malarial  fever,  leprosy  *      '    ! 

yellow  fever,  infectious  diseases  of  the  eye, 

Asiatic  cholera,  puerperal  septicaemia, 

plague,  erysipelas, 

tetanus,  whooping  cough, 

anthrax,  dysentery. 

Any  person  who  fails  to  make  due  report,  as  required  by  this  order,  of  any  of  the 
jtenT^'TK   11  k''""'^"  l^^'J'u^^  "If^"^^^  ^"^'^y  °f  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  con- 
JiTnnffJ^^ll^-  P""/'^^^  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $25.00,  or  by  imprisonment  in 
Sl^n  of  the  court.^"^^     ^^"'  °'  ^^  ^""'^  '"'^  *^"'  ^"^  imprisonment  in  the  dis- 
Article  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  (60)  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

The  White  House,  '^'^  "  '^^^ 

Oct.  14,  1911. 

[No.  1419.] 


To  Prohibit  the  Practice  of  Medicine,  Surgery,  Dentistry,  Pharmacy    or 
Midwifery  Without  a  License. 

thf  Ca^iaSe!!""^  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
Section  I.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  practice  or  attemot  to  orartirp 
medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy  or  midwifery  within  the  CanarZone   wkhout 
first  having  obtained  a  1  cense  therefor  from  the  Board  of  Health  ortheCanaTzone 

Do[la^rs"(S2Voor  tT'"^  '^""  ""'  P"^^^^^-^  ^^  ^  ^"^  "«'  exceeding  Twentyt^prve 
fi/i^,  Tt^'  A-^^  mprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  davs  or  bv 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  %omv\rovideT^^h^t  thl 
order  shall  not  app  y  to  commissioned  surgeons  of  the  UniteSes  Armv  and  Naw 

nt'sefaSgi^d^rth-e-^S^^^^^^^  ^-^^  ^^--^on,  nor  to 

how  ren^edies  emergency,  or  to  the  administering  of  ordinarf  house- 

Section  III.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  (60)  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

The  White  House         •  ^^^  ^  Taft 

Oct.  14,  1911. 
. [No.  1420.1 


'  L.  C.  Z.  78. 


puw|?el'^%°/:;!Sroftwl  rlAl\o{^^ti^lZf-  '''  '"'''  -PPlementing  above  order,  and 
'"SeeamendatoryE.xecutiveOrderofDec.26.19H  p  123. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       121 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  3,  1911,  amending  act  No.  14,  so  as  to  provide  no  charge  shall  be 
made  for  liunting  permits  issued  to  enlisted  men  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States. 

By  authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  it  is  ordered : 
That  Act  No.  14  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  by  authority  of  the 
President  under  date  of  September  3,  1904,  entitled  "An  Act  to  Establish  a  Penal 
Code  for  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,"  as  amended  by  the  Executive  Order 
issued  under  the  authority  of  the  President  by  thp  Secretary  of  War,  December  1, 
1909,3''3  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  that  Section  456  ^"-^  of  said  Penal 
Code  as  amended  in  said  Executive  Order,  shall  now  read  as  follows: 

"The  license  fees  for  permits  issued  by  the  Treasurer  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Title  shall  be  as  follows:  For  every  permit  issued  to  carry  a  firearm  abroad,  five 
dollars  ($5) ;  for  every  permit  authorizing  an  overseer  or  watchman  engaged  by  a 
private  employer,  ten  dollars  ($10),  for  each  watchman  or  overseer  so  authorized  to 
carry  a  firearm;  for  each  hunting  permit,  five  dollars  ($5);  provided 'that  no  charge 
shall  be  made  for  hunting  permits  issued  to  enlisted  men  of  the  land  or  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States  stationed  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  The  treasurer  shall  keep 
a  record  of  all  licenses  issued  by  him,  with  the  name  and  residence  of  the  persons  to 
whom  they  are  issued,  and  the  date  and  serial  number  thereof."'"'^ 

Henry  L.  Stimson, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C. 
November  3,  1911.  *      . 


Order  of  the  President,  Nov.  6,  1911,  providing  that  the  alumni  of  the  National  School  of  Engineering 
of  Mexico  may  be  employed  under  the  several  executive  departments  of  the  United  States  in  order 
to  observe  certain  public  works. 

Such  alumni  of  the  National  School  of  Engineering  of  Mexico  as  may  be  designated 
by  the  Mexican  Government  to  observe  certain  public  works  in  the  United  States  and 
Panama  may  be  employed  under  the  several  executive  departments  of  the  United 
States  in  connection  with  the  works  to  which  they  may  be  assigned. 

This  order  is  issued  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of  international  comity  to 
permit  the  action  desired  by  the  Mexican  Government.  As  the  matter  is  one  relating 
to  international  courtesy  rather  than  to  the  interests  of  the  executive  civil  service, 
the  Civil  Service  Commission  makes  no  recommendation,  regarding  the  wisdom  of 
the  proposed  waiver  as  a  matter  pertaining  to  the  Departments  concerned. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

November  6,  1911. 

[No.  1430.] 


To  Prevent  the  Unauthorized  Purchase  of   Supplies   and  Equipment  from 
Persons  in  the  Army  or  Navy.^"^ 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  purchase  or  receive  in  pledge  for  any  obli- 
gation or  indebtedness  from  any  soldier,  officer,  sailor,  or  other  person  called  into  or 
employed  in  the  military  or  naval  service,  any  arms,  equipment,  ammunition,  clothes, 
military  stores,  or  other  public  property,  whether  furnished  to  the  soldier,  officer, 
sailor,  or  person  under  a  clothing  allowance  or  otherwise,  such  soldier,  officer,  sailor, 
or  other  person  not  having  a  lawful  right  to  pledge  or  sell  the  same,  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  Five  Hundred  Dollars  and  imprisoned  in  jail  not  more  than  Two 

^"5  p.  95. 

i"L.  C.  Z.  169. 

^os  Repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  7,  1913,  p.  152,  which  in  turn  was  repealed  by  order  of 
Mar.  6.  1920,  p.  267. 

»■"  Seeactof  Congress  of  Julys,  1918  (T.&  A.  201),  providingfor  protection  of  the  uniform  of  friendly 
nations. 


122  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Years ;  and  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Circuit  wherein  such  supplies  or  equipment 
may  have  been  unlawfully  purchased  or  received  in  pledge  shall  have  jurisdiction 
of  the  offense. 

Section  2.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  Sixty  Days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  the  Canal  Record. ^o? 

VVm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

November  15,  1911. 

(No.   1433.] 


To  Amend  Sections  1  and  2,  of  Act  No.  2,  of  the  Canal  Zone  Laws,  Relating 
TO  Notaries  Public,  Enacted  August  17,  1904,  and  for  other  purposes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Article  1.  Section  1,  of  Act  No.  2,  entitled  "An  act  authorizing  the  appointme'Yit 
of  Notaries  Public,  defining  their  duties,  fixing  their  terms  of  office,  prescribing  their 
fees,  and  for  other  purposes,"  enacted  August  17,  1904,3°*  is  hereby  amended  soasto 
read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  appoint  and  commission  such  number  of  persons  to  the  office  of  Notary 
Public  as  the  public  good  requires,  to  hold  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  their 
appointment,  with  jurisdiction  co-extensive  with  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or 
throughout  the  Judicial  Circuit  in  which  the  person  appointed  Notary  Public  re- 
sides, in  the  discretion  of  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  and  to 
be  stated  by  him  in  the  certificate  of  appointment. 

Article  2.  Section  2  of  the  above  described  Act  No.  2  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  2.  The  appointment  of  a  Notary  Public  shall  be  in  writing,  signed  by  the 
Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  and  shall  be  substantially  in  the 
following  form: 

Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

This  is  to  certify  that  -  ,  of  the — 

Judicial  Circuit  of  the  Canal  Zone,    has  this  day  been  appointed  by  me   a 

Notary  I^ublic  with  jurisdiction  co-extensive  with  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone 
(or  with  jurisdiction  throughout  the  said  Judicial  Circuit,  as  the  case  may  be),  for 
the  term  of  three  years  from  this  date. 

Witness  my  official  signature  at  ,  Canal  Zone, 

this     day  of .  ,  A.  D.,  1911. 

Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

Article  3.  Any  and  all  appointments  of  Notaries  Public  heretofore  made  under 
said  Act  No.  2  with  jurisdiction  throughout  the  Canal  Zone  are  hereby  ratified  and 
confirmed,  and  all  of  the  acts  and  doings  of  such  Notaries  done  in  the  Canal  Zone 
outside  of  their  respective  Judicial  Circuits,  if  otherwise  legal,  are  hereby  validated. 

Thi.s  order  shall  not  be  construed  to  require  the  reappointment  of  the  existing 
Notaries  Public,  but  these  shall  continue  in  office  to  the  end  of  their  respective  terms 
as  though  this  order  had  not  been  established. 3<>9 

Artkle  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

November  18,  1911. 

(No.  1435.] 

»•'  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Nov.  29.  1911. 
»••  L.  C.  Z.  20. 

'••Sec.  7.  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  .\.  79).  authorized  the  Governor  to  appoint  all  notaries  public, 
prescribe  their  powers  and  duties,  their  official  seal,  and  fees  to  be  charged.  See  Governor's  Circular 
No.  /25  of  July  15,  1920,  establishing  rules  and  regulations  relative  to  notaries  public  in  and  for  the 
Canal  Zone. 


EXECUTR-E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  123 

To  Amend  Executive  Order  Prohibiting  the  Practice  of  Medicine,  Surgery, 
Dentistry,  Pharmacy,  or  Midwifery  Within  the  Canal  Zone  Without  a 
License. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone,  amending  the  Executive  Order  promulgated  on  October  14,  1911,^'* 
to  read  as  follows:  " 

"Section  I.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  practise  or  attempt  to  practise 
medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy  or  midwifery  3"  within  the  Canal  Zone 
without  first  having  obtained  a  license  therefor  from  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  Canal 
Zone.  Any  person  thus  offending  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  Twenty- 
Five  Dollars  ($25.00),  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  days,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court;  provided  that  this 
order  shall  not  apply  to  the  commissioned  surgeons  of  the  United  States  Army  and 
Navy,  or  Marine  Hospital  Service,  nor  to  Physicians,  surgeons,  dentists  or  pharma- 
cists and  their  assistants  and  nurses  employed  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission, 
nor  to  nurses  acting  under  the  orders  of  a  licensed  physician. 

Section  II.  Whoever,  not  having  registered  as  aforesaid,  shall  advertise  or  hold 
himself  out  to  the  public  as  a  physician  or  surgeon,  by  appending  to  his  name  the 
letters  "M.  D.,"  or  using  the  title  of  doctor,  meaning  thereby  a  doctor  of  medicine, 
or  shall  pretend  to  a  knowledge  of  medicine  or  surgery,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  Twenty  Five  Dollars  ($25.00),  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty 
(30)  days,  or  by  both  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  III.  Any  person  shall  be  regarded  as  practising  medicine  within  the  mean- 
ing of  this  order  who  shall  prescribe  for,  operate  on,  or  in  any  wise  attempt  to  heal, 
cure  or  alleviate,  or  who  shall  in  any  wise  treat  any  disease  or  any  physical  or  mental 
ailment  of  another;  provided  that  nothing  in  this  order  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit 
(a)  The  practise  of  the  religious  tenets  of  any  church  in  the  ministration  of  the  sick 
or  suffering  by  mental  or  spiritual  means  without  the  use  of  any  drug  or  material 
remedy,  whether  gratuituously  or  for  compensation,  provided  that  such  sanitary 
laws,  orders,  rules  and  regulations  as  now  are,  or  hereafter  may  be,  in  force  in  said 
Canal  Zone  are  complied  with;  or,  (b)  gratuitous  services  in  case  of  emergency;  or, 
(c)  the  administering  of  ordinary  household  remedies. 

Section  IV.  This  order  shall  take  effect  on  January  1,  1912." 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

December  26,  1911. 

[No.  1448.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  9,  1912,  providing  for  the  reinstatement  in  the  classified  service  of  Paul 

Brosig. 

Mr.  Paul  Brosig  may  be  reinstated  in  the  classified  service  as  a  draftsman  at  $1,800 
per  annum  for  duty  with  the  Fortification  Division  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion. Mr.  Brosig  had  seventeen  years  of  service  as  a  draftsman  in  the  Engineer 
Department  at  Large,  leaving  the  service  in  1905  as  a  result  of  illness  from  which  he 
has  entirely  recovered.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  best  qualified  fortification  drafts- 
men in  the  United  States  and  is  now  serving  under  temporary  appointment  as  a 
draftsman  in  connection  with  the  plans  for  fortification  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
since  July  5,  1911.  The  officer  in  charge  of  fortification  plans  states  that  unless  the 
services  of  Mr.  Brosig  may  be  continued  it  will  seriously  retard  and  delay  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  plans  and  the  Secretary  of  War  expresses  the  opinion  that  the  reinstate- 
ment of  Mr.  Brosig  is  required  in  the  interests  of  the  service.  In  view  of  these  facts 
the  Civil  Service  Commission  joins  with  the  Secretary  of  War  in  recommending  the 
reinstatement  of  Mr.  Brosig. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

January  9,  1912. 

[No.  1457.] 

"•p.  120. 

>'■  See  Ordinance  No.  3  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  Feb.  27,  1915,  relating  to  the  practice  of  midwifery, 
published  in  pamphlet  of  laws  relating  to  health  matters. 


124  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  12,  1912,  providing  for  taking  a  census  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  I  establish  the  following  order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Sec.  1.  A  census  of  the  Canal  Zone,  Isthmus  of  Panama,  shall  be  taken  by  the 
Department  of  Civil  Administration  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  not  later  than 
April  30,  1912,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  in  conformity  with  this  Order  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  Head  of  Department  of  Civil  Administration  with  the  approval 
of  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Sec.  2.  The  census  shall  embrace  inquiries  relating  to  population,^"  and  shall 
include  for  each  inhabitant  the  name,  location,  sex,  color,  age,  conjugal  condition, 
place  of  birth,  citizenship,  length  of  residence  in  Canal  Zone,  occupation,  whether  or 
not  an  employe,  and  if  an  employe  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  the  United  States  Government,  or  of  any  arm  or  branch  thereof, 
this  fact  to  be  shown,  together  with  metal  check  number  if  an  employe  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  school  attendance, 
literacy,  the  language  spoken,  whether  blind,  deaf  and  dumb,  insane,  or  imbecile, 
and  any  other  information  which,  under  the  rules  and  regulations  referred  to  in  Sec. 
1,  may  be  rc^iuired. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  enumerator  to  visit  personally  each  dwelling 
house  in  his  subdivision,  and  each  family  therein,  and  each  individual  living  out  of  a 
family  in  any  place  of  abode,  and  by  inquiry  made  of  the  head  of  each  family,  or  of  the 
member  thereof  deemed  most  competent  and  trustworthy,  or  of  such  individual  living 
out  of  a  family,  to  obtain  each  and  every  item  of  information  and  all  particulars 
required  by  this  Order;  and  in  case  no  person  shall  be  found  at  the  usual  place  of 
abode  of  such  family,  or  individual  living  out  of  a  family,  competent  to  answer  the 
inquiries  made  in  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  this  Order,  then  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  the  enumerator  to  obtain  the  required  information  as  nearly  as  may  be 
practicable  from  families  or  persons  living  in  the  neighborhood  of  such  place  or  abode. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  also  of  each  enumerator  to  forward  the  original  schedules,  prop- 
erly filled  out  and  duly  certified,  to  the  supervisor  or  other  chief  census  officer 
of  his  district  as  his  returns  under  the  provisions  of  this  Order;  and  in  the  event  of 
discrepancies  or  deficiencies  being  discovered  in  these  schedules  he  shall  use  all  dili- 
gence in  correcting  or  supplying  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  The  compensation  of  enumerators  and  other  persons  engaged  in  taking  the 
census  shall  be  fi.\t  by  the  Head  of  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Sec.  5.  Every  supervisor,  supervisor's  clerk,  enumerator,  interpreter,  special 
agent,  or  other  employe  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  an  oath  or  affirmation  to  faithfully 
execute  the  duties  imposed  by  his  employment. 

Sec.  6.  Any  supervisor,  supervisor's  clerk,  enumerator,  interpreter,  special  agent, 
or  other  employe,  who,  having  taken  and  subscribed  to  the  oath  of  office  required  by 
this  Order,  shall,  without  justifiable  cause,  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  the  duties 
enjoined  on  him  by  this  Order,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars;  or  if  he  shall, 
without  the  authority  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  census,  publish  or  communicate 
any  information  coming  into  his  possession  by  reason  of  his  employment  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Order,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  upon  conviction 
thereof  be  fined  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  not  to  exceed  two 
years,  or  both  so  fined  and  imprisoned,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court;  or  if  he  shall 
wilfully  and  knowingly  swear  to  or  affirm  falsely,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  perjury, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  five  years  and  be  fined 
not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars;  or  if  he  shall  wilfully  and  knowingly  make  a 
false  certificate  or  a  fictitious  return,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  of  either  of  the  last-named  offenses  he  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  two 
thousand  dollars  and  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  five  years;  or  if  any  person  who  is 
or  has  been  an  enumerator  shall  knowingly  or  wilfully  furnish,  or  cause  to  be  fur- 
nished, directly  or  indirectly,  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  census,  or  to  any  super- 
risor  of  the  census,  any  false  statement  or  false  information  with  reference  to  any 
inquiry  for  which  he  was  authorized  and  required  to  collect  information,  he  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding 
two  thousand  dollars  and  be  imprisoned  not  exceeding  five  years. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  over  twenty-one  years  of  age  when 
requested  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  census,  or  by  any  supervisor,  or  enumerator 
acting  under  the  instructions  of  the  said  officer  in  charge  of  the  census,  to  answer 

"•The  population  of  the  Canal  Zone  as  taken  Feb.  1.  1912,  was  found  to  be  61,279.  See  notes  under 
act  of  Mar.  3,  1919  (T.  &  A.  210),  relating  to  census  of  1920. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  125 

correctly,  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge,  all  questions  on  the  census  schedules  apply- 
ing to  themselves  and  to  the  family  to  which  they  belong  or  are  related,  and  any  person 
over  twenty-one  years  of  age  who,  under  the  conditions  hereinbefore  stated,  shall 
refuse  or  wilfully  neglect  to  answer  any  of  these  questions,  or  shall  wilfully  give 
answers  that  are  false,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner,  proprietor,  manager,  superintendent,  or 
agent  of  a  hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  tenement,  or  other 
building,  when  requested  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  census,  or  by  any  supervisof, 
or  enumerator,  acting  under  the  instructions  of  the  said  officer  in  charge  of  the  census, 
to  furnish  the  names  of  the  occupants  of  said  hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding  or 
lodging  house,  tenement,  or  other  building,  and  to  give  thereto  free  ingress  and 
egress  to  any  duly  accredited  supervisor  or  enumerator,  so  as  to  permit  of  the  col- 
lection of  statistics  for  census  purposes,  including  the  proper  and  correct  enumeration 
of  all  persons  having  their  usual  place  of  abode  in  said  hotel,  apartment  house, 
boarding  or  lodging  house,  tenement,  or  other  building;  and  any  owner,  proprietor, 
manager,  superintendent,  or  agent  of  a  hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding  or  lodging 
house,  tenement,  or  other  building  who  shall  refuse  or  wilfully  neglect  to  give  such 
information  or  assistance  under  the  conditions  hereinbefore  stated  shall  be  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  8.  The  circuit  courts  of  the  respective  circuits  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  the 
offenses  herein  enumerated. 

Sec.  9.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  on  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

Jamiary  12,  1912. 

[No.  1463.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Jan.  24,  1912,  authorizing  reinstatement  of  Pembrook  B.  Banton. 

Mr.  Pembrook  B.  Banton  may  be  reinstated  as  a  clerk  at  $900  per  annum  in  the 
service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  when  he  shall  have  demonstrated  his  fit- 
ness by  passing  an  examination  deemed  appropriate  by  the  Civil  Service  Commission; 
and  he  may  be  subsequently  transferred  to  any  position  for  which  he  is  qualified  and 
for  the  performance  of  whose  duties  he  is  not  incapacitated  by  physical  disability. 
Mr.  Banton  on  April  17,  1906,  had  his  back  broken  in  the  service  and  line  of  duty 
as  a  yardmaster  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  Service. ^'^  In  view  of  the  facts  the  Civil 
Service  Commission  recommends  his  reinstatement  by  Executive  order  at  the  request 
of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

January  24,  1912. 

[No.  1466.] 


[Panama-Pacific   International  Exposition.] 

By  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,' 

A  PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas,  in  conformity  with  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  the  Joint  Resolu- 
tion of  Congress  approved  February  15,  1911,  "Authorizing  the  President  to  invite 
foreign  countries  to  participate  in  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  at  San  Francisco,  California,"  satisfactory  proof  has 
been  presented  to  me  that  a  suitable  site  has  been  selected  for  the  said  Exposition 
and  that  the  sum  of  not  less  than  fifteen  million  dollars  will  be  available  to  enable  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  Company,  a  corporation  organized  and 
existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  for  the  purpose  of 
inaugurating,  carrying  forward,  and  holding  an  exposition  at  the  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  to  celebrate  the  com- 
pletion and  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal; 

i'>  Act  of  Congress  of  May  27,  1908  (T.  &  A.  47),  provided  $10,000  as  compensation  for  injuries. 


126  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Now,  Therefore,  I    William  Howard  Taft,  President  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  said  Joint  Resolution,  do  hereby 
declare  and  proclaim  that  such  International  Exposition  will  be  opened    n  the  vea^ 
nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  in  the  City  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  CaSa 
And,  in  the  name  ol  the  Government  and  of  the  people  of  the  United  S  ates  of 
America    I  do  hereby  invite  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  to  take  part  in  the  com 
memoration  of  an  event  of  great  interest  and  importance  to  the  world  by  appoiSe 
representatives  to  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  and  sendingXret? 
sOch  exhibits  as  will  most  fit  y  and  fully  illustrate  their  resources,  their  hfdus?rTe. 
and  their  progress  in  civilization.  ifuubiries, 

VnLJtZTIoZ^lmtl  '^^"^  '"'""'°  "'  "^  '^"^  ^"^  ^^"-^  ^he  seal  of  the 
Done  at  the  City  of  Washington  this  second  day  of  February,   in  the  year  of  our 
Lonl  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States  of  America  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-sixth 


SEAL 


By  the  President:  ^'^  "  Taft 

P.  C.  Knox, 


Secretary  of  State. 


[No.  1178.] 


ORDERS  AMENDATORY  THERETO  "  ~^  °"^  ^"^  '^*''*^  ^°^^  '"^^^S,  AN-D  THE  EXECUTIVE 

OrfcoJThe  Can^rZone!'' '"'"'''  '"  "^'  '  '''"'''^  ^^^^^^''^^  ''^^  f°""--g  Executive 

Section-  1    Whenever  an  employee  in  the  service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com 
mission,  or  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  of  the  Panama  R^   road  CompaT" 
shall  die    leaving  an  estate  m  the  said  Zone,  or  whenever  such  decedent    Se^a 
citizen  of  the  Uinted  States,  leaves  an  estate  in  the  Canal  Zone,  or  in  the  Republic  o? 

valueTie  s'um  of"s l^OOO^O^If.  '""T"'  of  personal  property  only,  not  exceSg  in 
vaiut  the  sum  ot  .^1, 000.00, 3m  and  a  regular  administration  shall  not  have  been  in 
stituted  in  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  the  Collector  of  Revenues^'s  for  the  Cana 
Zone  IS  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  take  possession  of  the  estate  of  the  said 
deceased  person  and  to  make  a  complete  inventory  thereof  and  present  the  same  to  the 
tZ      -Y-  S"'""'^V""'''  of  the  First  Judicial  Circuit  of  the  Cana   Zone  t^be  fi kd 

VrrrmK  ^    ^^^  "r   if  '^^"^'^.'^^  ^'^  ^^^'^  when  approved  by  him.  '  '"^ 

SECTION  2  The  Collector  of  Revenues,  with  the  approval  of  the  Tudee  of  the  Cir 
cu,t  Court  of  the  First  Judicial  Circuit,  out  of  the  assets  of  the  estate  may  pay  the 
buna  expenses  of  the  said  deceased  person  and  all  expenses  necessaHCinr.frrpH  in 
securing  possession  of  the  estate  and  li  administering  thrsameuntHs  turned  over 
to  the  heirs  or  other  parties  entitled  thereto,  and  he  may  also  pay  the  exoenses  of  the 
transportation  of  the  remains  of  the  decedent  to  the  United  States,  if  he^s  an  AmeH 
can  Citizen  and  such  transportation  is  desired  by  the  surviving  relatives  HeXl 
also  pay  the  lawful  debts  of  the  deceased,  with  the  approva  ?f  t£  Srcuit  Tud^e 

Section  3.  In  case  the  deceased  shall  have  to  his  crSit  with  thflstSn  Canai 
Commission,  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  Panam^  R-fnrllTr 

'•'  .^mended  by  sec.  1,  Executive  Order  of  Mnr   on   101  j   „    m    u  '• — T 

in  value  the  sum  of  Sl.OOO  00  ■•  ^"'  ^'*^'  P"  '^'-  ^^  omitting  words  "not  exceeding 

^^^SS^^>^^^]^[J^X^^^S^J^  of  the  Executive  Department,  ma.es 


EXECUTWE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  127 

Section  5.  If  the  deceased  employee  is  an  alien  and  has  no  heirs  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
the  Collector  of  Revenues  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  deliver  the  residue  of 
the  decedent's  estate  to  the  diplomatic  or  consular  representative  of  the  country  of 
which  the  decedent  was  a  citizen  or  subject  accredited  to  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
to  be  delivered  by  such  representative  to  the  heirs  of  the  decedent;  if  the  deceased  is 
a  citizen  of  Panama,  the  residue  of  the  estate  may  be  delivered  to  his  heirs  in  Panama, 
or  to  the  authorities  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Panamanian  laws  or  decrees. 
Section  6.  After  the  estate  has  been  fully  administered  by  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  and  the  residue  thereof  has  been  turned  over  to  the  parties  entitled  to  the 
same  according  to  this  Order,  the  -Collector  of  Revenues  shall  file  a  final  report  of  his 
acts  and  doings  in  the  estate  with  the  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  accompany 
said  report  with  the  proper  vouchers  and  other  supporting  papers,  showing  the  re- 
ceipts and  disbursements  made  by  him  in  administering  the  estate,  and  the  Circuit 
Judge  shall  examine  said  report,  and  if  he  finds  it  correct,  he  shall  approve  the  same 
and  discharge  the  Collector  of  Revenues  as  such  administrator. 

Section  7.  If  the  decedent  should  leave  a  widow,  or  minor  children,  or  dependent 
relative,  in  necessitous  circumstances  to  be  determined  by  the  Circuit  Judge,  the 
residue  of  the  estate  of  the  decedent,  after  all  of  the  funeral  expenses,  the  expenses  of 
transportation  of  the  remains  of  the  deceased  to  the  United  States,  if  the  remains  are 
transported,  and  the  other  expenses  incident  to  the  administration  of  the  estate  are 
fully  paid,  shall  be  delivered  to  said  widow,  or  minor  children,  or  dependent  relative, 
as  the  case  may  be,  for  their  maintenance  and  support;  and,  except  as  in  this  section 
otherwise  provided,  the  claims  of  the  widow,  minor  children,  or  dependent  relative 
of  the  deceased  for  this  allowance  shall  be  superior  to  the  claims  of  the  creditors  of  the 
deceased,  Provided,  that  such  preference  in  favor  of  the  widow,  minor  children,  or 
dependent  relative  shall  not  exceed  $500.00. 

Section  8.  If  an  employee  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  should  be  adjudged  insane  by  the 
Canal  Zone  Courts  and  have  an  estate  not  exceeding  $1,000.00  in  value  ^'^  and  con- 
sisting entirely  of  personal  property,  and  no  regular  guardianship  of  such  estate  shall 
have  been  instituted  in  the  Canal  Zone  Courts,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  of 
Revenues  to  take  possession  of  the  estate  of  such  insane  person,  including  any  salary 
or  other  acknowledged  claim  due  to  such  employee  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, the  Canal  Zone  Government,  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  and  make  a 
complete  inventory  thereof  and  file  the  same  with  the  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of 
the  First  Judicial  Circuit  of  the  Canal  Zone;  and  under  the  direction  and  with  the 
approval  of  the  Judge  of  the  said  Court,  the  Collector  of  Revenues  may  pay  the  law- 
ful indebtedness  due  by  the  insane  person,  as  well  as  the  expenses  incurred  in  ad- 
ministering said  estate,  and  he  shall  hold  the  residue  of  the  estate  subject  to  the 
orders  of  the  Circuit  Judge. 

If  the  insane  person  has  a  wife,  minor  child  or  children,  or  dependent  relative,  in 
necessitous  circumstances,  to  be  determined  by  the  Circuit  Judge,  the  court  shall 
set  aside  a  sufficient  sum  out  of  the  said  estate  for  their  maintenance  and  support, 
not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  $500.00  in  the  aggregate,  to  be  paid  in  such  manner  and  at 
such  times  as  the  Circuit  Judge  may  prescribe,  and  which  allowance  shall  be  superior 
to  all  other  claims  against  the  estate;  and  the  order  of  the  Judge  shall  be  sufficient 
authority  for  the  Collector  of  Revenues  to  make  such  payment,  taking  proper 
receipts  therefor. 

In  case  the  insane  person  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  has  no  wife,  child  or 
children,  or  dependent  relative,  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  retain  possession  of  the 
residue  of  said  estate,  after  the  debts  and  other  charges  have  been  paid  as  above 
mentioned,  and  hold  same  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  court. 

If  the  insane  person  is  a  Panamanian  and  has  no  wife,  child  or  children,  or  dependent 
relative,  the  residue  of  the  estate,  with  the  approval  of  the  Circuit  Judge,  may  be 
delivered  by  the  Collector  of  Revenues  to  the  authorities  designated  for  that  purpose 
by  the  Panamanian  laws  or  decrees. 

If  the  insane  person  is  an  alien,  other  than  a  Panamanian,  and  has  no  wife,  child  or 
children,  or  dependent  relative,  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  with  the  approval  of  the 
Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court,  shall  pay  over  the  residue  of  the  said  estate  to  the  diplo- 
matic or  consular  representative  of  the  country  to  which  the  insane  person  belongs 
accredited  to  the  Republic  of  Panama,  to  be  disposed  of  by  him  in  accordance  with 
the  laws  of  his  country. 

Section  9.  When  the  estate  of  the  insane  person  is  finally  administered  and  the 
moneys  paid  over  to  the  person  or  persons  entitled  to  receive  same  as  herein  provided 

J"' Par.  1,  sec.  8,  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  20,  1913,  p.  141,  by  omitting  words  limiting 
value  of  estate. 


128       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

for,  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  make  his  final  report  on  said  estate  to  the  Judge 
of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  the  Court  shall  approve  the  same,  if  found  to  be  correct, 
and  discharge  the  Collector  of  Revenues  from  such  guardianship. 

Section  10.  When  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  have  performed  his  duties  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Order  and  shall  have  delivered  the  estate  or 
paid  over  the  sums  due  from  the  funds  of  said  estate  to  the  person  or  persons  entitled 
thereto  in  accordance  with  the  orders  of  the  court,  such  settlement  of  the  estate  shall 
be  deemed  a  lawful  settlement  thereof,  and  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  not  be 
accountable  on  his  bond  and  shall  not  be  liable  to  any  other  person  for  the  estate  so 
administered  by  him;  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  Order  shall  prohibit  the  lawful 
heirs  or  claimants  of  any  person  whose  estate  has  been  settled  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Order  from  bringing  suit  in  any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the 
subject-matter  and  of  the  parties  to  the  action  against  the  person  or  persons  who 
received  the  estate  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  from  recovering  the 
same  or  the  value  thereof  from  such  person  or  persons  upon  proof  that  the  estate  has 
been  delivered  to  the  persons  not  entitled  to  receive  and  retain  same. 

Section  11.  This  Order  shall  apply  to  the  estate  of  persons  who  died  or  became 
insane  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  Order,  as  well  as  to  those  who  die  or  become 
insane  after  the  date  of  its  promulgation. 

Section  12.  If  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  deem  it  to  the  best  interest  of  the 
estate  of  the  deceased  or  insane  person  to  convert  any  part  or  all  of  the  property  of  the 
estate  into  cash,  he  may  dispose  of  the  same  by  public  or  private  sale,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Circuit  Judge. 

Section  13.  The  proceedings  to  be  had  before  the  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  as 
herein  provided  for  may  be  conducted  without  the  necessity  of  any  prior  notice  being 
given  of  the  same,  either  by  publication  or  otherwise;  and  the  judge  may  proceed  in 
such  cases  in  open  court  or  in  chambers,  and  shall  give  precedence  to  such  matters 
over  all  other  business  pending  before  him,  in  order  that  the  estates  may  be  ad- 
ministered and  closed  as  expeditiously  as  the  rights  of  all  parties  concerned  may  per- 
mit. No  court  costs  of  any  kind  shall  be  taxed  against  estates  administered  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Order. 

Section  14.  The  official  bond  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues  shall  be  security  for  the 
moneys  and  properties  received  by  him  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  prescribed 
for  him  by  this  Order. 

Section  15.  Act  24,3"  of  the  Canal  Zone  Laws,  entitled: 

"An  Act  providing  for  an  inexpensive  method  of  Administration  upon  the  Estates 
of  Employees  of  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  who  die  in  the  Canal  Zone,  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  leaving  estates  of  small  value  upon  which  regular  administration 
is  deemed  inadvisable." 

enacted  March  1,  1905,  and  Executive  Order  dated  June  22,  1907,3''  eflfective  July 
1,  1907,  and  Executive  Order  dated  July  21,  1909,3'»  respectively,  amendatory  of  said 
Act  24,  and  all  laws  in  conflict  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  16.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  30  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

February  5,  1912. 

[No.  1468.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  28,  1912,  prescribing  maximum  speed  for  motor  vehicles  and  establishing 
rules  of  the  road  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  No  automobile,  motor  cycle,  or  bicycle  shall  be  driven  or  operated  over 
the  roads  or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone  at  a  speed  exceeding  fifteen  (15)  miles  an  hour 
on  straight  roads,  or  at  a  speed  exceeding  eight  (8)  miles  an  hour  when  approaching 
or  traversing  curves,  forks,  or  crossroads,  or  when  traveling  over  the  streets  of  any 

»"  L.  C.  Z.  254. 
>'»  p.  66. 
>"p.  89. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  129 

city,  town,  or  village  of  the  Canal  Zone.  The  owner  of  an  automobile,  if  within  the 
car,  shall  be  held  responsible  for  its  speed ;  in  the  absence  of  the  owner,  the  person 
actually  driving  the  automobile  shall  be  held  responsible.  The  person  operating  a 
motor  cycle  or  bicycle  shall  be  held  responsible  for  its  speed.^^" 

Section  2.  In  the  operation  or  employment  of  automobiles,  motor  cycles,  bicycles, 
carriages,  wagons,  and  other  vehicles  over  Canal  Zone  roads  or  streets,  the  following 
rules  shall  be  observed,  viz:  All  such  vehicles,  in  meeting  and  passing  other  vehicles, 
or  in  being  overtaken  and  passed  by  other  vehicles,  shall  keep  to  the  left  of  the  road; 
and  in  overtaking  and  passing  other  vehicles  they  shall  keep  to  the  right.  The  owner 
of  an  automobile  or  other  vehicle,  if  riding  therein,  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the 
driving  or  operation  thereof,  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  this  section;  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  owner,  the  person  driving  or  operating  such  vehicle  shall  be  held  responsi- 
ble. In  the  case  of  any  motor  cycle  or  bicycle,  the  person  operating  same  shall  be 
held  responsible. 

Section  3.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  order  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00),  United  States  currency,  or  by 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  4.  The  Executive  Order  of  February  27,  1908,^^'  relative  to  the  speed  of 
automobiles  on  Canal  Zone  roads  is  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  this  date.^" 

VVm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

February  28,  1912. 

[No.  1489.] 


To  prevent  trespassing  upon  reservations.'" 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Every  person  who  shall  go  into  or  upon  any  reservation  or  other  place 
belonging  to  or  under  the  control  of  the  United  States  of  America,  the  Canal  Zone 
Government,  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  after  such  reservation  or  place  has 
been  posted  as  hereinafter  prescribed  in  this  Order,  and  without  the  permission  of  the 
person  in  charge  of  such  reservation  or  place,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  trespassing; 
and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  $25.00,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  jail  not  to  exceed  30  days  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court. 

Section  2.  The  posting  required  by  this  Order  shall  consist  of  printed  or  painted 
signs,  conspicuously  placed,  by  the  authority  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission, 
at  or  near  the  reservation  or  place  from  which  the  public  are  to  be  excluded,  and  shall 
in  plain  and  simple  words  warn  all  persons  against  trespassing  upon  the  reservation 
or  place. 

Section  3.  Every  person  who  wilfully  injures,  destroys,  or  removes  any  sign 
placed  or  erected  under  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
to  exceed  $100.00,  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  3  months,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  4.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  60  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

April  17,  1912. 

[No.  1519.] 

"•  Sec.  1,  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  S,  1916,  p.  216. 

»"p.  78. 

>"  This  order  in  turn  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  April  14,  1921,  p.  283. 

"»  See  also  sec.  426  of  the  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  163)  relating  to  trespassing,  and  Executive  Order  of 
Sept.  8,  1911,  p.  118,  prohibiting  the  placing  of  signs  on  lands  and  property  of  the  United  States  and 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company.    See  also  circular  No.  649  relating  to  visitors  to  defense  reservations. 

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130  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President,  May  21.  1912,  amending  order  of  May  13,  191 1.  relative  to  distillation  tax  and 
prohibiting  operation  of  stills  after  January  1,  1913. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  the  Executive  Order  of  May  13,  1911, 
providing  for  the  collection  of  a  distillation  tax  in  the  Canal  Zone,^'''  is  amended  as 
follows: 

1.  The  output  of  each  still  may  be  measured  by  any  method  approved  by  the 
Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  if  in  his  opinion  measurement  by 
meter,  as  provided  in  section  3  of  said  Executive  Order,  is  not  satisfactory. 

2.  On  and  after  January  1,  1913,  the  right  to  operate  any  still  within  the  Canal 
Zone  shall  cease  and  determine,  and  any  person  who  shall,  on  or  after  that  date, 
manufacture  or  distill  any  of  the  spirits  or  alcoholic  liquors  enumerated  in  the 
Executive  Order  of  May  13,  1911,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  upon  convic- 
ti>n,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  One  Thousand  Dollars  (81,000.00) 
or  by  imprisonment  in  the  District  Jail  for  a  term  not  exceeding  twelve  (12)  months^ 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  within  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

May  21,  1912. 

[No.  1532.] 


Order  of  the  President,  June  19,  1912.  waiving  provisions  of  Eight-hour  Contract  Act  of  June  19,  1912, 
as  to  Canal  contracts  until  January  1,  1915.3^5 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  me  by  Section  2  of  the  act  entitled 
"An  Act  limiting  the  hours  of  daily  service  of  laborers  and  mechanics  employed 
upon  work  done  for  the  United  States,  or  for  any  Territory,  or  for  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  June  19,  1912,  the  provisions  and 
stipulations  in  said  act  are  hereby  waived,  until  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
fifteen,  as  to  any  contract  or  contracts  entered  into  in  connection  with  the  con- 
struction of  the  Isthmian  Canal. 

VVm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

June  19,  1912. 

[No.  1547.] 


Consolidating  the  Administrative  District  of  Gorgona  with  that  of  Empire,  and  for  other  purposes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Administrative  District  of  Emperador  shall  be  known  hereafter  as 
the  Administrative  District  of  Empire,  and  the  town  of  Empire  shall  be  the  head  of  the 
District. 

Section  2.  The  Administrative  District  of  Gorgona  is  hereby  abolished,  and  the 
territory  heretofore  embraced  in  said  District  is  incorporated  into  the  Administra- 
tive District  of  Empire  for  all  judicial,  administrative  and  political  purposes.^'* 

Section  3.  The  District  Court  of  Gorgona  is  hereby  abolished,  and  all  cases,  civil 
or  criminal,  pending  in  said  Court,  at  the  time  this  order  takes  effect  are  transferred 
to  the  District  Court  of  Empire,  to  be  tried  and  disposed  of  in  said  court  in  like  man- 
ner and  form  as  if  they  had  been  originally  instituted  therein,  without  prejudice  to- 
any  rulings  or  orders  that  may  have  been  previously  made  in  said  cases  by  the 
District  Court  of  Gorgona;  and  all  process  issued  in  said  cases  made  returnable  to 
the  District  Court  of  Gorgona  shall  be  returnable  to  the  District  Court  of  Empire, 
and  the  records  and  files  of  the  District  Court  of  Gorgona  shall  be  transferred  to  and 
become  a  part  of  the  records  and  files  of  the  District  Court  of  Empire  as  soon  as  this 
order  takes  effect. 

"<  p.  112.    See  notes  thereunder. 

I'sT.  &  A.  67. 

"«  See  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13.  1907,  p.  60,  establishing  administrative  districts.  The  three 
remainirg  administrative  districts  of  Ancon,  Empire,  and  Cristobal  went  out  of  existence  as  of  Apr.  1, 
1914,  when  the  new  subdivisions  of  the  Canal  Zone  were  established  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  12, 
1914,  p.  163. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  131 

Section  4.  If  at  any  time  it  is  impracticable  to  assign  a  District  Judge  of  one  dis- 
trict to  hold  the  court  of  another  District  Judge,  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil 
Administration,  with  the  approval  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, shall  appoint  some  competent  person  to  act  as  a  special  judge  to  hold  such 
court  until  the  regular  judge  thereof  returns  to  his  duties,  or  one  of  the  District  Judges 
is  assigned  to  such  court  under  the  existing  laws.  Any  person  appointed  special  judge 
hereunder,  while,  serving  in  that  capacity  shall  receive  compensation  for  his  services 
at  the  same  rate  as  that  paid  to  the  regular  district  judge. 

Section  5.  The  powers  and  duties  heretofore  vested  in  and  imposed  on  the  admin- 
istrative officers  of  the  District  of  Gorgona  are  hereby  transferred  to  the  corresponding 
administrative  officials  respectively  in  the  District  of  Empire;  together  with  the 
records  and  files  belonging  to  such  officers. 

Section  6.  The  areas  of  Gatun  Lake  lying  outside  of  the  east  and  west  lines  of  the 
Canal  Zone  proper  (original  ten  mile  strip)  and  the  lands  adjacent  to  said  areas  up  to 
contour  lines  of  one  hundred  feet  above  mean  sea  level,  are  hereby  included  in  the 
present  Cristobal  Administrative  District,  and  in  the  Third  Judicial  Circuit  for  all 
judicial,  administrative  and  political  purposes;  except,  that  part  of  the  Chagres  and 
its  confluences  from  the  point  where  the  said  river  intersects  the  eastern  line  of  the 
Canal  Zone  proper,  thence  to  the  eastward  up  to  contour  lines  of  one  hundred  feet 
above  mean  sea  level,  which  shall  be  included  in  the  Administrative  District  of  Empire 
and  in  the  Second  Judicial  Circuit  for  such  purposes. 

Section  7.  All  laws  and  orders  or  parts  thereof  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Section  8.  This  order  shall  take  effect  ten  days  from  and  after  this  date;  provided, 
that  the  office  of  senior  District  Judge  in  accordance  with  the  preexisting  laws  shall 
continue  until  December  31,  1912,^1  which  date  the  said  office  shall  cease  to  exist, — 
and  provided  further,  that  nothing  in  this  order  shall  be  construed  to  deprive  any 
judicial  or  administrative  officer  of  the  District  of  Gorgona  as  now  formed,  of  leave 
of  absence  with  pay  that  may  be  due  him  when  this  order  takes  effect. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

September  12th,  1912. 

[No.  1605.] 


[Panama  Canal  toll  rates] 

By  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

A  PROCLAMATION.  ^ 

I,  William  Howard  Taft,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  by  virtue 
of  the  power  and  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August 
twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance, 
protection  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,^^?  do  hereby  prescribe  and  proclaim  the  following  rates  of  toll  to  be 
paid  by  vessels  using  the  Panama  Canal: 

1.  On  merchant  vessels  carrying  passengers  or  cargo  one  dollar  and  twenty  cents 
($1.20)  per  net  vessel  ton— each  one  hundred  (100)  cubic  feet — of  actual  earning 
capacity. 

2.  On  vessels  in  ballast  without  passengers  or  cargo  forty  (40)  per  cent  less  than  the 
rate  of  tolls  for  vessels  with  passengers  or  cargo. 

3.  Upon  naval  vessels,  other  than  transports,  colliers,  hospital  ships  and  supply 
ships,  f  Jty  (50)  cents  per  displacement  ton. 

4.  Upon  army  and  navy  transports,  colliers,  hospital  ships  and  supply  ships  one 
dollar  and  twenty  cents  ($1.20;  per  net  ton,  the  vessels  to  be  measured  by  the  same 
rules  as  are  employed  in  determining  the  net  tonnage  of  merchant  vessels. 

The  Secretary  of  War  will  prepare  and  prescribe  such  rules  for  the  measurement 
of  vessels  ^^^  and  such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  this 
proclamation  into  full  force  and  effect. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
States  to  be  affixed. 

>"  T.  &  A.  79.    See  notes  thereunder. 

»*  Prescribed  by  h-xecutive  Oruer  of  Nov.  21,  1913,  p.  154. 


132  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Done  at  the  City  of  Washington  this  thirteenth  day  of  November  in  the  year 

of  our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve  and  of  the  inde- 

[sealJ      pendence  of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-seventh. 

VVm  H  Taft 
By  the  President: 
P.  C.  Knox, 

Secretary  of  State. 

[No.  1225.] 

Order  of  the  President,  Dec.  5,  1912,  declaring  all  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone  necessary  for  Canal  purpose*  _ 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection  and  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  24, 
1912,329  I  hereby  declare  that  all  land  and  land  under  water  within  the  limits  of  the 
Canal  Zone  are  necessary  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation,  protection 
and  sanitation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission is  hereby  directed  to  take  possession,  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  of  all  such 
land  and  land  under  water;  and  he  may  extinguish,  by  agreement  when  practicable, 
all  claims  and  titles  of  adverse  claimants  to  the  occupancy  of  said  land  and  land  under 
water.*^" 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

December  5th,  1912. 


To  amend  the  Executive  Order  providing  for  the  inspection  of  steam  vessels,  approved  July  21,  1911 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Section  10  of  the  Executive  Order  entitled  "Executive  Order  Providing 
for  the  Inspection  of  Steam  Vessels,"  approved  July  21,  1911,"'  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows: 

Section  10.  Before  issuing  an  inspection  certificate  to  any  vessel,  the  Collector 
of  Revenues  shall  demand  and  receive  from  the  owner  or  master  of  such  vessel  the 
following  compensation  for  inspection  and  examination  made  for  the  year,  in  addition 
to  any  fees  fcfr  issuing  enrollments  and  licenses  now,  or  which  may  hereafter  be, 
allowed  by  law: 

*'  For  each  steam  vessel  under  15  gross  tons $5.00 

For  each  steam  vessel  over  15  gross  tons  and  not  exceeding 

100  gross  tons 10.00 

For  each  and  every  gross  ton  in  excess  of  100  gross  tons .05 

The  fees  herein  provided  for  shall  cover  the  cost  of  the  certificate,  as  well  as  the  cost 
of  inspection  and  examination  of  the  vessel,  and  shall  be  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the 
Canal  Zone  Government. 

Section  2.  Section  18  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  18.  Every  vessel  coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  such  number  of  lifeboats,  floats,  rafts,  life-preservers,  line  carrying  pro- 
jectiles and  best  means  of  propelling  them,  lights,  drags,  anchors,  and  with  such  other 
equipment,  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  will  best  procure  the 
safety  of  all  persons  on  board  such  vessels  in  case  of  disaster.  And  every  such  vessel 
shall  have  the  lifeboats  required  by  this  Order  provided  with  suitable  boat  disen- 
gaging apparatus,  so  arranged  as  to  allow  such  boats  to  be  safely  launched  while  such 
vessels  are  under  speed,  or  otherwise,  so  as  to  allow  such  disengaging  apparatus  to  be 
operated  by  one  person,  disengaging  both  ends  of  the  boat  simultaneously  from  the 
tackle  by  which  it  may  be  lowered  to  the  water;   and  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors 

J"»T.&A.  75. 

"•  Las  Sabanas  area  excepted  from  provisions  of  this  order  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  18,  1913,  p. 
133.  and  that  area  was  transferred  to  the  Republic  of  Panama  by  the  Boundary  Convention  of  1914 
(T.  &A.  25).  By  Act  of  Congress  of  June  5,  1920  (T.  &  A.  229)  a  certain  tract  of  land  in  Cristobal, 
C.  Z.,  was  withdrawn  from  the  operation  and  effect  of  above  order. 

»'  p.  113  hereof.    See  notes  thereunder.  f 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  133 

shall  determine  the  kind  of  lifeboats,  floats,  rafts,  life-preservers,  line  carrying  pro- 
jectiles and  means  of  propelling  the  same,  lights,  drags,  anchors,  and  other  equip- 
ment which  are  to  be  used  on  the  vessel;  and  also  the  kind  and  capacity  of  the 
pumps  for  freeing  the  vessel  from  water  in  case  of  heavy  leakage,  the  capacity  of  such 
pumps  being  suited  to  the  navigation  in  which  the  vessel  is  employed. 
Section  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  this  date. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

January  13,  1913.- 

■    [No.  1680.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  24,  1913,  fixing  contpensation  of  L.  S.  Rowe  and  R.  P.  Falknef. 
American  members  of  Joint  Land  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  L.  S.  Rowe  and  Roland  P.  Falkner,  who  have  been  appointed  members  of  the 
Joint  Commission  for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Articles  Six  and  Fifteen  of  the  Con- 
vention between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18,  1903, 
be  allowed  Twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  per  day  for  their  services,  including  all  expenses, 
from  the  time  of  their  sailing  from  New  York  until  their  return  thither;  provided  that 
they  shall  be  granted  free  transportation  on  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line 
from  New  York  to  the  Isthmus  and  return,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Rail- 
road, and  such  other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official 
business  on  the  Isthmus;  they  shall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Govern- 
ment employees  on  the  Isthmus,  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission. 

Henry  L.  Stimson, 
Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  January  Z4,  1913. 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  18,  1913,  excepting  the  area  of  land  known  as  Las  Sabanas  from  the 
provisions  of  the  order  of  Dec.  5,  1912,  declaring  all  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone  necessary  for  Canal 
purposes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  order  that  all  that  area  of  land 
in  the  Canal  Zone  known  as  Las  Sabanas  be  excepted  from  the  provisions  of  the 
Executive  Order  of  December  5,  1912,33*  directing  the  Chairman  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  to  take  possession  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  of  all  privately 
owned  lands  in  the  Canal  Zone,  the  said  area  being  bounded  on  the  south  by  the 
present  limits  of  the  City  of  Panama,  on  the  southeast  by  the  Pacific  Ocean,  on  the 
northeast  by  the  boundary  line  of  the  Canal  Zone  from  monument  99  for  a  distance  of 
four  thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty-four  and  five-tenths  (4744-5/10)  meters  to 
monument  marked  "F",  on  the  northwest  by  a  line  extending  from  said  monument 
F  south  63  degrees  32  minutes  west  for  a  distance  of  two  thousand  and  eight  and 
six-tenths  (2008-6/10)  meters  to  the  intersection  of  said  line  with  the  Curundu  River, 
and  on  the  west  by  the  Curundu  River  from  said  point  of  intersection  to  the  point 
where  said  river  crosses  the  present  boundary  line  of  the  City  of  Panama. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

February  18,  1913. 

[No.  1704.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  18, 1913,  providing  that  all  artisans,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  who  have 
rendered  one  year's  satisfactory  service  on  the  Isthmus  may  be  transferred  within  three  years  to 
corresponding  positions  in  the  classified  service.  "^ 

All  artisans,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  who  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  the 
service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  who  have  rendered  one  year's  satis- 

»"  p.  132.    See  notes  thereunder. 

"»  Superseded  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  19, 1915,  p.  207. 


134  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

factory  service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  who  may  be  recommended,  upon 
discharge,  for  transfer,  may  be  transferred  within  three  years  to  corresponding 
positions  in  the  classified  service  under  the  several  Executive  Departments  and 
independent  Government  establishments,  without  examination,  subject  to  the  other 
provisions  of  the  civil  service  rules. 

Wm  H  Taft 
The  White  House, 

February  18th,  1913. 

[No.  1705.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  24,  1913,  prohibiting  the  entrance  into  the  continental  territory  of  the 
United  States  of  alien  laborers  from  foreign  countries  or  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States 
or  the  Canal  Zone.  ^ 

Whereas,  by  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  regulate  the  immigration  of  aliens  into  the 
I'nited  States,"  approved  February  20,  1901,^^^  whenever  the  President  is  satisfied 
that  passports  issued  by  any  foreign  government  to  its  citizens  to  go  to  any  country 
other  than  the  United  States  or  to  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States  or  to 
the  Canal  Zone,  are  being  used  fof -the  purpose  of  enabling  the  holders  to  come  to  the 
continental  territory  of  the  United  States  to  the  detriment  of  labor  conditions  therein, 
it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  President  to  refuse  to  permit  such  citizens  of  the  country 
issuing  such  passports  to  enter  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States  from 
such  country  or  from  such  insular  possession  or  from  the  Canal  Zone;^^^ 

And  Whereas,  upon  sufficient  evidence  produced  before  me  by  the  Department  of 
Commerce  and  Labor,  I  am  satisfied  that  passports  issued  by  certain  foreign  govern- 
ments to  their  citizens  or  subjects  who  are  laborers,  skilled  or  unskilled,  to  proceed  to 
countries  or  places  other  than  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States,  are  being 
used  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  holders  thereof  to  come  to  the  continental  terri- 
tory of  the  United  States  to  the  detriment  of  labor  conditions  therein; 

I  hereby  order  that  such  alien  laborers,  skilled  or  unskilled,  be  refused  permission 
to  enter  the  continental  territory  of  the  United  States. 

It  is  further  ordered  that  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  be,  and  he  hereby 
is,  directed  to  take,  through  the  Bureau  of  Immigration  and  Naturalization,  such 
measures  and  to  make  and  enforce  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary 
to  carry  this  order  into  effect. 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House,  "* 

February  24,  1913. 

[No.  1712.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Feb.  26,  1913,  providing  a  method  for  the  determination  and  adjustment  of  all 
claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  employees  engaged  on  the  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Section  5  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act, 
approved  August  24,  1912,"''  directing  the  President  to  "provide  a  method  for  the 
determination  and  adjustment  of  all  claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  em- 
ployees thereafter  occurring  while  directly  engaged  in  actual  work  in  connection  with 
the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the  Canal,  or  of  the  Panama 
Railroad,  or  of  any  auxiliary  canal,  locks  or  other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for 
the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the  Canal,  whether  such 
injuries  result  in  death  or  not,  and  prescribe  a  schedule  of  compensation  therefor," 
I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for  the  Canal  Zone:^^' 

Section  1.  The  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  pay  com- 
pensation as  hereinafter  specified  for  personal  injuries  to  their  respective  employees 
occurring  after  March  1st,  1913,  while  such  employees  are  directly  engaged  in  actual 
work  in  connection  with  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the 
Canal,  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  or  of  any  auxiliary  canal,  locks  or  other  works  neces- 
sary and  convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the 
Canal,  whether  such  injuries  result  in  death  or  not;  but  no  compensation  shall  be  paid 
if  the  injury  is  caused  (1)  by  the  employee's  intention  to  bring  about  the  injury  or 
death  of  himself  or  of  another,  or  (2)  by  his  intoxication. 

>»T.&A.  41.     Repealedbyactof  Feb.  5.  1917  (T.&A.  149). 

"s  Sec  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  14.  1907,  p.  63,  on  this  subject;  and  Act  of  Congress  of  Feb.  5.  1917 
(T.  &  A.  149),  regulating  immigration. 

»»'  T.  &  A.  79.  See  notes  thereunder. 

'"  This  order  suspended  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  24,  1913,  which  has  also  been  published  as  an 
appendix  to  this  order.    See  last  page  of  this  order  and  notes  thereunder. 


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Section  2.  Compensation  the  exclusive  remedy. — Except  as  provided  in  this  order, 
the  United  States  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  not  be  liable  for  personal 
injury  to  or  the  death  of  an  employee  for  which  compensation  is  provided  in  Section  1 
hereof.  * 

Section  3.  Waiting  period. — During  the  first  five  days  of  disability  resulting  from 
the  injury  the  employee  shall  not  be  entitled  to  compensation,  except  as  provided  in 
section  9.    No  compensation  shall  at  any  time  be  paid  for  such  period. 

Section  4.  Total  disability. — If  the  injury  results  in  total  disability,  there  shall  be 
paid  to  the  employee  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to  fifty  per  cent  of  his  monthly 
pay.  This  compensation  shall  be  paid  during  such  disability,  not  exceeding  a  period  of 
six  years  from  the  fifth  day  of  disability  of  any  kind  resulting  from  the  injury.  After 
such  period  of  six  years  there  shall  be  paid  to  the  employee  during  such  disability  a 
monthly  compensation  equal  to  not  more  than  forty  per  cent,  and  not  less  than 
twenty-five  per  cent,  of  his  monthly  pay. 

Section  5.  Partial  disability. — If  the  injury  results  in  partial  disability,  there  shall 
l)e  paid  to  the  employee  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  dif- 
ference between -his  monthly  pay  and  his  wage  earning  capacity  per  month  after  the 
beginning  of  such  partial  disability.  This  compensation  shall  be  paid  during  such 
■disability  for  a  period  not  exceeding  six  years  from  the  fifth  day  of  disability  of  any 
kind  resulting  from  the  injury.  After  such  period  of  six  years,  there  shall  be  paid  to 
the  employee  during  such  disability  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to  not  more  than 
forty  per  cent,  and  not  less  than  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  difference  between  his 
monthly  pay  and  his  wage  earning  capacity  per  month  after  such  period  of  six  years. 

Section  6.  Affidavit  as  to  wages. — After  the  beginning  of  partial  disability  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may,  from  time  to  time,  require  the  injured  employee 
to  make  an  affidavit  as  to  the  wages  per  month  which  he  is  receiving.  In  the  state- 
ment of  the  wages  the  value  of  rent,  board,  lodging  and  other  advantages  received  from 
the  employer,  which  can  be  estimated  in  money,  shall  be  taken  into  account.  If 
the  employee  at  any  time  fails  to  make  such  affidavit,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any 
•compensation  while  such  failure  continues,  and  the  period  of  such  failure  shall  be 
•deducted  from  the  period  during  which  compensation  is  payable  to  the  employee. 

Section  7.  Refusal  to  work. — If  the  employee  refuses  to  work  after  suitable  work  is 
furnished  to  or  secured  for  him  by  the  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Com- 
pany he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  compensation  while  such  refusal  continues,  and 
the  period  of  such  refusal  shall  be  deducted  from  the  period  during  which  compensa- 
tion is  payable  to  the  employee.  * 

Section  8.  Sick  leave. — If  at  the  time  disability  begins  the  employee  has  to  his  credit 
-any  unused  sick  leave,  he  may,  at  his  option,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  use  such  leave  until  exhausted.  During  such  time  no  com- 
pensation shall  accrue,  and  any  period  of  sick  leave  allowed  on  account  of  such  dis- 
ability after  the  first  five  days  of  disability  shall  be  deducted  from  the  period  of  six 
years  referred  to  in  Sections  4  and  5. 

Section  9.  Medical,  etc.,  attendance. — There  shall  be  furnished  to  the  injured  em- 
ployee reasonable  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services  and  supplies,  unless  the 
•employee  elects  to  furnish  his  own  physician  or  to  care  for  himself.  If  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  a  surgical  operation  is  necessary,  either  to  save 
the  life  of  the  injured  employee  or  to  render  the  disability  less  serious,  and  the 
•employee  refuses  to  submit  to  such  operation,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  com- 
pensation thereafter,  but  in  case  of  his  death,  compensation  shall  be  paid  as  herein- 
after provided. 

Section  10.  Transportation  of  injured  employees. — If  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor 
•of  the  Panama  Canal  it  is  not  desirable  to  continue  the  injured  employee  in  the  serv- 
ice, such  employee,  as  soon  as  he  is  able  to  travel,  shall,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Ciovernor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  be  furnished  transportation  to  his  home.  If  at  the 
time  of  the  injury  the  employee  is  on  the  Isthmus,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
may,  in  his  discretion,  suspend,  for  such  period  as  such  employee  remains  on  the 
Isthmus  after  free  transportation  has  been  offered  to  him  as  herein  provided,  the 
•compensation  payable  to  such  employee. 

Section  11.  Death  payments. — If  the  injury  results  in  death  within  six  years, 
there  shall  be  paid  to  the  following  persons  for  the  following  periods  a  monthly  com- 
pensation equal  to  the  following  percentages  of  the  deceased  employee's  monthly  pay: 

(A)  To  the  widow  or  widower  if  there  is  no  child. — If  wholly  dependent  for  support 
upon  the  deceased  employee  at  the  time  of  the  death,  thirty-five  per  cent,  for  a  period 
of  six  years  from  the  date  of  the  death,  unless  before  that  time  such  widow  or  widower 
•dies  or  marries;  after  such  period  of  six  years  not  less  than  twenty  per  cent,  nor  more 
than  thirty  per  cent,  until  death  or  marriage;  if  partly  dependent,  the  compensation 
shall  be  a  proportionate  amount  of  the  above  compensation. 


136  EXECUTrV'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

(B)  To  the  widow  or  widower  if  there  is  a  child. —  The  compensation  payable  under 
Clause  A,  and  in  addition  thereto  ten  per  cent,  for  each  child,  not  to  exceed  a  total 
of  fifty  per  cent,  for  self  and  children;  after  the  expiration  of  six  years  from  the  date 
of  the  death  the  total  for  self  and  children  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  to  forty  per 
cent.  Compensation  payable  on  account  of  any  child  shall  cease  when  he  dies, 
marries,  or  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen,  or  if  over  the  age  of  eighteen  and  incapable  of 
self-support,  becomes  capable  of  self-support. 

(C)  To  the  children  if  there  is  no  widow  or  widower. — Twenty-five  per  cent,  for  one 
child  and  ten  per  cent,  additional  for  each  additional  child  not  to  exceed  a  total  of 
fifty  per  cent,  divided  among  such  children  share  and  share  alike.  After  the  expira- 
tion of  six  years  from  the  date  of  the  death  of  the  deceased  employee,  the  total  shall 
not  exceed  twenty-five  to  forty  per  cent.  The  compensation  of  each  child  shall  be 
paid  until  he  dies,  marries  or  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  oi  if  over  the  age  of 
eighteen  and  incapable  of  self-support,  becomes  capable  of  self-support. 

(D)  To  the  parents,  if  there  is  no  widow,  widower  or  child. — If  one  is  wholly  depend- 
ent for  support  upon  the  deceased  employee  at  the  time  of  his  death  and  the  other  is 
not  dependent  to  any  extent,  twenty-five  per  cent;  if  both  are  wholly  dependent, 
twenty  per  cent,  to  each;  if  one  is  or  both  are  partly  dependent  a  proportionate 
amount  in  the  discretion  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  This  compensation 
shall  be  paid  for  a  period  of  eight  years  from  the  time  of  the  death,  unless  before  that 
time  the  parent  dies,  marries  or  ceases  to  be  independent. 

(E)  To  the  brothers,  sisters,  grandchildren  and  grayidparents,  if  there  is  no  widow, 
widower,  child  or  dependent  parent. — If  one  is  wholly  dependent  upon  the  deceased 
employee  for  support  at  the  time  of  the  death,  twenty  per  cent. ;  if  more  than  one  are 
wholly  dependent,  thirty  per  cent.,  divided  among  them  share  and  share  alike.  If 
there  is  no  one  of  them  wholly  dependent,  but  one  or  more  are  pjartly  dependent, 
ten  per  cent,  divided  among  them  share  and  share  alike.  The  compensation  of  each 
beneficiary  shall  be  paid  for  a  period  of  eight  years  from  the  time  of  the  death  unless 
before  that  time  he,  if  a  grandparent  dies,  marries  or  ceases  to  be  dependent,  or,  if  a 
brother,  sister  or  grandchild,  dies,  marries  or  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  or  if 
over  that  age  and  incapable  of  self-support  becomes  capable  of  self-support. 

(F)  As  used  in  this  section,  the  term  "child"  and  "children"  include  step-children, 
adopted  children,  posthumous  children  and  illegitimate  children,  but  do  not  include 
married  children.  The  terms  "brother"  and  "si.ster"  and  their  plurals  include  step- 
brothers and  stepsisters,  half-brothers  and  half-sisters,  and  brothers  and  sisters 
adopted  by  the  parent  of  the  deceased  employee,  but  do  not  include  married  brothers 
and  married  sisters.  The  terms  "grandchild"  and  "grandchildren"  include  children 
of  adopted  children,  and  children  of  stepchildren,  but  do  not  include  step-children 
of  children,  stepchildren  of  stepchildren,  stepchildren  of  adopted  children  or  married 
grandchildren.  All  of  the  above  terms  include  only  persons  under  eighteen  years  of 
age  or  over  that  age  and  incapable  of  self-support.  The  terms  "parent"  and  "parents" 
include  step-parents  and  the  parents  by  whom  the  deceased  employee  was  adopted. 
The  terms  "grandparent"  and  "grandparents"  include  the  parents  of  the  parents 
by  whom  the  deceased  employee  was  adopted,  but  do  not  include  parents  of  step- 
parents, step-parents  of  parents,  or  step-parents  of  step-parents.  The  term  "wid- 
ow" and  "widower"  include  only  the  decedent's  wife  or  husband  actually  dependent 
upon  him  or  her  for  support  at  the  time  of  the  death. 

(G)  The  period  during  which  compensation  was  payable  to  the  deceased  employee 
before  his  death  shall  be  deducted  from  the  period  of  six  years  referred  to  in  Clauses 
A,  B,  and  C,  and  from  the  period  of  eight  years  referred  to  in  Clauses  D  and  E. 

(H)  Upon  the  cessation  of  compensation  under  this  section  to  or  on  account  of 
any  person,  the  compensation  of  the  remaining  persons  entitled  to  compensation  for 
the  unexpired  part  of  the  period  during  which  their  compensation  is  payable,  shall 
be  that  which  such  persons  would  have  received  if  they  had  been  the  only  persons 
entitled  to  compensation  at  the  time  of  the  decedent's  death. 

Section  12.  Burial  expenses. — If  the  employee  dies  as  a  result  of  the  injury  away 
from  his  home,  office  or  outside  of  the  United  States  and  compensation  has  not  ceased, 
his  body  shall,  if  practicable,  or  if  desired  by  his  relatives,  and  if  transportation  has 
not  been  furnished  the  employee  under  Section  10  before  his  death,  be  embalmed  and 
transported  in  a  hermetically  sealed  casket  to  the  home  of  the  employee  if  such  home 
is  within  the  United  States.  If  death  occurs  on  the  Isthmus  and  the  body  is  not 
transported  away  from  the  Isthmus,  the  body  shall  be  interred  on  the  Isthmus 
at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad. 

Section  13.  Computation  of  pay. — If  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee  is  over 
two  hundred  dollars  a  month,  the  monthly  pay  shall  be  considered  to  be  two  hundred 
dollars.    Subject  to  this  maximum,  the  monthly  pay  shall  be  computed  as  follows: 

(A)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  year  divide  his  yearly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  twelve; 


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(B)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  month,  talce  his  monthly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury; 

(C)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  week,  multiply  his  weekly  pay  at  the  time  of 
the  injury  by  fifty-two  and  divide  the  result  by  twelve; 

(D)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  day,  multiply  his  daily  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  twenty-six; 

(E)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  hour,  multiply  his  hourly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  the  number  of  hours  constituting  a  day's  work  and  multiply  the  result  by 
twenty-six; 

(F)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  bis  output;  find  his  hourly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  dividing  the  total  amount  earned  by  him  in  the  employment  in  which  and 
at  the  rate  of  pay  at  which  he  was  employed  at  the  time  of  the  injury,  during  so 
much  of  the  thirty  days  next  preceding  the  injury,  including  the  day  of  the  injury, 
as  he  was  so  employed,  by  the  number  of  hours  so  employed  during  such  thirty  days, 
then  proceed  as  in  (E); 

(G)  In  making  the  computation  provided  in  Clauses  (E)  and  (F)  of  this  section, 
overtime  shall  not  be  taken  into  account; 

(H)  Subsistence  shall  be  included  as  part  of  the  pay. 

Section  14.  Commutation  of  periodical  payments. — If  the  monthly  payments  to  the 
beneficiary  are  less  than  Five  dollars  per  month,  or  if  the  beneficiary  is  not  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States,  or  is  or  is  about  to  become  a  non-resident  of  the  United  States, 
or  if  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  determines  that  it  is  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  beneficiary,  the  liability  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company 
for  compensation  to  such  beneficiary  shall  be  discharged  by  the  payment  of  a  lump 
sum  equal  to  two-thirds  of  all  future  payments  of  compensation.  The  probability  of 
the  beneficiary's  death  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  during  which  he  is  entitled 
to  compensation,  shall  be  determined  according  to  the  American  Table  of  Mortality. 
The  probabilitj'  of  the  happening  of  any  other  contingency  affecting  the  amount  or 
duration  of  the  compensation  shall  be  disregarded. 

Until  such  time  as  the  President,  under  the  authority  of  Section  4  of  the  Act  of 
August  24,  1912,  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  pro- 
tection and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the 
Canal  Zone,"  shall  discontinue  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  compensation  shall 
be  paid  in  a  lump  sum  in  all  cases,  unless  the  Chairman  of  the  isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission in  any  case  determines  that  payment  in  installments  for  any  part  or  all  of  the 
period  during  which  compensation  is  payable  is  for  the  best  interests  of  the  United 
States  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  or  of  the  beneficiary. 

Section  15.  Payment  of  the  compensation  shall  be  made  to  the  beneficiary  or  to 
such  representative  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  determine. 

Section  16.  Determination  of  wage  earning  capacity. — In  the  determination  of  the 
employee's  wage  earning  capacity  after  the  beginning  of  partial  disability  the  value 
of  rent,  board,  lodging  and  other  advantages  which  are  received  from  his  employer 
and  which  can  be  estimated  in  money,  shall  be  taken  into  account. 

Section  17.  Notice  of  injury  or  death. — Immediately  after  the  injury,  the  injured 
employee  or  some  one  on  his  behalf  shall  give  to  the  immediate  superior  of  such 
employee  a  written  notice  of  the  injury,  and  if  the  injury  results  in  the  death  of  the 
employee,  one  of  the  persons  entitled  to  compensation  or  some  person  on  his  behalf, 
within  90  days  thereafter,  shall  give  to  the  immediate  superior  of  such  employee  or  to 
the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  a  written  notice  of  such  death.  The  notice  shall 
state  the  name  of  the  employee,  his  class  of  service,  the  year,  month,  day  and  hour 
when  and  the  particular  locality  where  the  injury  or  death  occurred,  the  cause  of  the 
injury  or  death,  the  nature  of  the  injury,  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  disability  result- 
ing therefrom,  and  the  address  of  the  employee  and  of  the  person  giving  the  notice. 
The  notice  may  be  given  personally  or  sent  by  mail.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal  may,  in  his  discretion,  waive  the  giving  of  a  notice. 

Section  18.  Report  of  injury  or  death. — Immediately  after  an  injury  to  an  employee 
resulting  in  his  death  or  in  his  probable  disability,  the  immediate  superior  of  the 
employee  shall  at  once  make  a  report  to  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  con- 
taining such  information  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may,  by  regulation, 
require. 

Section  19.  Claim  for  compensation. — No  compensation  under  this  order  shall  be 
allowed  to  any  person  unless  he,  or  some  on  his  behalf,  shall  make  a  written  claim 
therefor  upon  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  within  the  time  specified  in  Section 
21.  The  claim  may  be  served  personally  upon  or  sent  by  mail  to  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  or  to  such  person  as  he  may,  by  regulation,  require. 

Section  20.  Contents  of  claim. — The  claim  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  making  the 
claim  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the  employee,  his  age,  sex,  nationality  and  class  of 


138  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

service,  the  year,  month,  day  and  hour  when  and  the  particular  locality  where  the 
injury  or  death  occurred,  the  cause  of  the  injury  or  death,  the  nature  of  the  injury, 
the  nature  and  extent  of  the  disability  resulting  therefrom;  the  monthly  pay  of  the 
employee  at  the  time  of  the  injury,  the  relationship  of  the  person  entitled  to  com- 
pensation to  the  employee,  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  persons  entitled  to  com- 
pensation on  account  of  such  injury  or  death,  the  amount  and  duration  of  the  com- 
pensation claimed,  and  the  address  of  the  person  making  the  claim.  The  claim  shall 
be  sworn  to  by  the  person  entitled  to  compensation  or  by  the  person  acting  on  his 
behalf,  and,  except  In  case  of  death,  or  as  otherwise  provided  in  regulations  pre- 
scribed by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate 
of  the  employee's  phj'sician,  if  any,  stating  the  nature  of  the  injury,  and  the  nature  and 
extent  of  the  disability.  The  claim  shall,  wherever  possible,  be  made  on  forms 
furnished  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  in  addition  to  the  statements 
above  required,  shall  contain  such  other  information  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal  may  require. 

The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the  making  of  and  swearing  to 
claims  and  the  inclusion  therein  of  any  of  the  above  requirements  in  such  cases  as  he 
may  deem  proper. 

Section  21.  Time  ivithin  which  claim  must  be  made. — Claims  for  compensation  shall 
be  made  within  sixty  days  after  the  injury,  or,  in  case  of  death,  within  one  year  after 
the  death.  For  any  reasonable  cause  shown,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may 
allow  claim  for  injury  to  be  filed  within  one  year  after  the  injury. 

Section  22.  Amendment  of  claim. — The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may,  after 
receipt  of  the  claim,  demand  a  further  claim  specifying  in  the  demand  in  what 
particular  the  claim  is  defective.  Failure  to  make  such  demand  shall  constitute  a 
waiver  by  the  United  States  or  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may 
be,  of  all  defects  which  the  claim  may  contain.  After  receipt  of  such  demand,  the 
person  making  the  claim  may,  at  any  time  within  60  days,  make  an  amended  claim 
which  shall  supersede  the  first  claim  and  have  the  same  effect  as  an  original  claim. 

Section  23.  Medical  examination. — After  the  injury  and  during  disability  the 
employee  shall  as  frequently  and  at  such  times  and  places  as  may  be  reasonably 
required  submit  himself  to  examination  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States  or 
by  a  duly  qualified  physician  designated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
paid  by  the  United  Stetes  or  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be^' 
The  employee  may  have  a  duly  qualified  physician  designated  and  paid  by  him  pres- 
ent to  participate  in  such  examination.  For  all  examinations  after  the  first,  the 
employee  shall,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  be  paid  his 
reasonable  traveling  and  other  expenses  and  loss  of  wages  incurred  in  order  to  submit 
to  such  examination.  If  the  employee  refuses  to  submit  himself  for  or  in  any  way 
obstructs  any  examination,  his  right  to  claim  compensation  under  this  order  shall  be 
suspended  until  such  refusal  or  obstruction  ceases.  No  compensation  shall  be  payable 
while  such  refusal  or  obstruction  continues  and  such  period  shall  be  deducted  from 
the  period  for  which  compensation  would  otherwise  be  payable. 

Section  24.  Disagreement  between  physicians. — In  case  of  any  disagreement  between 
the  physicians  making  an  examination  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  or  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  and  the  employee's  physician,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
shall  appoint  a  third  physician,  duly  qualified.  The  decision  of  the  majority  shall  be 
final.  A  reasonable  fee  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by  the  United  States  or  by  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  such  third  physician  if  he  is  not 
a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States. 

Section  25.  Assignment  of  right  against  third  person. — If  an  injury  or  death  for 
which  compensation  is  payable  under  this  order  is  caused  under  circumstances 
creating  a  legal  liability  in  some  person  other  than  the  United  States  or  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  to  pay  damages  therefor,  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  to 
any  beneficiary  for  such  injury  or  death  until  he  assigns  to  the  United  States  or  to  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  any  right  of  action  which  he  may 
have  to  enforce  such  liability  of  such  other  person,  or  any  right  which  he  may  have 
to  share  in  any  money  (or  other  property)  received  in  satisfaction  of  such  liability 
of  such  other  person.  The  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the 
case  may  be,  if  it  prosecutes  such  right  to  judgment  or  settlement  shall  after  deducting 
the  amount  of  any  compensation  already  paid  to  the  beneficiary  and  the  costs  of 
such  prosecution,  pay  over  to  the  beneficiary  any  surplus  remaining.  Such  surplus 
so  paid  over  shall  be  credited  on  future  instalments  of  compensation  as  they  become 
due.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the  requirement  of  such  assign- 
ment or  may  waive  it  for  such  period  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Section  26.  Assignment  of  right  against  Panama  Railroad  Company. — If  an  injury 
or  death  for  which  compensation  is  payable  under  this  order  is  caused  under  circum- 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       139 

stances  creating  a  legal  liability  in  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  pay  damages 
therefor  under  the  laws  of  any  State,  Territory  or  possession  of  the  United  States  or 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  or  of  any  foreign  country,  no  compensation  shall  be  pay- 
able to  any  beneficiary  for  such  injury  or  death  until  he  releases  to  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  any  right  of  action  which  he  may  have  to  enforce  such  liability 
of  the  Panama  Railroad  or  until  he  assigns  to  the  United  States  or  to  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  any  right  which  he  may  have  to  share  in  any 
money  (or  other  property)  received  in  satisfaction  of  such  liability  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company.  The  -Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the  require- 
ment of  such  assignment  or  release  for  such  period  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Section  27.  Assignments  and  attachments. — No  claims  for  compensation  under  this 
order  shall  be  assignable,  and  all  compensation  and  claims  therefor  shall  be  exempt 
from  all  claims  of  creditors.  This  section  is  hereby  constituted  a  part  of  the  Laws  of 
the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  28.  Attorneys'  fees. — No  claim  for  legal  services  in  connection  with  any 
claim  arising  under  this  order  shall  be  enforceable  unless  approved  by  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal.  This  section  is  hereby  constituted  a  part  of  the  Laws  of  the 
Canal  Zone. 

Section  29.  Modification  of  allotuance  of  compensation. — The  Governor  of  the  Pana- 
ma Canal  may  at  any  time  review,  and,  in  accordance  with  the  facts  found  in  such 
review,  end,  diminish,  or  increase  any  compensation  previously  fixed  or  determined. 

Section  30.  Recovery  of  compensation  erroneously  paid. — If  any  compensation  is 
paid  under  mistake  of  law  or  of  fact  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  im- 
mediately cancel  any  order  under  which  such  compensation  has  been  paid,  and  shall 
recover,  as  far  as  practicable,  any  amount  which  has  been  so  paid. 

Section  31.  Powers  of  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. — -The  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  shall  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  proper,  effective, 
and  economical  apjforcement  of  this  order,  and  shall  decide  all  questions  arising 
under  this  order  or  in  regard  to  the  interpretation  thereof.  His  determination  of  any 
fact  necessary  to  or  underlying  any  claim  hereunder,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive 
upon  all  parties  and  claimants  or  beneficiaries. 

Section  32.  Powers  of  Chairman  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. — Until  such  time 
as  the  President,  under  the  authority  of  section  4  of  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912, 
entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection  and  operation 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone"  shall 
discontinue  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  until  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal  is  appointed  and  has  qualified,  all  the  rights,  powers  and  duties  vested  in  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  C!anal  by  this  order  shall  be  exercised  by  the  Chairman  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Section  33.  Penalty  for  false  swearing. — -Whoever  shall  make  in  any  affidavit  re- 
quired under  section  6  or  in  any  claim  required  by  section  19,  any  statement,  know- 
ing it  to  be  false,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  perjury  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  $5,000,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  2  years,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment.  This  section  is  hereby  constituted  a  part  of  the  laws 
of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  34.  Singular  and  masculine. — Wherever  used  in  this  order  the  singular 
includes  the  plural  and  the  masculine  gender  includes  the  feminine  and  neuter. 

Section  35.  Liability  of  United  States  and  of  Panama  Railroad  Company. — If  the 
payment  of  compensation  under  this  order  on  account  of  an  injury  or  death  is  to  be 
made  from  the  funds  of  the  United  States,  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  be 
released  and  discharged  from  all  liability  on  account  of  such  injury  or  death,  and  if 
it  is  to  be  made  from  the  funds  of  the  Panama  Rajlroad  Company  the  United  States 
shall  be  released  and  discharged  from  all  liability  on  account  of  such  injury  or  death. 
This  section  is  hereby  constituted  a  part  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  36.  Repeal  of  Laws  of  Canal  Zone. — All  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  incon- 
sistent with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  are  hereby  repealed.  This  section  is 
hereby  constituted  a  part  of  the  Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  37.   Time  of  taking  effect. — This  order  shall  take  effect  March  1,  1913.* 

Wm  H  Taft 

The  White  House, 

February  26th,  1913. 

(No.  17221. J 

*  Note:  The  operation  of  this  order  has  been  suspended  by  the  provisions  of  the 
following  Executive  Order:  "8 

"^  Also  published  as  a  separate  Executive  Order,  p.  142. 


140  EXECUTIVE  DRDERS  RELATIN(;  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Whereas,  an  Executive  Order  was  promulgated  on  February  26,  1913,  providing  a 
method  of  compensation  for  personal  injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of,  employees  of  the 
Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  and  no  ap- 
propriation has  been  made  available  for  the  payment  of  compensation  under  the 
terms  of  such  Order;  • 

And  whereas,  the  provisions  for  the  payment  of  claims  for  injuries  to,  or  for  the 
death  of,  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company,  in  force  prior  to  the  time  of  the  promulgation  of  said  Order  of  February  26, 
1913,  should  continue  until  the  Order  just  mentioned  can  be  made  effective; 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me, 

It  is  ordered,  That  the  operation  of  the  said  Order  of  February  26,  1913,  is 
hereby  suspended  until  further  executive  order  or  direction  in  the  premises;"' 

And  it  is  further  ordered.  That,  until  such  further  order  or  direction,  payment 
of  compensation  for  injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of,  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  occurring  after  February  28, 
1913,  shall,  as  before  that  date,  continue  to  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  Act  of 
Congress,  approved  May  30,  1908  (35  Stat.  556),  being  "An  Act  Granting  to  certain 
employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive  from  it  compensation  for  injuries 
sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment,  '  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  February- 
24,  1909  (35  Stat.  645),  being  "An  Act  Relating  to  injured  employees  on  the  Isthmian 
Canal,"  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  March  4,  1911,  being  "An  Act 
Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the  government  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  and  for  other  purposes," 
the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  heretofore  made  in  regard 
thereto. 

WooDROw  Wilson 

The  White  House, 
March  24,  1913. 

|No.  1755.1 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  19,  1913,  providing  for  the  protection  of  birds  and  their  nests  in  the  Canal 

Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  hunt,  trap,  capture,  wilfully  disturb 
or  kill  any  bird  of  any  kind  whatever,  or  to  take  the  eggs  of  any  bird,  except  in  the 
form  and  manner  permitted  by  the  regulations  provided  for  by  this  Order. '^o 

Sec.  2.  The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  or  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
after  the  reorganization  is  established,  is  hereby  empowered  and  directed  to  enact 
suitable  regulations,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  protection  of  birds  and  their  nests,  and 
prescribing  the  form  and  manner  in  which  birds  may  be  hunted,  and  the  kinds  of  birds 
that  may  be  hunted,  and  those  that  shall  not  be  molested. 3^' 

Sec.  3.  A  violation  of  any  of  the  regulations  established  under  this  Order  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  (SIOO.OO)  dollars  or  by  imprison- 
ment for  not  more  than  thirty  days  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  4.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  after  its  publication  in  the  Canal 
Record.^*' 

WooDROw  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

19  March,  1913.  [No.  1749.] 

»»On  Mar.  20.  1914,  another  Executive  Order  (p.  165  hereof)  was  issued  providing  a  method  that 
remained  in  force  until  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Congress  of  Sept.  7,  1916  (T.  &  A.  134),  which 
repealed  all  act-t;  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  therewith,  and,  under  sec.  42,  authorized  the  President 
to  transfer  the  administration  thereof,  so  far  as  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama 
Railroad  are  concerned,  to  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal.  This  transfer  was  effected  by- 
Executive  Order  of  Sept.  IS,  1916,  p.  217.  See  the  668  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  this  subject, 
as  well  as  Act  of  Congress  of  Apr.  22,  1908  (T.  &  .V.  -J.S).  relating  to  liability  of  common  carriers 
by  railroad  to  their  employees. 

J"  See  sec.  424  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  163)  on  this  subject. 

"■  Ordinanceof  Commission  of  .Vug.  22, 1913  (L.  C.  Z.  297).  provides  regulations  authorized  under  this 
order. 

J"  The  publication  of  the  official  newspaper  to  be  called  The  Canal  Record,  was  authorized  by  resolu- 
tion of  the  Commission  of  Aug.  31,  1907,  the  first  issue  to  appear  Sept.  4  of  that  year.  Beginning  with 
issue  No.  1,  Vol.  10.  on  Aug.  23,  1916,  the  form  was  reduced  in  size,  and  the  title  made  The  Panama 
Canal  Record.    The  above  order  was  published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  -Xpr.  9,  1913. 


EXECUXrX'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  141 

Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  19,  1913,  amending  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  6,  1909,  relative  to  the  appli- 
cation of  the  safety  appliance  acts  to  equipment  of  rolling  stock  at  navy  yards. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered  :^" 

Paragraph  5  of  Executive  Order  No.  1002,  dated  January  6,  1909,  is  hereby  amend- 
ed by  adding  the  following  paragraph  thereto: 

The  application  of  the  requirements  of  the  Safety  Appliance  Acts  to  equipment  of 
rolling  stock  at  navy  yards  is  hereby  so  far  modified  that  the  cars  and  engines  at 
yards  and  stations  will  be  fitted  with  safety  appliances  only  to  such  extent  as  may, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  commandant,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Yards  and  Docks,  Navy  Department,  be  deemed  necessary  or  advisable. 

WooDROW  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

March  19lh,  1913. 

[No.  1750.] 


To  Amend  an  Executive  Order  Approved  February  5,  1912,  Providing  an  Inex- 
pensive Method  for  the  Administration  of  the  Estates  of  Deceased  and 
Insane  Persons  in  Certain  Cases,  Etc. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  That  Section  1  of  an  Executive  Order  entitled:  "Executive  Order  to 
provide  an  inexpensive  method  for  the  administration  of  estates  of  deceased  and 
insane  persons  in  certain  cases,  and  to  repeal  Act  24  of  the  Canal  Zone  laws  and  the 
Executive  Orders  amendatory  thereto",^''''  and  the  first  paragraph  of  section  8  of  said 
Order,  are  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Whenever  an  employee  in  the  service  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commis- 
sion, or  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company, 
shall  die,  leaving  an  estate  in  the  said  Zone,  or  whenever  such  decedent,  being  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  leaves  an  estate  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  in  the  Republic  of 
Panama;  and  the  said  estate  consists  of  personal  property  only  and  a  regular  ad- 
ministration shall  not  have  been  instituted  in  the  Courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  thereon, 
the  Collector  of  Revenues  for  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  take  possession  of  the  estate  of  the  said  deceased  person  and  to  make  a  complete 
inventory  thereof  and  present  the  same  to  the  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
First  Judicial  Circuit  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  be  filed  by  the  said  Judge  in  the  records 
of  his  court  when  approved  by  him. 

Section  8.  If  an  employee  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  should  be  adjudged  insane  by  the 
Canal  Zone  Courts  and  the  estate  consists  entirely  of  personal  property  and  no  regular 
guardianship  of  such  estate  shall  have  been  instituted  by  the  Canal  Zone  Courts,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues  to  take  possession  of  the  estate  of  such 
insane  person,  including  any  salary  or  other  acknowledged  claim  due  to  such  em- 
ployee by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  the  Canal  Zone  Government  or  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  and  make  a  complete  inventory  thereof  and  file  the 
same  with  the  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  First  Judicial  Circuit  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  und#  the  direction  and  with  the  approval  of  the  Judge  of  said  court, 
the  Collector  of  Revenues  may  pay  the  lawful  indebtedness  due  by  the  insane  person, 
as  well  as  the  expenses  incurred  in  administering  the  said  estate  and  he  shall  hold  the 
residue  of  the  estate  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Circuit  Judge. 

Section  II.  This  amendment  shall  apply  to  the  estates  of  employees  who  died  or 
became  insane  prior  to  this  date  as  well  as  to  those  who  die  or  are  adjudged' insane 
hereafter. 

Section  III.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Woodrow  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

March  20th,  1913. 

[No.  1751.) 

"1  p.  86. 

i"  Order  of  Keb.  5,  1912.  p.  126. 


142       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Relating  to  Foreign  Corporations. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  No  corporation  or  joint  stock  company  (other  than  insurance  com- 
panies) organized  under  the  laws  of  any  State  or  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  of 
any  foreign  government  shall  do  business  in  the  Canal  Zone  until  after  it  has  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Collector  of  Rev-enues  a  duly  authenticated  copy  of  its  charter 
or  articles  of  incorporation,  as  well  as  a  statement,  verified  by  the  oath  of  the  presi- 
dent or  secretary  of  said  corporation  and  attested  by  a  majority  of  its  board  of  directors 
showing: 

1.  The  name  of  such  corporation  and  the  location  of  its  principal  office  or  place  of 
business  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone;  and  if  it  is  to  have  any  place  of  business  or  princi- 
pal office  within  the  Canal  Zone  the  location  thereof. 

2.  The  amount  of  its  capital  stQQk. 

3.  The  amount  of  its  capital  stdtk  actually  paid  in,  in  money,  and  the  amount 
of  its  capital  stock  paid  in,  in  any  other  way,  and  in  what  way  the  payment  was  made. 

4.  The  amount  of  assets  of  the  corporation  and  in  what  the  assets  consist,  and  the 
actual  cash  value  thereof. 

5.  The  liabilities  of  such  corporation,  and  if  any  of  its  indebtedness  is  secured,  how 
secured,  and  upon  what  property. 

6.  Such  other  e%'i(lence  as  the  Collector  of  Revenues  may  deem  necessary  to  satisfy 
him  of  the  financial  standing  or  solvency  of  the  corporation  or  company. 

Section  II.  Such  corporation  or  joint  stock  company  shall  file  a  certificate  with  the 
Collector  of  Revenues,  certifying  that  said  corporation  or  joint  stock  company  has 
consented  to  be  sued  in  the  Canal  Zone  upon  all  causes  of  action  arising  against  it 
therein,  and  designating  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  and  his  successors  in  office,  to 
be  its  ti"ue  and  lawful  attorney,  upon  whom  all  process  in  any  such  action  may  be 
served;  and  it  shall  agree  that  any  lawful  process  against  it  served  on  such  attorney 
shall  constitute  a  valid  service  upon  it,  and  that  his  authority  shall  continue  in  force 
so  long  as  any  liability  against  it  remains  outstanding  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Such  power  of  attorney,  and  the  vote  authorizing  its  execution,  duly  certified  and 
authenticated,  shall  he  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  and  a  copy 
thereof,  certified  by  him,  shall  be  sufficient  evidence  thereof. 

No  corporation  or  joint  stock  company  shall  do  business  in  the  Canal  Zone  until 
such  certificate  is  duly  filed  and  the  other  provisions  of  this  Order  are  complied  with. 

Section  III.  Upon  compliance  with  the  conditions  set  out  in  the  foregoing  section 
of  this  Order  and  the  payment  of  an  annual  fee,  in  advance,  of  $50.00,  to  the  Col- 
lector of  Revenues,  he  shall  issue  to  such  corporation  or  company  a  certificate  author- 
izing it  to  do  business  within  the  Canal  Zone.  Such  certificate,  however,  shall  be 
terminable  by  the  direction  of  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone,  but  if  ter- 
minated without  fault  upon  the  part  of  the  corporation  or  joint  stock  company,  a 
proportionate  rebate  of  the  license  fee  will  be  made  to  such  corporation  or  company. 

Section  IV.  Any  agent  or  person  representing  a  corporation  or  joint  stock 
company  who  does  business  in  the  Canal  Zone  before  such  corporation  or  company 
has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
$25.00,  or  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  and  each  day's  business  so 
done  by  such  agent  or  person  shall  be  considered  a  separate  offense  for  the  purposes 
of  this  Order. 

Section  V.  This  Order  shall  not  be  held  to  modify  the  provisions  of  an  Executive 
Order  relating  to  insurance  companies,  dated  March  12,  1907,  ^ective  July  U 
1907  .J"  •  ' 

Section  VI.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  60  days  from  the  (date  of  its  publication 
in  the  Canal  Recor^^-*^ 

WooDROw  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

March  20th,  1913.  [No.  1752.] 


Orderof  the  President,  Mar.  24,  1913,  suspending  the  operation  of  the  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  26.  19)3, 
providing  a  method  of  compensation  for  personal  injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of  employees. 

WHEREAS,  an  Executive  Order  was  promulgated  on  February  26,  1913,  providing 
a  method  of  compensation  for  personal  injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of,  employees  of 

"sp.  60.  See  also  sees.  396-409  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  158-161),  relating  to  frauds  in  management 
of  corporations,  .ind  sees.  367-373  of  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  231),  relating  to  proceed- 
ings against  corporations. 

M'  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Apr.  9,  1913. 


EXEfcUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  143 

the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company, 3-t7  and  no 
appropriation  has  been  made  available  f*or  the  payment  of  compensation  under  the 
terms  of  such  Order; 

AND  WHEREAS,  the  provisions  for  the  payment  of  claims  for  injuries  to,  or  for 
the  death  of,  employees  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Rail- 
road Company,  in  force  prior  to  the  time  of  the  promulgation  of  said  Order  of  Febru- 
ary 26,  1913,  should  continue  until  the  Order  just  mentioned  can  be  made  effective; 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me, 

IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  the  operation  of  the  said  Order  of  February  26,  1913, 
is  hereby  suspended  until  further  executive  order  or  direction  in  the  premises; 

AND  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That,  until  such  further  order  or  direction, 
payment  of  compensation  for  injuries  to,  or  for  the  death  of,  employees  of  the  Isth- 
mian Canal  Commission  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  occurring  after 
February  28,  1913,  shall,  as  before  that  date,  continue  to  be  made  in  accordance  with 
the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  May  30,  1908^^*  (35  Stat.  556),  being  "An  Act  Grant- 
ing to  certain  employees  of  the  United  States  the  right  to  receive  from  it  compensa- 
tion for  injuries  sustained  in  the  course  of  their  employment,"  the  Act  of  Congress, 
approved  February  24,  1909,349  (35  Stat.  645),  being  "An  Act  Relating  to  injured 
employees  on  the  Isthmian  Canal,"  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  March 
4,  1911,-'5o  being  "An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the 
government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve, 
and  for  other  purposes,"  the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  rules  and  regulations 
heretofore  made  in  regard  thereto. 

WooDROW  Wilson 

The  White  House, 
March  24,  1913. 

[No.  1755.] 


To  provide  Maritime  Quarantine  Regulations  for  tlie  Canal  Zone  and  the  liarbors  of  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama. 

Whereas  the  official  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal  will  require  revision  of  the 
maritime  quarantine  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  harbors  of  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  and 

Whereas  the  Government  of  the  United  States  and  the  authorities  of  the  Canal 
Zone  are  authorized  to  establish  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  ports  and  harbors 
of  said  cities,  by  virtue  of  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  VII  of  the  treaty  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  for  the  construction  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal,  signed  November  18,  1903,  which  paragraph  reads  as  follows: 

"The  Republic  of  Panama  agrees  that  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon  shall  comply 
in  perpetuity  with  the  sanitary  ordinances  whether  of  a  preventive  or  curative  char- 
acter, prescribed  by  the  United  States  and  in  case  the  Government  of  Panama  is 
unable  or  fails  in  its  duty  to  enforce  this  compliance  by  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon 
with  the  sanitary  ordinances  of  the  United  States  the  Republic  of  Panama  grants  to 
the  United  States  the  right  and  authority  to  enforce  the  same." 

and  section  6  of  the  Executive  Order  of  December  3,  1904,  known  as  the  Taft 
Agreement  made  between  the  Secretary  of  War  of  the  United  States  and  the  Chief 
Executive  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  which  section  reads  as  follows: 

"Section  6.  This  order  also  sliall  be  inoperative  unless  the  proper  Governmental 
authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  shall  grant  power  to  the  authorities  of  the 
Canal  Zone  to  exercise  immediate  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  matters  of  sanita- 
tion and  quarantine  in  the  maritime  waters  of  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon." 

and  Article  I  of  Decree  No.  66  of  December  6,  1904,  issued  by  the  President  of 
Panama,  agreeably  to  said  Executive  Order,  and  published  in  the  Ofticial  Gazette 
No.  70,  of  1904,  whi;h  article  reads  as  follows: 

"Article  I.  The  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone  are  empowered  to  exercise  freely, 
immediate  and  complete  jurisdiction  in  all  matters  of  sanitation  and  quarantine  in 
the  waters  of  the  ports  of  Panama  and  Colon.  In  consequence,  the  authorities  of  the 
Republic  shall  proceed  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  decree  to  the  end 
that  these  may  be  strictly  complied  with."3si 

"'  p.  134.  See  notes  thereunder  citing  further  legislation  on  this  subject. 

J<8  T.  &  A.  49. 

3"  Ibid.,  50. 

35-  Ibid..  64. 

35'  See  also  sec.  19  of  act  No.  8  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61),  and  act  No.  10  of  Commission  relating 
to  quarantine  regulations  for  ports  and  harbors  of  the  Canal  Zone  (L.  C.  Z.  86) ;  and  ordinance  of  the 
Commission  of  Aug.  22,  1911,  relating  to  night  quarantine  inspection  of  vessels  at  port  of  Colon; 
the  latter  ordinance  being  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  11,  1920,  p.  266. 


144  EXECUTIVE  ORDEJRS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  and  in  conformity  with  the  foregoing  treaty 
provisions  and  the  Executive  Order  and  Presidential  Decree  above  mentioned,  I 
hereby  establish  the  following  maritime  quarantine  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone 
and  for  the  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama:  ^sj 

BILLS   OF   HEALTH. 

Section  1. — Masters  of  vessels  clearing  from  any  foreign  port  or  from  any  port  in 
the  possessions  or  other  dependencies  of  the  United  States  for  a  port  in  the  Canal 
Zone  or  for  the  ports  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  must  obtain  an  origi- 
nal bill  of  health  in  duplicate  from  the  officer  or  officers  authorized  by  the  quarantine 
laws  and  regulations  of  the  United  States  to  sign  such  certificates  for  vessels  entering 
the  ports  of  the  United  States. 

The  following  form  is  prescribed  for  such  bills  of  health: 

Form  No. 

Canal  Zone, 
original  bill  of  health 

I, (the  person  authorized  to  issue  the  bill,  at  the  port  of ),  do  hereby 

state  that  the  vessel  hereinafter  named  clears  from  the  port  of under  the  follow- 
ing circumstances: 

Name  of  vessel,  — .     Nationality, .     Rig, .     Master,  . 

Tonnage,  gross, ;  net, .  Iron  or  wood, .  Number  of  compart- 
ments for  cargo, ;   F"or  steerage  passengers, .    For  crew, . 

Name  of  medical  officer, . 

Number  of  officers, ;  of  crew,  including  petty  officers, ;  of  passen- 
gers, first  cabin, ;   second  cabin, ;   steerage, .    Officers'  families, 

.    Total  number  of  persons  on  board, . 

Passengers  destined  for  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  city  of  Panama  or  Colon, 

first  cabin, second  cabin, steerage. 

Previous  port, . 

Number  of  cases  of  sickness,  and  character  of  same,  during  last  voyage, 

Number  of  cases  of  sickness,  and  character  of  same,  while  vessel  was  in  this  port. 


Vessel  engaged  in trade,  and  plies  between and 

Nature,  sanitary  history,  and  condition  of  cargo, . 

Source  and  wholesomeness  of  water  supply, . 

Source  and  wholesomeness  of  food  supply, . 

Sanitary  history  and  health  of  officers  and  crew, . 

Sanitary  history  and  health  of  passengers,  cabin, . 

Sanitary  history  and  health  of  passengers,  steerage, . 

Sanitary  history  and  condition  of  their  effects. 


Location  of  vessel  while  in  port— wharf, ;    open  bay,  ;  distance  from 

shore . 

Time  vessel  was  in  port, . 

Character  of  communication  with  shore, . 

Sanitary  condition  of  vessel. 


Sanitary  measures,  if  any,  adopted  while  in  port, ^ — . 

Sanitary  condition  of  port  and  vicinity, . 

Prevailing  diseases  at  port  and  vicinity, . 

Malaria, deaths  during  month  of . 

Number  of  cases  and  deaths  from  the  following-named  diseases  during  the  past  two 
weeks,  ending . 


Diseases  No.  of  cases  No.  of  deaths 


Yellow  fever 

Asiatic  cholera 

Cholera  nostras  or  cholerine 

Smallpo.x 

Typhus  fever 

Plague 

Leprosy 

'"  See  notes  on  last  section  of  this  order  in  re  further  legislation  on  this  subject. 


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145 


Remarks. 

Any  condition  affecting  the  public  health  existing  in  the  port  of  departure  or 
vicinity  to  be  here  stated. 

When  there  are  no  cases  or  deaths,  entry  to  that  effect  must  be  made. 

I  certify  ^'3  that  the  vessel  has  complied  with  the  Quarantine  Rules  and  Regulations 
made  under  the  act  of  February  15,  1893,  and  that  the  vessel  leaves  this  port  bound 
for ,  Canal  Zone,  or ,  Republic  of  Panama,  via . 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of ,  191 — . 

(Signature  of  Consular  Officer) 


(seal) 

Section  2. — Vessels  clearing  from  any  foreign  port  or  from  any  port  in  the  posses- 
sions or  other  dependencies  of  the  United  States  for  a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  for 
the  port  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  and  entering  or  calling  at  inter- 
mediate ports,  must  procure  at  all  said  ports  a  supplemental  bill  of  health  in  duplicate, 
from  the  officer  or  officers  authorized  by  the  quarantine  laws  and  regulations  of  the 
United  States  to  sign  such  certificates  for  vessels  entering  the  ports  of  the  United 
States.  If  a  quarantinable  disease  has  appeared  on  board  the  vessel  after  leaving  the 
original  port  of  departure,  or  other  circumstances  presumably  render  the  vessel 
infected,  the  supplemental  bill  of  health  should  be  withheld  until  such  sanitary 
measures  have  been  taken  as  are  necessary. 

The  following  form  is  prescribed  for  supplemental  bills  of  health; 

Canal  Zone 


SUPPLEMENTAL  BILL  OF  HEALTH 


Vessel 
Panama 


-,  bound  from to 


Port  of . 

-,  Canal  Zone,  or ,  Republic  of 


Sanitary  condition  of  port  and  vicinity . 

Prevailing  diseases  at  port  and  vicinity . 

Malaria  — — —  deaths  during  the  month  of . 

Number  of  cases  and  deaths  from  the  following-named  diseases  during  the  past  two 
weeks,  ending . 


Diseases 

No.  of 
cases 

No.  of 
deaths 

Remarks.      (Any  condition  affecting  the 
public  health  existing  in  the  port  to  be 
stated  here.    When  there  are  no  cases, 
or  deaths,  entry   to   that   effect   must 
be  made.) 

Yellow  fever 

Asiatic  cholera 

Cholera  nostras,  or  cholerine 

Smallpox 

Typhus  fever 

Plague 

Leprosy 

Number  and  sanitary  condition  of  passengers  and  crew  landed  at  this  port: 
First  cabin.  No.  - — — — ;   sanitary  history  and  condition. 


Second  cabin,  No. 

Steerage,  No. 

Crew,  No. 


sanitary  history  and  condition. 


sanitary  history  and  condition. 


sanitary  condition  and  history. 


Note. — If  any  passenger  or  member  of  crew  disembarked  on  account  of  sickness, 
state  disease. 

Number  and  sanitary  condition  of  passengers  and  crew  taken  on  at  this  port,  and 
sanitary  condition  of  effects: 

First  cabin.  No. ;   sanitary  condition  and  history, 


Second  cabin.  No. 
Steerage,  No. 


sanitary  condition  and  history. 


sanitary  condition  and  history, 


Number  of  passengers  for  Canal  Zone: 
-steerage. 


first  cabin. 


second  cabin. 


«J  See  amendments  by  Executive  Orders  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  p.  197,  and  of  Jan.  11,  1915,  p.  206. 


MR  79216- 


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146  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Number  of  passengers  for  Repul)lic  of  Panama:   first  cabin, second 

cabin, steerage. 

Crew,  No. ;   sanitary  condition  and  history, . 

Sanitary  condition  of  effects, . 

Total  passengers  on  board, ;  total  crew  on  board, . 

Sanitary  measures,  if  any,  adopted  while  in  port, . 

Location  of  vessel  while  in  port — wharf, ;  open  bay, ;  distance  from 

shore, . 

Time  vessel  was  in  port. 


Character  of  communication  with  shore, . 

Nature,  sanitary  history,  and  condition  of  cargo  taken  on  at  this  port, . 

(Cancel  Form  A,  B,  or  C,  as  the  case  requires) 
Form. 

(Form  A  will  be  used  at  ) 
intermediate  ports  where  I 
the  vessel  does  not  enter.)     |  _ 

1  no  quarantinable  disease  has  appeared  aboard  since 

I      leaving . 

A — To  the  best  of  my  knowl-     I       . 

edge  and  belief —  j 

B — I   have  satisfied  myself     { 

that—  j 

C — Since  leaving  ,  the  following  quarantinable  disease   has  appeared   on 

board  — • ,  and  I  certify  that  the  necessary  sanitary  measures  have  been  taken. 

I  certify  also  that  with  reference  to  the  passengers,  effects,  and  cargo  taken  on  at 
this  port,  the  vessel  has  complied  with  the  rules  and  regulations  ^^4  made  under  the  act 
of  February  15,  1893. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of 191 — . 

(Signature  of  consular  officer:) 

(seal)  ! . 


Section  3. — The  master  of  a  vessel  entering  the  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the 
ports  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  from  any  port  of  the  United  States, 
must  present  to  the  Quarantine  Officer  and  to  the  Customs  Officer  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
or  his  authorized  agent,  each  a  bill  of  health  signed  by  the  customs  officer  of  the  port 
of  the  United  States  from  which  said  vessel  sails. 

Foreign  Regulations. 

inspection  of  vessels  from  foreign  ports  and  ports  in  the  dependencies 
of  the  united  states. 

Section  4. — The  officer  issuing  the  bill  of  health  shall  satisfy  himself,  by  inspection  if 
necessary,  that  the  conditions  certified  to  therein  are  true,  and  is  authorized  to  with- 
hold the  bill  of  health  or  the  supplemental  bill  of  health  until  he  is  satisfied  that  the 
vessel,  the  passengers,  the  crew,  and  the  cargo  have  complied  with  these  regulations. 

Section  5. — Inspection  is  required  of — 

(a)  All  vessels  from  ports  in  which  cholera,  yellow  fever,  or  plague  in  men  or 
rodents  prevails,  or  at  which  smallpox  or  typhus  fever  prevails  in  epidemic  form, 
and  at  which  a  medical  officer  is  detailed. 

(b)  All  vessels  carrying  steerage  passengers;  but  need  only  include  the  inspection 
of  such  passengers  and  their  living  apartments,  if  sailing  from  a  healthful  port. 

(c)  Inspection  of  the  vessel  is  such  an  examination  of  the  vessel,  cargo,  passengers, 
crew,  personal  effects  of  same,  including  examination  of  manifests  and  other  papers, 
food  and  water  supply,  the  ascertainment  of  its  relations  with  the  shore,  the  manner 
of  loading  and  possibilities  of  invasion  by  rats  and  insects  as  will  enable  the  inspecting 
officer  to  determine  if  these  regulations  have  been  complied  with. 

(d)  When  an  inspection  is  required,  it  should  be  made  by  daylight,  as  late  as  prac- 
ticable before  sailing.  The  vessel  should  be  inspected  before  the  passengers  go 
aboard,  the  passengers  just  before  embarkation,  and  the  crew  on  deck,  and  no  com- 
munication should  be  had  with  the  vessel  after  such  inspection  except  by  permission 
of  the  officer  issuing  the  bill  of  health. 

Js<  Amended  to  read  "Quarantine  Rules  and  Regulations  of  The  Panama  Canal"  by  par.  2  of  Execu- 
tive Order  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  p.  197. 


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General  Requirements. 


147 


Section  6. — Vessels,  prior  to  stowing  cargo  or  receiving  passengers,  should  be  me- 
chanically clean  in  all  parts,  especially  the  hold,  forecastle  and  steerage. 

Section  7. — Any  portions  of  the  vessel  liable  to  have  been  infected  by  any  com- 
municable disease  should  be  disinfected  before  the  issuance  of  the  bill  of  health. 

Section  8. — Street  sweepings,  city  cleanings,  or  anything  containing  organic  refuse 
should  not  be  taken  as  ballast  from  any  port. 

Section  9. — Bedding,  upholstered  furniture,  soiled  wearing  apparel,  personal  effects 
and  secondhand  articles  of  a  similar  nature,  coming  from  a  district  known  to  be 
infected  with  cholera,  smallpox,  typhus  fever,  or  as  to  the  origin  of  which  no  positive 
evidence  can  be  obtained,  and  which  the  consular  or  medical  officer  has  reason  to 
believe  are  infected,  should  be  disinfected  prior  to  shipment.  In  the  case  of  typhus 
fever,  the  destruction  of  vermin  should  be  assured.  Articles  similar  to  the  above- 
mentioned,  if  from  a  district  infected  by  plague,  should  be  inspected,  and,  if  necessary, 
disinfected  and  treated  to  destroy  vermin. 

Section  10. — Articles  from  an  uninfected  district  shipped  through  an  infected  port 
may  be  accepted  wthout  restriction  if  not  exposed  to  infection  in  transit. 

Section  11. — Any  article  shipped  from  or  through  an  infected  port  or  place,  and 
which  the  consul  or  medical  officer  has  reason  to  believe  infected,  should  be  disin- 
fected. 

Section  12.  Any  article  presumably  infected,  which  can  not  be  disinfected,  should 
not  be  shipped. 

Section  13. — Passengers,  for  the  purpose  of  these  regulations,  are  divided  into  two 
classes,  cabin  and  steerage,  (a) 

Section  14. — So  far  as  possible  passengers  should  avoid  embarking  at  a  port  where 
quarantinable  disease  prevails,  and  communication  between  the  vessel  and  the  shore 
should  be  reduced  to  a  minimum.  In  such  a  port  the  personnel  of  the  vessel  should 
remain  on  board  during  their  stay. 

Vessels  carrying  passengers  from  any  port  where  quarantinable  disease  prevails 
in  epidemic  form  should  have  a  medical  officer. 

Section  15. — -No  person  suffering  from  a  quarantinable  disease,  or  scarlet  fever, 
measles,  diphtheria,  or  other  communicable  disease,  should  be  allowed  to  ship. 

Section  16. — All  baggage  of  steerage  passengers  destined  for  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the 
ports  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  should  be  labeled.  If  the  baggage  is 
in  good  sanitary  condition,  the  label  shall  be  a  red  label  bearing  the  name  of  the  port, 
the  vessel  on  which  the  baggage  is  to  be  carried,  the  word  "passed"  in  large  type,  the 
date  of  inspection,  and  the  seal  or  stamp  of  the  consular  or  medical  officer  of  the  United 
States.  All  baggage  that  has  been  disinfected  shall  bear  a  yellow  label,  upon  which 
shall  be  printed  the  name  of  the  port,  the  vessel  upon  which  the  baggage  is  to  be 
carried,  the  word  "disinfected"  in  large  type,  the  date  of  disinfection,  and  the  seal 
or  stamp  of  the  consular  or  medical  officer  of  the  United  States.  It  is  understood, 
and  it  will  be  so  printed  on  the  blank,  that  the  label  is  not  valid  unless  bearing  the 
consular  or  medical  officer's  stamp  or  seal.^ss 

Section  17. — Each  steerage  passenger  shall  be  furnished  with  an  inspection  card  as 
follows.  This  card,  stamped  by  the  consular  or  medical  officer,  is  to  be  issued  to  every 
member  of  a  family  as  well  as  to  the  head  thereof,  and  shall  be  in  the  following  form: 


Port  of  departure 
Name  of  ship 


Inspection  Card 
(Immigrants  and  steerage  passengers) 

— .     Date  of  departure . 

Last  permanent  residence . 


Name  of  immigrant . 

^^'          Inspected  and  passed  at 

Passed  at  quarantine,  port  of 

«(Seal  or  stamp  of  consular  or 
medical  officer) 

♦ 

Canal  Zone  (or) 

Vaccinated 

(Signature  or  stamp) 

Republic  of  Panama 

(Date) 

(a)  The  sanitary  measures  applicable  to  second-cabin  passengers  will  be  those  designated  for  first 
cabin  passengers  or  for  steerage  passengers,  according  as  the  arrangements  of  their  quarters  and  ac- 
commodations aboard,  both  sanitary  and  for  association,  class  them  in  the  opinion  of  the  inspecting 
officer  with  the  first  cabin  or  steerage. 

>ss  Sec.  16,  amended  by  par.  4  of  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  p.  197. 


148  F<:XECUTIVIC  ORDKRS  RKLATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

(The  following  to  be  filled  in  by  ship's  surgeon  or  agent  prior  to  or  after  embarkation) 
Ship's  list  or  manifest .     No.  on  ship's  list  or  manifest . 


Berth  No. 

Steamship  inspection 

Days. 

To  be  punched  by  ship's  surgeon 
at  daily  inspection. 



1st.  2.  3.  4.  5,  6,  7.  8.  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14 

Section  18. — Passengers  and  crews,  merchandise  and  baggage,  prior  to  shipment 
at  a  noninfected  port,  but  coming  from  an  infected  locality,  should  be  subject  to  the 
same  restrictions  as  are  imposed  at  an  infected  port. 

Local  inspection  of  vessels. 

Section  19. — Vessels  arriving  at  any  of  the  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  under  the  following  conditions,  shall  be 
inspected  by  the  quarantine  ofificer  of  the  port  prior  to  entry: 

(a)  Vessels  from  the  United  States;  (b)  Vessels  from  foreign  ports;  (c)  Vessels 
with  sickness  aboard;  (d)  Vessels  from  Panamanian  ports  where  any  quarantinable 
disease  prevails;  (e)  Vessels  from  F'anamanian  ports  carrying  passengers  or  articles 
suspected  by  the  quarantine  officer  as  being  capable  of  conveying  the  infection  of  a 
transmissible  disease. 3s* 

Section  20. — The  limits  of  anchorage  of  vessels  awaiting  inspection  and  of  vessels 
undergoing  quarantine,  shall  be  fixed  from  time  to  time  by  the  Chief  Sanitary  Officer 
of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  21. — -Every  vessel  subject  to  quarantine  inspection  shall  be  considered 
in  quarantine  until  granted  free  pratique,  and  such  vessels  shall  fly  a  yellow  flag 
from  the  foremast  head  from  sunrise  to  sunset  and  shall  observe  all  the  other  require- 
ments of  vessels  actually  quarantined. 

Section  22. — The  captain  or  master  of  a  vessel  in  quarantine  shall  allow  no  com- 
munication with  his  vessel  except  as  provided  for  in  these  regulations,  nor  shall  any 
water  craft  approach  within  200  meters  of  any  such  vessel. 

Section  23.— No  person  or  article  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  a  vessel  in  quarantine 
without  written  authority  from  the  quarantine  ofificer. 

Section  24. — Towboats,  or  any  vessel  or  boat  having  had  communication  with  a 
vessel  in  quarantine  shall  be  submitted,  with  their  personnel,  to  such  measures  of 
sanitation  as  the  quarantine  officer  may  judge  to  be  necessary. 

Section  25. — No  person,  except  such  officers  of  the  port  as  are  required  to  do  so  by 
the  nature  of  their  duties,  and  the  agent  of  the  vessel,  if  such  agent  has  the  consent  of 
the  quarantine  officer,  shall  go  aboard  any  vessel  subject  to  quarantine  until  such 
vessel  has  been  granted  free  pratique.  Any  person  going  aboard  prior  to  the  issuance 
of  free  pratique  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  restrictions  as  the  personnel  of  the  vessel, 
if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  quarantine  ofificer,  this  is  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the 
public  health. 

Section  26.^The  quarantine  officer,  after  his  inspection  of  the  vessel  and  its  docu- 
ments, shall  decide  whether  said  vessel,  or  its  personnel,  or  passengers,  or  any  article 
aboard  said  vessel  is  liable  to  convey  any  of  the  following  diseases:  plague;  yellow 
fever,  cholera,  small-pox,  typhus  fever  or  leprosy;  and,  if  so,  such  vessel  shall  be 
placed  in  quarantine  and  forbidden  entry  until  the  period  of  incubation  of  such 
<liseases  is  past,  and  he  shall  take  such  measures  in  respect  to  the  vessel,  its  passengers 
or  personnel  or  cargo  as,  in  his  judgment,  may  be  required  to  prevent  the  entry  of 
such  diseases  into  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  cities  .of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of 
Panama.357 

Section  27.  Passengers  boarding  vessels  from  ports  subject  to  quarantine  will  be 
required,  in  the  di.scretion  of  the  Chief  Sanitary  Officer  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  present 
par.sonal  certificates  from  the  officer  authorized  by  these  regulations  to  sign  bills  of 
health,  certifying  to  their  sanitary  history  and  condition,  provided  due  notice  has 
been  issued  to  the  agents  of  the  steamship  companies  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

Section  28. — Every  case  of  sickness  aboard  any  vessel  in  the  harbor  shall  be 
immediately  reported  by  the  master  of  the  vessel  to  the  quarantine  ofificer,  who  shall 
see  the  case  and  take  such  sanitary  measures  as  may  be  necessary. 

Section  29. — The  Chief  Quarantine  Officer  shall  have  charge  of  the  sanitation  of  the 
harbors  and  vessels  lying  therein  and  shall  see  that  such  measures  are  enforced  as  are 
necessary  for  the  proper  hygiene  of  vessels,  their  cargoes,  and  their  personnel,  whether 

>5'  2d  par.,  sec.  19,  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  14.  1914,  p.  197. 
>s7  Sec.  26,  amended  by  par.  6  of  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  p.  197. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       149 

in  port  or  en  route,  and  to  prevent  thfe  vessels  from  being  a  source  of  danger  to  other 
vessels  or  to  the  port,  and  he  is  authorized  to  certify  bills  of  health  to  vessels  clearing 
from  ports  under  his  jurisdiction,  setting  forth  in  such  bill  of  health  the  conditions 
of  the  port,  vessel,  cargo,  passengers  and  crew;  and  is  authorized  at  the  request  of 
the  master  of  any  vessel  to  disinfect  and  otherwise  place  such  vessel  in  a  sanitary 
condition  so  that  it  may  leave  the  port  in  free  pratique  and  be  able  to  make  entry 
at  the  port  of  destination  without  further  disinfection  or  (ietention  in  quarantine. 

Section  30.— The  quarantine  officer  shall  make  such  charges  for  the  disinfection 
of  vessels  and  their  cargoes,  and  for  the  transportation  and  subsistence  of  passengers 
while  in  quarantine  as  may  be  fixed  from  time  to  time  by  the  Governor  of  the  Canal 
Zone.^^* 

Section  31. — A  certificate  from  the  quarantine  officer  that  a  vessel  has  complied 
with  all  the  quarantine  regulations  shall  be  required  of  every  vessel  subject  to 
inspection,  as  a  pre-requisite  for  customs  entry  or  passage  through  the  Canal. 

Section  32. — Quarantine  stations  shall  be  established  and  maintained  at  such  places 
as  may  be  decided  upon  by  the  Chief  Sanitary  Officer  of  the  Canal  Zone,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Governor. 

Persons  detained  in  quarantine  under  these  regulations  shall  not  be  permitted  to  go 
outside  the  limits  of  the  quarantine  station  until  discharged  therefrom  by  the  quaran- 
tine officer  and  if  any  such  person  shall  leave  the  quarantine  station  without  being 
duly  discharged  therefrom  he  may  be  taken  into  custody  by  the  quarantine  officers 
wherever  found  and  returned  to  the  quarantine  station  and,  in  addition,  he  maybe 
punished  as  hereinafter  described. 

No  person  except  the  Chief  Sanitary  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  his  repre- 
sentative, the  quarantine  ofificers  and  employees  and  personnel  of  the  station  shall  be 
permitted  to  enter  in  or  upon  a  quarantine  station  without  permission  from  the 
Chief  Sanitary  Officer  or  the  Chief  Quarantine  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Section  33. — The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  establish  from  time  to  time 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  execute  this  order.J59 

Section  34. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  regulations  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $500.00,  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding 
90  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court.^*" 

Section  35. — The  medical  officers  of  the  Canal  Zone,  duly  clothed  with  authority 
to  act  as  quarantine  officers  at  any  port  or  place  within  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the 
ports  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  and  when  performing 
the  said'duties,  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  and  take  declarations  there- 
under in  matters  relating  to  the  administration  of  the  quarantine  laws  and  regulations 
of  the  Canal  Zone  Government. 

Section  36. — These  regulations  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  date  upon  which 
the  Panama  Canal  is  officially  and  formally  opened  for  use  and  operation,  by  procla- 
mation of  the  President  of  the  United  States.'*" 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

15  April,  1913.  [No.  1761.) 


Order  of  the  President,  June  30,  1913,  amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1908,  providing  for  jury 

trials  in  tlie  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  ordered: 

That  paragraph  1  of  Executive  Order  No.  750,  dated  February  6,  1908,  providing 
for  jury  trials  in  the  Canal  Zone,^*'^  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions  in  the  Canal  Zone  for  felonies,  the  accused  shall 
enjoy  the  right  of  trial  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the  District  in  which  the  crime  shall 
have  been  committed,  to  be  chosen  as  follows: 

This  Order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  July  4,  1913. 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

June  30,  1913.  [No.  1792.] 

'58  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  11,  1920,  p.  266,  amplifies  this  section. 

359  See  the  626  series  of  Governor's  Circulars. 

J'°Sec.  34,  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  p.  197  (Par.  VII),  providing  that  the  punish- 
ment prescribed  shall  be  imposed  by  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

"■  By  sec.  13  of  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  the  above  order  of  Apr.  13,  1913,  as  amended, 
was  reenacted  and  made  effective  as  of  Feb.  6,  1917.  The  above  order  and  all  laws,  orders  and  regu- 
lations, or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict,  are  repealed  by  new  regulations  established  by  Executive  Order  of 
Mar.  31,  1920,  p.  268. 

3''  p.  138.  Tiiat  order  only  provided  for  jury  trial  where  penalty  of  death  or  life  imprisonment  might 
be  imposed.    See  notes  thereunder  relating  to  further  legislation  on  subject  of  jury  trials. 


150  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

TO   PROHIBIT  THE    UNAUTHORIZED   USE   OF   FLYING   MACHINES. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  operate  an  aeroplane,  balloon  or 
flying  machine  of  any  kind  in  or  across  the  Canal  Zone  without  the  written  authority 
of  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  take  or  make  a  photograph,  picture 
or  sketch  of  any  kind  of  the  fortifications  or  other  military  works  in  the  Canal  Zone 
from  any  aeroplane,  balloon  or  flying  machine  of  any  kind  without  the  written  consent 
of  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  3.  A  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  punishable  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  One  Thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding 
one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Section  4.  This  order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  thirty  days  from  its  publication 
in  the  Canal  Record.J*^ 

WooDROW  Wilson 

The  White  House, 
7  August,  1913. 

[No.  1810.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Aug.  9,  1913,  appointing  Richard  Lee  Metcalfe  a  member  of  the  Isthmian 

Canal  Commission. »'• 

Richard  Lee  Metcalfe  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission at  the  rate  of  Fourteen  Thousand  Dollars  ($14,000.00)  per  annum,  effective 
this  date. 

Commissioner  Metcalfe  will  be  allowed  the  use  of  a  furnished  dwelling  house  on 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  will  be  allowed  and  paid  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses 
while  away  from  the  Isthmus  on  official  business. 

WooDRow  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

August  9,  1913.  , 

[No.  1812.] 


RELATING   TO    BAIL    BONDS    AND    MONEY   DEPOSITS    IN    LIEU   THEREOF   AND    TO    AMEND    SECTION    310    OP 
CRIMINAL    PROCEDURE   OF   THE   CANAL   ZONE. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  defendant  in  a  criminal  proceeding  before  a  District  Court  of  the 
Canal  Zone  may  make  a  cash  deposit  in  lieu  of  a  bail  bond  in  form  and  manner  as 
provided  for  in  sections  305,  306  and  307  ^'s  of  the  Criminal  Procedure  Act  No.  15 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  a  certificate  of  deposit  shall  be  issued  to  the  defendant  by  the. 
judge  in  each  case. 

Section  2.  Whenever  a  warrant  is  issued  by  any  court  or  judge  of  the  Canal  Zone 
in  a  case  in  which  bail  may  be  admitted,  the  court  or  judge  issuing  such  warrant  shall 
endorse  thereon  the  amount  of  bail  J^^  to  be  required  of  the  defendant  to  secure  his 
appearance  in  the  case,  and  the  officer  executing  the  warrant  may  accept  a  bail 
bond  or  money  deposit  in  lieu  thereof  in  the  sum  specified  in  the  warrant,  and  in  the 
form  prescribed  by  law,  and  the  bail  bond  or  money  deposit  in  lieu  thereof  shall  be 
forthwith  delivered  to  the  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  case,  and  a  receipt  for  such 
bond  or  deposit  shall  be  given  to  such  officer  by  the  clerk  of  the  court,  or  the  judge 
thereof  if  the  case  is  pending  in  a  district  court. 

5«»  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Aug.  20,  1913.  See  also  Proclamation  of  President  of  Feb.  28. 
1918,  p.  237,  relating  to  aircraft  in  war  time.  That  Proclamation  was  repealed  by  Proclamation  of 
July  31,  1919,  p.  254,  but  the  E.xecutive  Order  of  .Aug.  7,  1913.  has  never  been  repealed. 

3"  See  note.«  under  Order  of  Apr.  1,  1907,  p.  64,  relating  to  Commissioners  who  served  as  Head  of  the 
Department  of  Civil  Administration. 

J'sL.  C.  Z.  220. 

^''See  sees.  21-22.  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  176),  in  re  warrant  of  arrest  and  admis- 
sion to  bail,  the  amount  stated  for  misdemeanors  not  to  exceed  $500,  and  see  also  Title  X  of  Criminal 
Procedure  on  admission  to  bail.     See  also  order  of  Dec.  30,  1921,  p.  293. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  151 

When  an  arrest  is  made  without  a  warrant  in  conformity  with  law  in  a  misde- 
meanor case,  and  for  any  reason  the  officer  making  the  arrest  is  unable  to  take  the 
oflfender  forthwith  before  a  magistrate,  he  may  accept  bond  or  a  cash  deposit  in  lieu 
thereof  from  the  offender  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  to  secure  his 
appearance  before  the  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  case,  and  the  offender  shall 
then  be  released  from  custody  and  the  bond  or  cash  deposit  in  lieu  thereof  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  proper  officer  or  court  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  in  this  section.^'^ 

When  a  money  deposit  is  made  in  lieu  of  bail  bond,  the  deposit  shall  be  held  and 
disposed  of  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  sections  305,  306,  307  and  311  ■»'* 
of  the  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  section  310  thereof,  as  hereinafter 
amended. 

Section  3.  That  section  310  of  the  Criminal  Procedure  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

Section  310.  If  money  has  been  deposited  instead  of  bail,  and  the  defendant,  at  any 
time  before  the  forfeiture  thereof,  surrenders  himself  to  the  officer  to  whom  the  com- 
mitment was  directed,  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  two  preceding  sections,  the 
court  must  order  a  return  of  the  deposit  to  the  defendant,  upon  producing  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  officers  showing  the  surrender,  and  upon  a  notice  of  five  days  to  the 
Prosecuting  Attorney,  with  a  copy  of  the  certificate. 

Section  4.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the  Canal 
Record.  3  ^9 

WooDROw  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

29  Aug.,  1913. 

[No.  1817.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  20,  1913,  retaining  Lieut.-Col.  D.  DuB.  Gaillard,  Corps  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  Army,  as  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  granting  him  leave  of 
absence  with  full  pay  on  status  of  sick  leave. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  D.  DuB.  Gaillard,^''''  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Member  of 
the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  now  on  leave  of  absence  will  be  retained  as  a  Mem- 
ber of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  and  is  hereby  granted  leave  of  absence  with 
full  pay  on  status  of  sick  leave  until  further  notice. 
By  direction  of  the  President: 

LiNDLEY  M.  Garrison, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

September  20.  1913. 


To  Punish  Deported  Persons  Who  Return  to  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Any  person  who,  after  having  served  a  sentence  of  imprisonment  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  and  after  being  deported  therefrom,  returns  to  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be 
■deemed  guilty  of  felony  and  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  for  a  term 
of  not  less  than  six  months  nor  more  than  two  years,  and  upon  the  completion  of  his 
sentence  he  shall  be  removed  from  the  Canal  Zone  in  accordance  with  the  laws  and 
orders  relating  to  deportation.  An  entry  into  the  Canal  Zone,  for  any  purpose,  shall 
be  sufficient  to  constitute  a  return  to  the  Zone  within  the  meaning  of  this  Order; 
provided,  however,  that  in  a  case  of  necessity  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
in  his  discretion,  may  grant  a  permit  to  any  such  person  to  return  to  the  Canal  Zone 
temporarily,  but  should  he  remain  in  the  Canal  Zone  after  the  time  specified  in  the 
permit  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  Order  and  punished  as  therein 
provided. 

>"  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  7,  1908,  p.  85,  relating  to  bail  bond,  or  cash  deposit  in  lieu  there- 
of, on  appeals  from  judgment  of  the  (former)  District  Court. 

>♦«  L.  C.  Z.  220. 

1"  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Sept.  17,  1913. 

"•  Appointed  Commissioner  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  16,  1907,  p.  63.  See  notes  thereunder  rela- 
tive  to  his  service. 


152  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Section  2.  The  Executive  Order  of  May  2,    1911,   providing  a  punishment  for 
deported  persons  who  return  to  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  repealed.^'' 

Section  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication  in 
the  Canal  Record.''^ 

WooDROw  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

25  Sept.,  1913. 

(No.  1832.) 


TO  REGULATE  THK  CARRYING  OF  ARMS.''' 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Anyone  who  carries  on  or  about  his  person  any  firearm,  dirk,  dagger  or 
other  knife  manufactured  or  sold  for  the  purpose  of  offence  or  defence,  or  any  slung- 
shot,  sword-cane,  or  any  knuckles  made  of  metal  or  other  hard  substance,  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  of  not  less  than  Five  Dollars  nor  more  than  Twenty-five  Dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  in  jail  of  not  less  than  five  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by 
both  such  fine  or  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court,  and  during  such  time 
of  imprisonment  such  offender  may  be  put  to  work  upon  any  public  work  in  the  Canal 
Zone. 

In  addition  to  the  punishment  herein  prescribed  for  unlawfully  carrying  arms,  the 
courts  shall  adjudge  the  seizure  and  confiscation  of  the  arms  unlawfully  carried  by  the 
offending  party  and  the  same  shall  be  disposed  of  in  such  manner  as  the  Head  of  the 
Department  of  Civil  Administration  shall  determine. 

Section  2.  The  preceding  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  person  engaged  in  the  military 
or  naval  service  of  the  United  States  or  as  a  peace  officer  or  officer  authorized  to 
execute  judicial  process  of  the  United  States  or  the  Canal  Zone,  or  in  carrying  mail 
or  engaged  in  the  collection  or  custody  of  funds  of  the  United  States  or  the  Canal 
Zone,  nor  to  a  member  of  a  gun  or  pistol  club  for  the  promotion  of  target  practice,  a 
certified  copy  of  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  which  have  been  approved  by  the 
Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  and  filed  with  the  Collector  of 
Revenues,  when  such  member  is  going  to  or  from  a  target  range,  and  engaged  Ln 
practice  at  the  target  range.  For  the  purposes  of  this  order,  a  certificate  of  member- 
ship in  the  gun  or  pistol  club  shall  be  issued  by  the  organization  and  approved  by  the 
Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration,  and  shall  entitle  the  holder  to 
carry  firearms  as  provided  for  in  this  section. 

Neither  shall  the  preceding  section  apply  to  any  person  authorized  to  have  or 
carry  arms  by  permit  granted  under  the  terms  and  conditions  named  in  section  3 
hereof. 

Section  3.  The  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  may  authorize  the 
granting  of  permits  to  have  and  carry  arms  as  follows: 

1.  To  hunt  upon  the  public  lands  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  upon  the  lands  of  private 
persons  when  authorized  by  the  latter. 

2.  To  have  arms  in  residences,  oflficcs,  business  places  and  plantations;  and  to 
watchmen  or  overseers  of  plantations,  factories,  warehouses,  docks  or  piers. 

Applications  for  such  permits  shall  be  made  to  the  Head  of  the  Department  of 
Civil  Administration  and  shall  state  the  full  name,  residence  and  occupation  of  the 
applicant,  and  if  the  applicant  is  a  minor  it  shall  not  be  granted  without  the  written 
consent  of  his  parent  or  guardian. 

The  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administration  shall  satisfy  himself  by  due 
inquiry  that  the  applicant  is  a  proper  person  to  have  a  permit  to  keep  or  carry  arms, 
and  he  may  grant  or  deny  the  application  as  to  him  may  seem  proper. 

When  an  application  is  granted  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Administra- 
tion for  a  permit  to  hunt  he  shall  file  the  application,  with  his  approval  endorsed 
thereon,  with  the  Collector  of  Revenues,  who  shall  issue  a  permit  to  the  applicant  upon 
his  paying  the  Collector  of  Revenues  a  fee  of  one  dollar,  to  be  covered  into  the  Treas- 
sury  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government. 

"■  See  notes  under  that  order,  p.  107.    See  also  Executive  Orxier  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  relating 
to  exclusion  of  undesirables. 
""  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Oct.  IS,  1913. 
"J  Repealed  and  substituted  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  6,  1920,  p.  267. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       153 

The  hunting  permits  issued  by  virtue  of  this  order  shall  authorize  the  holders  thereof 
to  have,  use  or  carry  a  gun,  rifle  or  other  similar  long  arm  for  hunting  purposes  during 
the  fiscal  year  for  which  the  permit  is  issued,  provided,  however,  that  such  permit 
may  be  revoked  at  any  time  for  cause  by  the  Head  of  the  Department  of  Civil 
Administration. 

Section  4.  Anyone  who  engages  in  hunting  without  first  obtaining  the  permit  pro- 
vided for  in  this  order  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  Twenty-five  dollars  or 
imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  ten  days,  provided,  however,  that  persons  engaged 
in  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  .States  shall  not  be  required  to  obtain  a  permit 
to  hunt  upon  the  public  lands  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  5.  Penalties  for  infringements  of  this  order  imposed  upon  intoxicated  or 
disorderly  pers-ors  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  punishments  authorized  by  law  for 
such  intoxicated  or  disorderly  conduct. 

Section  6.  Sections  449  to  460,  lioth  inclusive,  of  the  Penal  Code,''^  the  Executive 
Order  of  December  1,  1909,^"  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War  by  authority  of  the 
President,  amending  Sections  450  and  456  of  the  Penal  Code,  and  the  Executive 
Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  issued  by  authority  of  the  President,  dated  November 
3,  1911, ■J'*'  amending  Section  456  of  the  Penal  Code  as  amended  by  the  Execijtive 
Order  above  mentioned,  and  all  other  laws,  orders  and  decrees  in  conflict  with  this 
order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  7.  This  order  ^"  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  the  Canal  Record.^'* 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

7  November,  1913. 

[\o.  1857.)  < 


Fixing  the  Rate  of  Interest  on  Money. i" 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Execji^tive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  No  rate  of  interest  shall  be  allowed  in  excess  of  six  per  centum  per  annum 
upon  any  contract  for  the  use  or  detention  of  money,  unless  the  same  is  in  writing 
and  the  interest  agreed  upon  must  not  exceed  twelve  per  centum  per  annum. 

Section  II.  All  contracts  whatsoever  which  may  in  any  way,  directly  or  indirectly, 
violate  the  preceding  section  by  stipulating  for  a  greater  rate  of  interest  than  twelve 
percentum  per  annum,  shall  be  void  and  of  no  eft'ect  for  the  amount  or  value  of  the 
interest  only;  but  the  principal  sum  of  money  or  value  of  the  contract  may  be  re- 
ceived and  reco\ered. 

Section  III.  When  the  interest  received  or  collected  for  the  use  or  detention  of 
money  exceeds  the  rate  of  twelve  percentum  per  annum,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
usurious,  and  the  person  or  persons  paying  the  same,  or  their  legal  representatives, 
may  recover  from  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  receiving  such  interest,  the  amount 
of  the  interest  so  received  or  collected,  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  within 
two  years  from  the  date  of  the  payment  of  such  interest. 

Section  IV.  No  e\'idence  of  usury  shall  be  received  on  the  trial  of  any  case  unless 
the  same  shall  be  pleaded  and  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  the  party  wishing  to  avail 
himself  of  such  defense. 

Section  V.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  the  Canal  Record. 3*» 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

//  Nov.,  1913. 

[No.  1860.1 


"iL.  C.  Z.  168-17L 

"s  p.  95. 

"'p.  12L 

"'  Repealed  by  Order  of  Mar.  6,  1920,  p.  267. 

"«  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Nov.  26,  1913. 

"■>  See  sees.  236-241,  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  130),  relating  to  pawnbrokers. 

J«»  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  of  Nov.  26,  1913. 


154  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

(Rules  for  the  measurement  of  Vessels  for  the  Panama  Canal.) 

By  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
A   PROCLAMATION. 

I,  WooDROW  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  by  virtue  of 
the  power  and  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August 
twenty-fourth,  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve,  to  provide  for  the  opening,  mainte- 
nance, protection  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zonc^"'  do  hereby  prescribe  and  proclaim  the  "Rules  for  the 
Measurement  of  X'essels  for  the  Panama  Canal, "J**  which  are  annexed  hereto  and 
made  a  part  of  this  proclamation. a 

a  Note. — The  Rules  for  the  Measurement  of  Vessels  for  the  Panama  Canal  are  published  in  a  separate 
pamphlet  with  this  Proclamation. j«-i 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  city  of  Washington  this  twenty-first  day  of  November  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirteen  and  of  the  independence 
[seal]    of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-eighth. 

WooDRow  Wilson 
By  the  President: 

W.  J.  Bryan 

Secretary  of  Stale. 

[No.  1258.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Jan.  20,  1914,  fixing  the  total  compensation  to  be  paid  Prof.  Emory  R. 
Johnson,  and  directing  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  to  provide  funds  needed  in  the  execution 
of  this  order. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered  that  the  total  compensation  of  Professor 
Emory  R.  Johnson,  who  was  appointed  a  Special  Commissioner  by  F^xecutive  Order, 
dated  September  1,  1911, '^^  is  hereby  fixed  at  Twenty-fiv^e  Thousand,  Three  Hundred 
Dollars  ($25,300),  from  which  shall  be  deducted  any  payments  on  account  of  actual 
expenses  and  per  diem  heretofore  made  to  him  under  the  provisions  of  the  Executive 
Order  of  September  1,  1911,  such  compensation  covering  the  period  from  September 
1,  1911,  to  October  4,  1913,  inclusive. 

The  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  directed  to  provide  the  funds  needed  in 
the  execution  of  this  order. 

Lindley  M.  Garrison 
Secretary  of  War, 
War  Department, 

January  20,  1914. 


To  Prevent  the  Corrupt  Influencing  of  .-Xgents.  Employees  or  Servants.''* 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  give,  offer  or  promise  to  an  agent, 
employee  or  servant,  any  gift  or  gratuity  whatever  without  the  knowledge  and  con- 
sent of  the  principal,  employer  or  master  of  such  agent,  employee  or  servant  with 
intent  to  influence  his  action  in  relation  to  the  business  of  his  principal,  employer,  or 
master;  or  for  any  agent,  employee  or  servant,  without  the  knowledge  and  consent  of 

!•■  See  sec.  5,  Panama  Canal  .\ct  (T.  &  A.  79). 

J»»  Report  or.  subject  of  measurements  m.ide  by  Special  Commissioner  Johnson  to  Secretary  of  War 
under  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  1 .  1911.  p.  116. 

^^  Also  published  as  Governor's  Circular  No.  601-2.  See  also  circulars  660-.S0.  and  673,  relating  to 
this  subject.  See  also  Proclamation  of  Nov.  13.  1912.  relating  to  Panama  Canal  toll  rates,  p.  132 
hereof;  Executive  Order  of  July  9.  1914,  p.  194.  authorizing  members  of  Board  of  .Adraea.surement  to 
administer  oaths,  obtain  process  through  District  Court,  etc.;  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  16.  1914,  p. 
205.  authorizing  passing  vessel.s  through  Canal  (to  save  delay  without  certificate  of  admeasurement); 
Executive  Order  of  Mar.  4,  1919,  p.  251.  amending  form  of  certificate. 

J'<  See  notes  under  that  order,  p.  116,  citing  reports  made  by  Professor  Johnson.  See  also  Proclama- 
tion of  Nov.  21,  1913,  p.  154,  of  rules  and  regulations  governing  measurements  of  ships  going  through 
the  Panama  Canal. 

5»s  Sec  Title  V  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  101)  relating  to  conspiracy,  and  Governor's  Circular  No,  606-1, 
relating  to  gifts,  presentations,  and  solicitation  of  contributii)ns. 


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155 


his  principal,  employer  or  master,  to  request  or  accept  a  gift,  or  gratuity,  or  the  prom- 
ise of  any  gift  or  gratuity  whatever  beneficial  to  himself,  under  an  agreement  or  with 
an  understanding  that  he  shall  act  in  any  particular  manner  in  respect  to  the  business 
of  his  principal,  employer,  or  master;  or  for  any  agent,  employee  or  servant  authorized 
to  procure  materials,  supplies  or  other  articles  either  by  purchase  or  contract  for  his 
principal,  emplover  or  master,  or  to  employ  servants  or  labor  for  his  principal, 
employer  or  master,  to  request  or  accept  or  agree  to  accept,  for  himself  or  another, 
directly  or  indirectly,  a  commission,  discount  or  bonus  from  the  person  who  makes 
the  sale  or  contract,  or  furnishes  such  materials,  supplies  or  articles  or  from  the 
person  who  renders  such  service  or  labor;  or  for  any  person  to  give  or  offer  to  such 
agent,  employee,  or  servant  such  commission,  discount  or  bonus. 

A  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail 
for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of 

the  Court.  ,  ,     r        •  ui-     ..■ 

Section  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication 

in  the  Canal  Record. J**  ,^,  ,^, 

WooDROW  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

21  January,  1914. 

To  Prevent  Fire-Hunting  at  .\ight.  and  Hunting  by  Means  of  a  Spring  or  Trap,  and  to  Repeal  the 
Executive  Order  of  Sept.  8. 1909. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone.  ^      j 

Section  1.  Every  person  who  shall  hunt  at  night,  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and 
sunrise,  with  the  aid  or  use  of  a  lantern,  torch,  bonfire,  or  other  artificial  light,  or  who 
shall  hunt  by  the  use  of  a  gun  or  other  firearm  intended  to  be  discharged  by  an  animal 
or  bird,  by  means  of  a  spring  or  trap,  or  other  similar  mechanical  device,  shall  be  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor.  .  , 

The  penalties  imposed  by  this  Order  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  punishments  author- 
ized by  the  law  against  carrying  arms  without  a  permit. J*'  _       ,^^     r    u 

Sec.  2.  The  Executive  Order  of  September  8,  1909,3*8  amending  Section  454  ot  the 
Penal  Code  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  repealed.  .       . 

Sec.  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the 

Canal  Record.'*'  „,  „, 

WooDROW  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

27  January,  1914.  (No.  1884.] 

To  Establish  a  Permanent  Organization  for  the  Panama  Canal. »• 
By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  enact  the  following  order, 
creating  a  permanent  organization  for  the  Panama  Canal,  under  the  Act  of  Congress 
"To  provide  for  the  opening,  maintenance,  protection  and  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  sanitation  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August 
24.  1912.3" 

Section  1.  The  organization  for  the  completion,  maintenance,  operation,  govern- 
ment and  sanitation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  its  adjuncts  and  the  government  of  the 
Canal  Zone  shall  consist  of  the  following  departments,  offices  and  agencies,  and  such 
others  as  may  be  established  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  the  Isthmus  or 
elsewhere  with  the  approval  of  the  President,  all  to  be  under  the  direction  of  the 
Governor,  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

DEPARTMENT   OF    OPERATION    AND   MAINTENANCE. 

There  shall  be  a  Department  of  Operation  and  Maintenance  under  the  immediate 
supervision  and  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  This  Department 
shall  be  charged  with  the  construction  of  the  Canal  and  with  its  operation  and 

5"Publishedinr/!eCawa/i?e<:orrfof  Feb.  4.  1914.  ,  ...  u-  y,.   ^^^^\^a 

3"  See  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  6,  1920,  p.  267,  relating  to  carrying  and  keeping  arms,  which  repealed 
order  of  Nov.  7,  1013,  p.  152,  on  same  subject.  ,,ni7        i<:o 

3««  p.  91.    Sees.  449  to  460  of  Penal  Code  were  repealed  by  order  of  Nov.  7,  1913,  p.  152. 
'«' Published  in  r/i(^Canu/ Record  of  Feb.  11,  1914.  •     .■   „ 

3,0  See  generally  the  660  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  in  re  general  and  separate  organizations. 
s"Sec.  4,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79). 


156  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIMi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

maintenance  when  completed,  including  all  matters  relating  to  traffic  of  the  Canal 
and  its  adjuncts,  and  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  beacons,  lights  and  light- 
houses; the  supervision  of  ports  and  waterways,  including  pilotage;  the  admeasuring 
and  inspecting  of  vessels,  including  hulls  and  boilers;  the  operation  and  maintenance 
of  the  I^anama  Railroad  ^'^  upon  the  Isthnms,  including  telephone  and  telegraph 
systems;  the  operation  of  locks,  coaling  plants,  shops,  dry-docks  and  wharves; 
office  engineering,  including  meteorology  and  hydrography;  the  construction  of 
buildings  and  sanitary  and  municipal  engineering,  including  the  construction  and 
maintenance  of  drainage  ditches,  streets,  roads  and  bridges. 

I'l'RCHASING   DEPARTMENT. 

There  shall  be  a  Purchasing  Departments'^  under  the  supervision  and  direction 
of  the  Governor.  This  department  shall  be  charged  with  the  purchase  of  all  supplies, 
machinery  or  necessary  plant. 

SlPPl.Y    DEPARTMENT. 

There  shall  be  a  Supply  Department,  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the 
Chief  Quartermaster.  This  department  shall  store  and  distribute  all  material  and 
supplies  for  use  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  of  its  employees;  and  for  other  depart- 
ments of  the  Government  on  the  Isthmus  and  their  employees;  and  for  vessels  of  the 
United  States  and  for  other  vessels,  when  required.  The  Supply  Department  shall 
operate  commissaries,  hotels  and  messes;  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  maintenance  of 
buildings,  the  assignment  of  quarters  and  the  'care  of  grounds;  shall  recruit  and 
distribute  unskilled  labor;  and  shall  have  charge  of  the  necessary  animal  trans- 
portation. 

ACCOUNTING    DEPARTMENT. 

There  shall  be  an  Accounting  Dfepartment  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of 
the  Auditor,  with  an  assistant  in  the  United  States.''^  The  duties  of  the  department 
shall  include  all  general  bookkeeping,  auditing  and  accounting,  both  for  money  and 
property,  costkeeping,  the  examination  of  payrolls  and  vouchers,  the  inspection  of 
time  books  and  of  money  and  property  accounts,  the  preparation  of  statistical  data, 
and  the  administrative  examination  of  such  accounts  as  are  required  to  be  submitted 
to  the  United  States  Treasury  Department;  and  the  collection,  custody  and  disburse- 
ment of  funds  for  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Canal  Zone.  These  same  duties  shall  be 
performed  for  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  (jn  the  Isthmus  when  not  inconsistent 
with  the  charter  and  by-laws  of  that  Company.  The  department  shall  be  charged  with 
the  handling  of  claims  for  compensation  on  account  of  personal  injuries  and  of  claims 
for  damages  to  vessels.  Within  the  limits  fixed  by  law,  the  duties  and  financial 
responsibilities  of  the  officers  and  employees  charged  with  the  receipt,  custody,  dis- 
bursement, auditing  and  accounting  for  funds  and  property  shall  be  prescribed  in 
regulations  issued  by  the  Governor,  with  the  approval  of  the  President.  The  Auditor 
shall  maintain  such  a  system  of  bookkeeping  as  will  enable  him  to  furnish  at  any  time 
full,  complete  and  cornect  information  in  regard  to  the  status  of  appropriations  made 
by  Congress,  the  status  of  all  other  funds,  and  the  amounts  of  net  profits  on  all  opera- 
tions, which  are  to  be  covered  into  the  Treasurv  as  re(|uired  by  the  Panama  Canal 
Act. 

HEALTH    DEPARTMENT. 

There  shall  be  a  Health  Department  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the 
Chief  Health  Officer.  This  department  shall  be  charged  with  all  matters  relating  to 
maritime  sanitation  and  quarantine  in  the  ports  and  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  in 
the  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  and  with  land  sanitation  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  sanitary  matters  in  said  cities  in  conformity  with  the  Canal  Treaty  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  existing  agreements  between  the 
two  governments  thereunder,  and  all  matters  relating  to  hospitals  and  charities. 

»»  Governor's  Circular  No.  660,  outlininR  general  organization,  provides  that  the  Panama  Railroad, 
under  the  direction  of  the  President  of  the  Company,  who  is  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  and 
Head  of  the  Department  of  Operation  and  Maintenance,  will  be  operated  practically  as  a  division  of  the 
Department  of  Operation  and  Maintenance,  but  will  still  retain  its  entity  as  a  corporation. 

i'iSce  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  2,  1914.  p.  162,  establishing  a  Washington  Office  of  The  Panamas 
Canal,  which  shall  be  the  headquarters  and  principal  office  of  the  Purcliasing  Department  of  The 
Panama  Canal. 

""Sec.  V,  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  2,  1914,  p.  162,  defines  duties  of  Assistant  Auditor  in  the 
United  States. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINii  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  157 

KXKCUTIVE    SECRETARY. 

There  shall  be  an  Executive  Secretary  who,  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  shall  be  charged  with  the  supervision  of  all  matters  relating  to  the 
keeping  of  time  of  employees;  to  postofifices,  customs,  taxes  and  excises,  excepting  the 
collection  thereof ;  police  and  prisons;  fire  protection;  land  office;  schools,  clubs  and 
law  library;  the  custody  of  files  and  records;  and  the  administration  of  estates  of 
deceased  and  insane  employees.  He  shall,  in  person  or  through  one  of  his  assistants, 
perform  the  duties  of  a  Shipping  Commissioner.  He  shall  conduct  all  correspondence 
and  communications  between  the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  Government 
of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  such  other  correspondence  as  may  be  given  him  in 
charge  by  the  Governor.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  seal  of  the  Government  of  the 
Canal  Zone  and  shall  attest  such  acts  of  the  Government  as  are  required  by  law  to  be 
performed  and  done  under  the  seal. 

The  duties  herein  prescribed  for  the  foregoing  departments,  offices  and  agencies 
will  be  assigned  to  divisions  or  bureaus  thereunder  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  as  the  necessities  therefor  arise.  Each  of  the  foregoing  departments  shall  dis- 
charge such  further  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  from  time  to  time  by  the  Governor; 
and  the  Governor,  with  the  approval  of  the  President,  may  transfer  from  time  to 
time  specific  duties  from  one  department  to  another. 

Section  2.  The  organization  provided  for  in  Section  1  shall  be,  in  general,  in 
accordance  with  the  outline  chart  ^'s  accompanying  the  memorandum  of  Jan.  27, 
1914,  entitled  "Memorandum  to  accompany  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  27,  1914, 
providing  for  a  permanent  iwganization  for  the  Panama  Canal",  and  officers  from 
certain  departments  shall  be  detailed  in  accordance  with  that  memorandum. 

Section  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  1st  day  of  April,  1914, 
from  which  date  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  together  with  the  present  organiza- 
tion for  .the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Canal  Zone,^'^  shall  cease  to  e.xist,  in  accordance 
with  the  terms  of  the  above-mentioned  Act  of  Congress. 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

January  27 ,  1914. 

[No.  1885.] 

[Memorandum  to  accompany  Executive  Order  of  January  27,  1914,  providing  for  a  permanent  organiza- 
tion for  the  Panama  Canal. J 

In  construing  and  carrying  out  the  foregoing  order,  I  direct  that  it  be  done  with 
the  following  considerations  in  view: — 

I  have  deemed  it  advisable  for  reasons  of  efficiency,  economy  and  good  administra- 
tion to  have  all  the  activities  connected  with  the  Panama  Canal  under  the  supervision 
of  one  Cabinet  officer. 

The  troops  which  will  be  stationed  on  the  Canal  Zone  for  the  protection  of  the 
Panama  Canal  are  under  the  Secretary  of  War;  the  Panama  Canal  Act  provides  that 
in  time  of  war  an  Officer  of  the  Army  shall  upon  the  order  of  the  President  have 
exclusive  authority  over  the  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Government  of 
the  Canal  Zone;  the  construction  of  the  Canal  has  been  successfully  carried  on  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Secretary  of  War;  the  logical  conclusion  is,  therefore,  that  the 
supervision  of  the  operations  of  the  Panama  Canal  under  the  permanent  organization 
should  be  under  the  Secretary  of  War. 

It  is  directed  that  officers  shall  be  detailed  for  certain  duties  from  the  several 
departments  as  follows: 

As  Engineer  of  Maintenance,  an  Officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army,  who 
shall  act  as  Governor  in  the  absence  or  disability  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal. 

As  Superintendent  of  Transportation,  an  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

As  Electrical  Engineer,  an  Officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army. 

As  Captains  of  the  Terminal  Ports,  Officers  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

As  Superintendent  of  Shops  and  Dry  Docks,  a  Naval  Constructor,  U.  S.  Navyi'' 

.'\s  Chief  Health  Officer,  an  Officer  of  the  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  Army. 

As  Superintendent  of  Hospitals,  an  Officer  of  the  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  Army. 

As  Chief  Officer  of  the  Quarantine  Division,  an  Officer  of  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  the 
Public   Health. 

As  Chief  Quartermaster,  an  Officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  U.  S.  Army. 

39S  660  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  relates  to  organization. 
J96  Seg  notes  under  p.  1  hereof  re  organization  of  Commission. 


158  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

The  organization  is  to  be  in  general  accordance  with  the  chart  accompanying  this 
memorandum,  except  that  all  of  the  various  divisions  and  sub-divisions  need  not  be 
established  until  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  it  is  desirable  to  do  so,  the  organiza- 
tion being  expanded  gradually  as  the  necessities  of  the  work  require.^" 

WooDROW  Wilson 

January  27,  1914. 

Providing  Conditions  of  Employment  for  the  Permanent  Force  for  tiie  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  inmebylaw,"*it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  general 
conditions  of  employment  governing  employees  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  necessary 
for  the  completion,  care,  management,  maintenance,  sanitation,  government  and 
.operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  the  Canal  Zone,  the  Panama  Railroad,  and  other 
adjuncts,  shall  be  as  follows :3»» 

APPOINTMENT    AND   COMPENSATION. 

1.  The  salaries  or  compensation  of  employees  shall  in  no  instance  exceed  by  more 
than  twenty-five  per  centum  the  salaries  or  compensation  paid  for  the  same  or  similar 
services  to  persons  employed  by  the  Government  in  Continental  United  States,  as 
determined  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.-""* 

2.  Service  must  be  satisfactory  to  the  head  of  the  department  in  which  employed, 
and  employees  are  subject  to  the  regulations  of  the  Governor. 

3.  The  compensation  and  conditions  of  employment  of  persons  employed  in  the 
United  States  will  be  specified  in  provisional  appointments.  The  compensation  of 
such  persons  will  begin  upon  date  of  embarkation  at  port  of  departure  from  the  United 
States,  and  they  will  be  granted  free  transportation  from  port  of  departure,  including 
meals  on  the  steamer,  but  no  compensation  or  expenses  for  the  journey  to  the  port; 
but  former  employees  from  the  United  States  whose  next  preceding  service  with  the 
Panama  Canal  was  less  than  one  year  shall  be  paid  only  from  date  of  entry  into  serv- 
ice on  the  Isthmus,  and  will  be  allowed  only  such  reduced  rates  of  transportation  to 
the  Isthmus  as  may  be  available  for  Government  employees.  Employees  appointed 
at  an  hourly  rate  will  be  paid  for  the  period  of  transit  to  the  Isthmus  on  the  basis  of  an 
eight  hour  day  e.\clusive  of  Sundays.  Except  in  case  of  discharge  or  other  separation 
from  the  service  beyond  the  employee's  control,  payment  of  salary  from  date  of  em- 
barkation to  date  of  arrival  on  the  Isthmus  will  not  be  made  unless  service  on  the 
Isthmus  continues  for  thirty  days.-"*' 

4.  All  officers  and  employees  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal  except  those  who 
are  to  perform  the  duties  of  clerk,  bookkeeper,  stenographer,  typewriter,  surgeon, 
physician,  trained  nurse,  or  draftsman,  shall  be  exempt  from  examination  under  Civil 
Service  rules,  and  appointments  to  clerical  positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
paying  $75.00  per  month  or  less  may  also  be  made  without  examination.''"  Officers 
and  employees  now  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus 
may  be  transferred  to  and  retained  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal  without 
examination,  whenever  any  work  now  performed  independently  by  the  Panama 
Railroad  is  consolidated  with  similar  work  performed  by  the  Panama  Canal. 

5.  When  employees  in  the  present  organization  are  transferred  to  the  permanent 
organization,  they  shall  retain  their  seniority  as  regards  questions  of  Civil  Service, 
quarters,  and  other  privileges  or  considerations;  provided,  however,  that  the  seniority 
granted  to  employees  by  this  order  shall  not  be  operative  in  any  case  so  as  to  form  any 
claim  involving  the  payment  of  funds  of  the  United  States. 

6.  All  employees  who  receive  over  $75.03  per  month  or  over  40c  per  hour  must  be 
citizens  of  the  United  States  or  the  Republic  of  Panama.,  and  such  citizens  will  be 
given  preference  for  employment  in  all  grades.  Aliens  may  not  be  employed  in  such 
grades  unless 

(a)  they  have  occupied  similar  positions  during  the  construction  of  the 
Canal  for  two  years  or  more,  or 

(b)  in  case  of  emergency,  in  which  latter  case  they  must  be  replaced  by 
citizens  of  the  United  States  or  Republic  of  Panama  as  early  as  practicable. """J 

J"  See  660  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  in  re  organizatio  i. 

>■*  Sec.  4.  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  ^.  79). 

3"  See  also  Exc^cutive  Order  of  Jan.  25.  1919.  p.  250,  on  subject  of  reemployment  of  employees  who 
entered  the  military  or  naval  service  during  war  with  Germany. 

<•»  See  the  666  series  of  circulars  for  silver  rates  of  pay,  and  the  669  series  for  gold  rates  of  pay. 

<»■  Sec.  3  amended  by  Executive  Or  lerof  Nov.  25.  1919,  p.  255. 

""  Amende  1  by  Executive  Or.ler  of  Nov.  16,  1918,  p.  249,  so  as  to  permit  appointments  to  clerical 
positions  in  the  Federal  Service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panam.i  payiig  not  more  than  $106  a  month  with- 
out examination  under  civil  service  rales.  This  order  (to  be  in  effect  no  longer  than  6  months  from  the 
end  of  the  war)  was  revoked  by  Executive  Or  ier  of  May  16,  1921,  p.  288. 

•"Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  20,  1920,  p.  266,  and  par.  20  hereof  amended  accordingly 
by  same  order. 


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7.  The  Governor  shall  prescribe  regulations,  when  not  otherwise  fixed  in  this  order, 
setting  forth  the  qualifications  necessary  for  appointment  of  the  various  classes  of 
employees,  including  physical  fitness  for  work  on  the  Isthmus.  The  age  limit  shall  in 
all  cases  be  under  45  years,  but  the  Governor  may  waive  this  limit  when  in  his  judg- 
ment such  action  is  for  the  good  of  the  service.'"'^ 

8.  All  appointments  shall  be  made  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  or  by  his 
authority,  except  the  district  judge,  district  attorney,  marshal,  clerk  of  district  court 
and  his  assistant. 

9.  Assignment  to  duty  is.  vested  in  the  respective  heads  of  the  departments,  and 
employees  will  be  expected  to  perform  such  duties  as  may  properly  be  assigned  to 
them.  The  Governor  may  discharge  an  employee  at  any  time  for  cause,  and  ter- 
minate a  provisional  appointment  when  the  exigencies  of  the  service  so  require. 

10.  The  Government  reserves  the  right  to  pay  in  any  money  the  value  or  parity  of 
which  is  guaranteed  by  the  United  States. 

11.  Employees  whose  salaries  are  fixed  on  a  monthly  or  annual  basis  will  receive 
no  pay  for  overtime  work. 

12.  Employees  above  the  grade  of  laborer,  appointed  with  rates  of  pay  per  hour  or 
per  day,  will  not  be  employed  over  eight  hours  in  any  one  calendar  day,  except  in  case 
of  emergency.  The  time  such  employees  work  over  eight  hours  in  one  calendar  day, 
and  time  worked  on  Sundays  and  regularly  authorized  holidays, ^"s  including  January 
1st,  February  22d,  May  30th,  July  4:th,  Labor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day,  and  Decem- 
ber 25th,  shall  be  considered  overtime  for  which  time  and  one-half  will  be  allowed. 
Such  employees  who  work  on  the  days  prior  and  subsequent  to  the  holidays  specifically 
named  above  will  be  allowed  their  regular  pay  for  eight  hours  for  such  days,  in  addition 
to  pay  for  any  work  performed. 

13.  An  employee  whose  compensation  while  on  duty  carries  with  it  subsistence  will 
not  be  entitled  to  same  or  commutation  thereof  while  on  leave  of  absence,  and  no 
commutation  of  quarters  shall  be  paid. 

TRANSPORTATION.''''^ 

14.  Employees  and  dependent  members  of  their  families  will  be  granted  the  regular 
Government  rate  upon  commercial  steamship  lines  with  which  arrangements  for 
such  rates  can  be  made.  While  the  United  States  operates  a  steamship  line,  either 
directly  or  through  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  employees  and  the  dependent 
members  of  their  families  will  be  granted  transportation  at  the  same  rates  and  under 
the  same  conditions  as  are  at  present  in  effect.  The  rates  and  conditions  are  subject 
to  change  at  any  time  in  the  discretion  of  the  Governor. 

15.  After  three  years  service,  employees  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States  will 
be  entitled  to  free  transportation  for  themselves  only,  on  termination  of  service,  to 
any  port  of  the  United  States,  except  that  when  such  transportation  costs  the 
Government  more  than  $40.00  the  employee  must  pay  the  excess. 

16.  Employees  on  the  gold  roll  will  be  granted  one  complimentary  round-trip  pass 
on  the  Panama  Railroad  each  calendar  month.  Mileage  books  for  use  of  such  em- 
ployees and  dependent  members  of  their  families  or  relatives  temporarily  residing 
with  them,  will  be  furnished  at  one-half  regular  tariff  rates. 

QUARTERS.'"' 

17.  Where  practicable,  such  bachelor  quarters  on  the  Isthmus  as  may  be  avail- 
able from  time  to  time  will  be  assigned  all  employees  desiring  them.    Family  quarters, 

""  See  following  series  of  Governor's  Circulars:  602  series  relating  to  leave;  603  series  relating  to 
employment,  transfer,  and  promotion  (including  physical  examination) ;  60+  series  relating  to  discharge, 
service  ratings,  etc.;  605  series  relating  to  seniority;  606  series  relating  to  discipline;  and  607  series 
relating  to  citizenship.    See  also  625  series  relating  to  Corozal  Farm. 

^»5  Act  No.  11  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  89),  with  amendment,  designates  public  holidays  in  the 
Canal  Zone. 

*•"'  See  608,  609,  610,  and  611  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  relating  to  railroad  and  steamship  trans- 
portation. 

""  E.xecutive  Order  of  Jan.  15,  1915,  p.  207,  provided  for  charges,  beginning  Mar.  1,  1915,  under  this 
section,  ruling  that  free  quarters,  fuel,  and  electric  current  was  not  a  vested  or  contract  right  under 
conditions  of  employment,  but  a  revocable  privilege.  That  order  was,  however,  modified  by  Executive 
Order  of  May  25,  1915,  p.  213,  by  suspending  from  the  operation  thereof  so  much  as  relates  to  rent, 
fuel,  and  light  during  the  period  of  actual  construction  of  the  Canal,  but  not  later  than  June  30,  1916. 
The  order  of  Jan.  15,  1915,  was  rescinded  and  abrogated  by  Executive  Order  of  July  25,  1916,  p.  215, 
the  latter  order  not  applying  to  alien  silver  employees  by  provisions  of  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  10. 
1916,  p.  216.  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  3,  1921,  and  Panama  Canal  Circular  No.  627-31  of  Dec.  15, 
1921,  give  conditions  for  payment  of  rent  and  related  charges;  p.  291.  See  627  series  of  Governor's 
Circulars  relating  to  quarters  for  gold  employees,  and  the  628  series  as  silver  employees.  See  also  act 
of  July  9,  1918  (T.  &  A.  203)  providing  that  officers  of  the  Army  pertaining  to  United  States  troops  in 
the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  rent  for  the  occupancy  of  houses  of  The  Panama  Canal 
to  which  they  may  be  assigned. 


160  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

when  available,  will  be  assigned  under  such  rules  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor. A  charge  will  be  made  for  rent,  fuel,  and  electric  current  at  such  time  and  in 
accordance  with  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  hereafter  establish. 

MEDIC.\L   CARE.-"'* 

18.  Employees  injured  will  be  compensated  in  accordance  with  such  regulations 
as  are  prescribed  by  law. 

19.  All  employees  in  cases  of  illness  or  injury  will  receive  free  medical  care  and 
attendance  in  the  hospitals,  except  in  cases  of  alcoholism  or  venereal  disease.  If 
medical  attendance  is  furnished  in  quarters,  a  charge  may  be  made  under  regulations 
to  be  prescribed  by  the  Governor.  Employees  will  be  charged  for  medical  care  and 
attendance  furnished  members  of  their  families  at  the  hospitals  and  at  their  quarters 
at  such  rates  and  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Governor. 

LE.\VE    REGULATIONS. 

20.  All  employees  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  aliens  whose  compensa- 
tion is  more  than  $75.00  per  month  ■<"»  or  40c  per  hour,<'°  shall  be  entitled  to  leave 
privileges. 

21.  Leave  will  be  divided  into  three  classes,  viz:  (1)  annual  leave,  (2)  cumulative 
leave,  and  (3)  travel  leave. 

ANNUAL    LEAVE."' 

22.  Twenty-four  days  annual  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  for-each  year 
after  entry  into  service  and,  if  not  granted  prior  to  the  close  of  the  year,  is  forfeited 
and  may  not  be  accumulated,  except  that  any  annual  leave  remaining  to  an  em- 
ployee's credit  in  a  year  in  which  he  is  granted  cumulative  leave  may  be  added  to  the 
cumulative  leave  if  taken  within  two  months  after  the  close  of  his  service  year. 

23.  The  service  year  shall  date  from  the  day  on  which  an  employee's  pay  in  the 
permanent  organization  begins. 

24.  Absences  of  one-half  day  or  more,  when  regularly  authorized,  will  be  charged 
against  annual  leave;  also  absences  on  account  of  illness  or  injury,  upon  the  certificate 
of  an  authorized  physician  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal,  except  that  in  the 
following  classes  of  cases  no  payment  shall  be  made  for  time  lost,  but  the  time  shall  be 
charged  against  the  annual  leave: 

(a)  Illness  due  to  the  fault  of  the  employee,  as  venereal  disease  and  alco- 
holism. 

(b)  Injury  due  to  the  employee's  wilful  intention  to  bring  about  the  injury 
or  death  of  himself  or  another. 

(c)  Elective  surgical  operations  to  relieve  conditions  existing  prior  to  serv- 
ice on  the  Isthmus. 

25.  In  the  case  of  hourly  or  per  diem  employees  annual  leave  on  account  of  sick- 
ness or  injury  shall  be  based  upon  a  day  of  eight  hours. 

26.  Not  more  than  fourteen  days  annual  leave  may  be  taken  during  the  first  six 
months  of  a  service  year.  In  case  .of  illness  or  injury  in  the  first  six  months,  to  cover 
which  no  annual  leave  remains  to  the  employee's  credit,  the  time  lost  will  be  charged 
against  the  annual  leave  remaining  for  the  year,  and  payment  will  be  made  after 
completing  ten  months  of  the  service  year.  After  the  entire  twenty-four  days 
annual  leave  has  been  used,  additional  leave  in  that  service  year  on  account  of  illness 
or  injury  will  be  deducted  from  the  cumulative  leave  for  that  year  and  when  the  cumu- 
lative leave  becomes  due  the  employee  will  be  paid. 

27.  After  e.xhausting  both  annual  and  cumulative  leave  for  the  year,  additional 
absence  on  account  of  illness  or  injury  will  be  without  pay,  except  such  compensation 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  law  for  employees  receiving  personal  injuries. 

<•»  The  618  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  relates  to  this  general  subject;  sec  also  619  to  625  series 
on  allied  subjects. 

••'  Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  20,  1920,  p.  266,  to  read  "$960  a  year  or  40  cents  an  hour." 
'•°  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  14,  1918,  p.  249,  authorizes  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  to  grant 
to  alien  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  who  are  not  entitled  to  leave  privi- 
leges under  conditions  of  employment  now  in  effect  compensation  for  time  lost  due  to  illness,  under  such 
regulations  as  the  Governor  may  prescribe  and  which  he  is  authorized  to  issue.  See  Circulars  Nos. 
602-18,  602-20,  and  602-23  on  this  subject. 

'••  Sees.  22  to  41,  inclusive,  rescinded  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  15,  1917,  p.  218,  and  substituted 
by  sees.  22  to  41  as  provided  by  latter  order. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINCi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  161 


CUMlT-ATn'E    LEAVE. 


28.  Thirty  days  cumulative  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  paid  on  a  monthly 
or  annual  basis  for  each  year  of  his  service,  and  twenty  days  to  each  employee  paid  on 
an  hourly  basis.  This  leave  will  be  due  after  completing  ten  months'  service  each  year 
and  may  be  taken  when  the  employee's  service  can  be  spared.  It  may  be  taken  an- 
nually or  left  to  accumulate  to  the  credit  of  the  employee,  provided,  however,  that 
leave  may  not  be  accumulated  for  more  than  three  years.  If  it  is  not  desired  to  take 
the  entire  leave  accumulated,  the  leave  earned  for  the  first  year,  or  the  first  and  second 
years,  may  be  taken,  provided  that  no  employee,  except  at  termination  of  service, 
may  be  granted  more  than  ninety  days  leave  with  pay  at  one  time.  Employees  will 
be  paid  for  cumulative  leave  at  the  rate  earned  when  the  leave  became  due  at  the 
end  of  the  tenth  month  of  each  respective  year. 

29.  In  case  an  employee  serves  part  of  a  year  on  the  monthly  or  annual  basis  and 
part  on  the  hourly  basis,  "ne  will  be  allowed  twenty  days  cumulative  leave,  except  that 
if  he  has  served  eight  months  or  more  on  the  monthly  or  annual  basis  during  the  year 
he  will  be  granted  thirty  days  cumulative  leave. 

TRAVEL    LEAVE. 

30.  Employees  who  travel  to  points  outside  the  tropics,  when  on  cumulative  leave, 
will  be  allowed  seven  days  additional  leave  (or  travel  leave)  with  full  pay.  Travel 
leave  may  be  allowed  approximately  once  a  year  and  is  not  cumulati\'e. 

31.  Employees  will  be  compensated  for  travel  leave  and  annual  leave  taken  in 
conjunction  with  cumulative  leave  at  the  rate  earned  when  cumulative  leave  last 

,  became  due. 

32.  After  accumulating  leave  for  three  years,  an  employee  ceases  to  earn  additional 
cumulative  leave  until  he  is  granted  all  or  part  of  the  cumulative  leave  already 
earned,  unless  he  shall  enter  on  cumulative  leave  within  two  months  after  completing 
the  third  year,  or  be  ordered  by  the  Governor  to  defer  taking  leave  for  official  reasons. 

33.  When  an  employee's  services  are  terrhinated  on  account  of  misconduct  or  un- 
satisfactory service,  any  annual  leave  due  and  travel  leave  will  be  forfeited,  and 
cumulative  leave  will  also  be  forfeited  unless  written  notification  has  been  given  that 
the  employee  has  accumulated  the  leave,  or  the  four  months  period  within  which  the 
employee  may  enter  on  leave  has  passed.  Such  written  notice  must  be  given  by 
employees  as  soon  as  possible  after  cumulative  leave  becomes  due. 

34.  When  an  employee's  service  is  terminated,  a  cash  payment  in  commutation  of 
leave  will  be  made  to  him  for  the  number  of  days'  cumulative  leave  due,  plus  the 
annual  leave  due.     In  the  event  of  his  death  his  estate  will  be  paid  the  sum  due. 

35.  Employees  must  enter  on  cumulative  leave  within  four  months  after  the 
date  when  it  becomes  due,  except  when  accumulated,  or  unless  otherwise  authorized 
by  the  Governor. 

36.  Employees  must  report  from  leave  within  one  week  after  the  authorized  leave 
expires  or  forfeit  pay  for  the  leave.  In  case  of  unavoidable  delay,  the  Governor  will 
decide  whether  the  circumstances  warrant  an  exception  to  this  rule. 

37.  No  restrictions  are  placed  on  the  localities  where  leave  may  be  spent. 

38.  Any  employee  transferred  from  the  present  force  to  the  permanent  operating 
force  will  be  paid  at  the  time  of  transfer,  in  addition  to  his  regular  compensation,  the 
amount  he  would  have  received  in  payment  for  leave  had  he  been  separated  from 
the  service  at  the  time  of  transfer. 

39.  Leave  may  be  taken  only  at  the  convenience  of  heads  of  departments,  who  may 
direct  an  employee  to  accumulate  his  leave  if  necessary  for  the  conduct  of  the  work. 

40.  Leave  without  pay  may  be  granted  by  the  Governor  to  all  employees,  including 
laborers,  for  such  period  as  may  be  prescribed  by  him. 

OFFICE    HOURS    AND  HOURS    OF    LABOR. 

41.  Office  hours  and  hours  of  labor  will  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  within  the  limits 
prescribed  by  law."*" 

42.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  1st  day  of  April,  1914. 

WooDROW  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

2  February,  1914. 

[No.  1888.] 

«"Secs.  22-41,  substituted  by  sees.  22-41  as  in  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  15,  1917.  p.  218. 

MR  79216 U 


162  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

To  establish  a  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal,  to  provide  temporarily  for  the  organization, 
officials,  and  employes  thereof,  and  to  continue  in  force  for  The  Panama  Canal  rules,  regulations, 
and  Executive  Orders  which  may  have  been  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  it  is  hereby  ordered  : 

Section  I.  That  an  office  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  established  in  the  City  of 
Washington  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 

Section  II.  That  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  the  office  of 
general  records  in  the  United  States,  and  shall  succeed  to  the  custody,  care  and  preser- 
vation of  all  the  records  and  files  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  to  be  retained 
and  preserved  in  the  United  States  on  and  after  April  1,  1914,  and  shall  also  succeed 
to  and  become  chargeable  with  all  property  of  every  kind  and  character  purchased  for 
the  Washington  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  which  is  on  hand  April 
1,  1914. 

Section  III.  That  the  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal  shall  be  the  head- 
quarters and  the  principal  office  of  the  Purchasing  Department  of  The  Panama 
Canal. ■"3  The  head  of  the  Purchasing  Department  of  The  Panama  Canal,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Governor,  shall  have  administrative  control  of  the  Washington 
Office  of  The  Panama  Canal.  He  shall  be  subject  to  orders  and  supervision  of  the 
Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  U.  S.  Army  to  such  extent  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War.  He  shall  be  General  Purchasing  Officer  for  The  Panama  Canal, 
and  shall  also  act  as  the  Chief  of  the  Washington  Ofhce  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

Section  IV.  That  until  further  ordered,  the  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama 
Canal  shall  have  the  same  organization  as  to  offices  and  departments  (except  the 
Office  of  the  Assistant  Examiner  of  Accounts  and  the  Disbursing  Office)  as  the  Wash- 
ington Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  shall  have  on  March  31,  1914. 
The  number,  class  and  salaries  of  officials  and  employes  in  each  of  the  offices  and 
departments,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  the  same  as  those  authorized 
for  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  March  31,  1914, 
and  any  change  in  the  salary  of  any  position,  or  in  the  number  of  positions  in  any 
office  or  department,  shall  be  made  only  as  now  provided  by  law.  The  officers  and 
employees,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  perform  the  same  class  of  duties  that 
they  may  be  assigned  to  on  March  31,  1914. 

Section  V.  That  the  Assistant  Auditor  provide»d  for  in  Executive  Order  No.  1885, 
dated  January  27,  1914,  shall  be  appointed  April  1,  1914.  His  salary  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  Governor.  He  shall  perform  such  duties  of  the  Accounting  Department  ■"< 
to  be  performed  in  United  States,  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  Auditor,  and  also 
such  other  duties  of  a  general  nature  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  Chief  of  the 
Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

On  and  after  April  1,  1914,  there  shall  be  transferred  to  the  Assistant  Auditor,  and 
he  shall  be  charged  with  the  custody,  care  and  preservation  of,  all  records  and  property 
of  the  Disbursing  Officer,  and  of  the  Assistant  Examiner  of  Accounts  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission,  with  which  those  officers  shall  be  charged  on  March  31,  1914. 

The  Chief  of  the  Washington  Office  may,  however,  transfer  to  and  place  in  the 
custody  of  the  Disbursing  Clerk,  hereinafter  provided  for,  such  of  the  property  and 
records  above  described,  as  he  may  deem  to  be  essential  to  enable  the  Disbursing  Clerk 
to  properly  perform  his  duties  under  this  order,  but  the  Disbursing  Clerk  shall  not 
be  permitted,  without  specific  authority  from  the  Chief  of  Office,  to  keep  a  separate 
set  of  records  and  files.  He  shall  be  required  to  rely  upon,  and  consult  when  necessary, 
the  records  and  files  in  the  office  of  the  Assistant  Auditor,  in  verifying  the  legality  of 
claims  and  accounts  submitted  to  him  for  payment,  or  to  verify  the  details  of  any 
collections  for  which  he  is  required  to  account.  Disbursements  will  be  made  by  the 
Disbursing  Clerk  only  after  examination  of  the  claim  on  account  in  the  office  of  the 
Assistant  Auditor. 

Such  of  the  officers  and  employes  employed  in  the  office  of  the  Assistant  Examiner 
of  Accounts  and  the  Disbursing  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  March 
31,  1914,  as  the  Governor  determines  to  retain,  shall  be  transferred  to  and  employed 
in  the  Accounting  Department  in  the  United  States,  and  their  salaries  fixed  at  such 
amounts  as  the  Governor  deems  just  and  reasonable. 

There  shall  be  a  Disbursing  Clerk  for  that  part  of  the  Accounting  Department  in 
the  United  States,  who  shall  perform  similar  duties  to  those  that  are  required  to  be 
performed  by  the  Collector  and  Paymaster  on  the  Lsthmus,  in  so  far  as  there  are  such 
duties  to  be  performed  in  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  super- 
vision by  the  Assistant  Auditor,  as  the  Collector  and  Paymaster  on  the  Isthmus 
are  by  the  Auditor.  He  shall  give  bond  in  such  amount  as  may  be  fi.xed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, or  by  his  authority. 

*•>  Purchasing  Department  provided  by  permanent  organization  order  of  Jan.  27,  1914,  p.  155. 
«■«  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-2  for  organization  of  Accounting  Department. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  163 

Such  of  the  officers  and  employes  as  are  transferred  to  and  employed  in  the  Account- 
ing Department  in  the  United  States,  shall  be  distributed  between  the  office  of  the 
Assistant  A.uditor  and  that  of  the  Disbursing  Clerk,  respectively,  as  the  needs  of  the 
service  require.  They  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  them  by  proper 
authority.  They  shall  be  subject  to  similar  financial  responsibilities,  and  to  the  same 
general  rules  and  regulations  that  have  been  prescribed  for  like  officers  and  employes 
employed  in  the  Accounting  Department  on  the  Isthmus. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  this  order,  and  it  shall  be  so  construed,  as  to  require  the  Assist- 
ant Auditor  of  The  Panama  Canal  to  examine  all  claims  and  accounts  before  their 
payment  by  the  Disbursing  Clerk;  to  carry  on  all  general  correspondence  in  relation 
to  claims  and  accounts  required  to  be  conducted  by  the  Accounting  Department  in 
the  United  States;  to  prepare  all  vouchers  and  certify  to  the  validity  of  all  claims 
and  accounts  before  they  are  submitted  to  the  Disbursing  Clerk  for  payment;  to 
furnish  to  the  Disbursing  Clerk  all  necessary  data  to  enable  that  officer  to  make  reply 
to  any  exceptions  that  may  be  taken  to  his  account  by  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
■Department ;  to  keep  ail  general  records  required  to  be  kept  in  the  Accounting  Depart- 
ment in  the  United  States;  to  make  all  reports  as  to  statistical  data  required  to  be 
sent  to  the  Auditor  on  the  Isthmus;  to  give  an  administrative  examination  to  all 
accounts  of  the  Disbursing  Clerk  before  they  are  transmitted  to  the  Auditor;  to 
make  an  administrative  examination  of  all  claims  which  are  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Auditor  for  direct  settlement;  to  keep  a  complete  record  of  all  collections  to  be  made 
and  all  moneys  received  by  the  Disbursing  Clerk;  to  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the 
Disbursing  Clerk's  accounts  for  collections;  to  see  that  bills  collectible  are  issued  and 
collections  made  in  all  proper  cases;  to  have  charge  of  all  general  files  which  are 
required  to  be  kept  by  the  Accounting  Department  in  the  United  States;  and  to  per- 
form such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  Auditor,  or  the  Chief  of  the 
Washington  Office. 

Section  VI.  That  any  person  holding  appointment  or  employment  in  or  under 
Washingto'n  Office  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  March  31,  1914,  shall  be 
eligible  for  appointment  to,  or  employment  in  a  like  position  in  or  under  the  Wash- 
ington Office  of  The  Panama  Canal,  created  by  this  order,  and  all  except  those  em- 
ployed in  the  Accounting  Department,  will  be  considered  to  be  transferred  and  ap- 
pointed to  such  like  position  in  or  under  the  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal, 
as  of  April  1,  1914,  without  further  order  or  appointment.  The  oath  of  office  shall  be 
taken  by  all  officials  and  employes  of  the  Washington  Office. 

Section  VII.  This  order  shall  remain  in  force  as  a  provisional  order  only,  for  the 
establishment  of  the  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal,  until  an  order  for  the 
permanent  organization  of  such  office  shall  have  been  made. 

Section  VIiI.  All  rules,  regulations  and  executive  orders,  not  inconsistent  v/ith 
the  provisions  of  this  order  and  the  Executive  Orders  of  January  27,-"s  and  February 
2,  19 14,^'^  heretofore  made  for  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  and  applicable  to 
conditions  that  will  exist  under  these  orders,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  continued  in  full 
force  and  effect,  as  rules,  regulations,  and  executive  orders  for  the  governrnent  of 
officers  and  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  transaction  of  the  business  of 
The  Panama  Canal. 

WooDRow  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

2  March,  1914. 

[No.  1897.] 

Executive  Order  Relating  to  the  Canal  Zone  Judiciary. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Balboa  Division  of  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  in  con- 
formity with  the  Panama  Canal  Act,""  shall  include  all  that  part  of  the  Canal  Zone 
which  lies  within  the  lines  of  the  ten  mile  zone  and  extends  from  the  south  bank  of  the 
Chagres  River  and  the  shore  line  of  Gatun  lake,  87  feet  above  mean  sea  level,  to  the 
Pacific  Ocean;  and  the  Cristobal  Division  of  said  Court  shall  include  all  of  the  terri- 
tory within  the  lines  of  the  ten  mile  zone,  extending  from  the  Balboa  Division  to  the 
Atlantic  Ocean,  and  the  area  of  Gatun  Lake  beyond  the  lines  of  the  ten  mile  zone  up 


"spp.  155-158. 

«■»  pp.  156-158.  ,  .J.       ,        ,. 

"'See  generollv  sees.  2,  7,  8,  9.  and  10  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  \.  79),  providing  for  dis- 
continuance of  existing  courts,  establishing  new  courts,  and  defining  genera!  duties  and  jurisdictions. 
See  also  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  30,  1921,  p.  293,  establishing  Rules  of  Practice  and  Procedure. 


164  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

to  the  contour  line  of  100  feet  above  mean  sea  level  and  the  islands  in  said  lake;  ' 
and  the  peninsulas  bordering  on  said  lake  which  have  been  taken  by  the  United  -^| 
States  for  the  purposes  of  the  Panama  Canal.  .....         ,   ,       I 

Sec.  2.  Civil  and  criminal  cases  within  the  origmal  and  appellate  jurisdiction  of  the  | 
District  Court  arising  in  the  Division  of  Balboa  shall  be  tried  in  the  town  of  Balboa,    « 
and  those  arising  in  the  Division  of  Cristobal  shall  be  tried  in  the  town  of  Cristobal.    • 
The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  provide  a  suitable  place  in  each  of  said  towns 
for  the  holding  of  the  sessions  of  the  District  Court.  | 

Sec.  3.  The  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  divided  into  two  sub-divisions  to  be  known  as  the   % 
sub-division  of  Balboa  and  the  sub-division  of  Cristobal.    The  territorial  limits  of  the    ' 
sub-division  of  Balboa  shall  be  coterminous  with  those  provided  in  this  order  for  the   .; 
Balboa  division  of  the  District  Court  and  the  territorial  limits  of  the  sub-division  of 
Cristobal  shall  be  coterminous  with  the  Cristobal  division  of  the  District  Court. 

Sec.  i.  The  town  of  Balboa  shall  include  the  townsite  at  the  Pacific  terminus  of 
the  Canal  of  that  name,  as  well  as  the  other  settlements  within  the  Balboa  sub- 
division; and  the  town  of  Cristobal  shall  include  the  townsite  of  that  name,  as  well 
as  all  other  settlements  within  the  Cristobal  sub-division  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  5.  There  shall  be  a  magistrate  and  a  constable  for  each  of  the  towns  of  Balboa 
and  Cristobal  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  in  conformity  with  section  7  of  the 
Panama  Canal  Act.  The  said  magistrates  shall  hold  court  at  such  places  in  their 
respective  towns  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  from 
time  to  time.-"* 

Sec.  6.  Appeals  in  civil  and  criminal  cases  are  hereby  authorized  frem  the  judg- 
ments and  rulings  of  the  Magistrate  Courts  to  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
in  like  manner  as  appeals  have  been  heretofore  allowed  from  the  District  Courts  of 
the  Canal  Zone  to  the  Circuit  Courts  thereof. •"« 

Sec.  7.  Magistrates  and  constables  appointed  for  the  Magistrates  Courts,  before 
assuming  ofhce,  shall  be  required  to  subscribe  an  oath  of  office  before  an  officer  of  the 
Canal  Zone  authorized  to  administer  the  same,  to  the  effect  that  they  will  faithfully 
and  impartially  discharge  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices;  and  the  constables  of 
said  courts  shall  be  required  to  execute  a  bond  with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  - 
sureties,  or  by  a  bonding  company,  to  be  approved  by  the  Governor,  in  the  sum  of 
One  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  that  the  officer  executing  said  bond  will  faithfully 
comply  with  his  duties  as  constable,  and  will  turn  over  all  moneys,  properties  and 
effects  coming  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office  to  the  persons  entitled  thereto  in 
accordance  with  law;  and  the  bond  may  be  sued  upon  in  any  court  of  competent  juris- 
diction by  any  person  who  may  be  injured  by  reason  of  a  failure  of  official  duty  on  the 
part  of  the  constable,  and  the  bond  shall  not  become  void  upon  the  first  recovery,  * 
but  successive  suits  may  be  instituted  thereon  until  the  full  amount  thereof  is  ex- 
hausted. 

Sec.  8.  The  rules  heretofore  governing  the  District  Courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  and 
prescribing  the  duties  of  the  District  Judges  there,  and  bailiffs,  and  those  respecting 
the  disposition  of  fines,  costs,  forfeitures,  and  enforcement  of  judgments  in  said  courts 
and  providing  for  appeals  therefrom  to  the  Circuit  Court,  shall  apply  to  the  Magis- 
trate Courts  established  by  this  order  and  to  the  Magistrates  and  Constables  thereof.^" 

Sec.  9.  The  District  Judge  in  selecting  jurors  to  render  jury  service  in  the  district 
court,  shall  choose  them  from  among  those  residing  within  the  division  in  which  they 
are  called  upon  to  serve  as  such  jurors.*" 

Sec.  10.  The  rules  of  evidence,  practice  and  procedure  heretofore  established  in  the 
Circuit  Courts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Panama 
Canal  Act,  shall  govern  in  the  trial  of  cases  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  11.  The  District  Judge  may  order  a  change  of  venue  in  any  case,  civil  or 
criminal,  when  in  his  opinion  that  is  necessary  to  an  orderly  and  due  administration  of 
justice,  or  when  for  any  cause  it  is  not  practicable  to  hold  a  session  in  the  Division 
where  the  case  was  originally  instituted;  and  he  may,  at  his  discretion,  order  a 
change  of  venue  in  any  case  by  consent  of  the  parties.  When  a  change  of  venue  is 
ordered  in  any  civil  or  criminal  case,  the  Judge  shall  state  his  reasons  therefor  in  the 
order  directing  the  change  of  venue. "t" 

<■•  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-3  designated  Cristobal  as  place  for  magistrate  of  Cristobal  subdivision 
to  hold  court,  and  Ancon  and  Empire  for  magistrate  of  Balboa  subdivision. 

«■»  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  7,  1908,  p.  85,  provides  for  appeals  in  criminal  cases,  and  sees.  67-72, 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  covers  same  subject  in  civil  cases. 

*">  See  notes  under  sec.  4  of  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  13,  1907,  p.  62,  relating  to  authority  of  District     ■ 
Judge,  of  former  courts.    See  also  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  7,  1907,  relating  to  appeals;   order  of  Aug. 
29,  1913,  p.  150,  subject  of  bail  bonds;  order  of  Jan.  9,  1920,  p.  263,  concerning  costs  and  security  for 
costs;   and  order  of  Aug.  3,  1914,  p.  194.  prescribing  duties  of  constables. 

"'  See  notes  under  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1908,  p.  76,  in  re  jury  trials. 

<"Secs.  164-169,  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (L.  C.  Z.  196),  providing  for  removal  of  action  be- 
fore trial. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       165 

Sbc.  12.  Whenever  a  change  of  venue  has  been  ordered  by  the  Court,  the  clerk  shall 
immediately  make  out  a  true  transcript  of  all  the  orders  made  in  said  cause,  and  certify 
thereto  under  his  official  seal,  and  transmit  the  same  with  the  original  papers  in  the 
case  to  the  other  division  of  the  District,  and  the  case  shall  be  tried  therein  as  if  it 
had  been  instituted  there  originally. 

Sec.  13.  The  Supreme  Court  of  the  Can^l  Zone  and  the  judges  thereof  shall  con- 
tinue to  act  after  this  order  takes  effect  until  the  cases  and  business  pending  therein 
have  been  finally  determined  and  disposed  oi;*'^  but  cases  tried  in  any  of  the  Circuit 
Courts  prior  to  April  1,  1914,  shall  not  be  heard  in  theSupreme  Court  unless  theappeal 
is  perfected  and  the  case  docketed  in  the  Supreme  Court  before  May  1,  1914. 

Sec.  14.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  April  1,  1914. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 
12  March,  1914. 
,-_ ;.  [No.  1898.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Mar.  20.  1914  (effective  Apr.  1,  1914),  providing  a  method  for  the  determina- 
tion and  adjustment  of  claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  employees  occurring  while  directly 
engaged  in  actual  work  in  connection  with  the  construction,  maintenance,  etc.,  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad. "< 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Section  5  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  , 
approved  August  24,  1912,  directing  the  President  to  "provide  a  rnethod  for  the 
determination  and  adjustment  of  all  claims  arising  out  of  personal  injuries  to  em- 
ployees thereafter  occurring  while  directly  engaged  in  actual  work  in  connection 
with  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the  Canal,  or  of  the 
Panama  Railroad,  or  of  any  auxiliary  canal,  locks  or  other  works  necessary  and 
convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sanitation  of  the  Canal, 
whether  such  injuries  result  in  death  or  not,  and  prescribe  a  schedule  of  compensa- 
tion therefor,"  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order: 

Section  1.  The  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  pay  com- 
pensation as  hereinafter  specified  for  personal  injuries  to  their  respective  employees 
occurring  on  and  after  April  1,  1914,  while  such  employees  are  directly  engaged  \n 
actual  work  in  connection  with  the  construction,  maintenance,  operation  or  sani- 
tation of  the  Panama  Canal,  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  or  of  any  auxiliary  canals, 
locks  or  other  works  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction,  maintenance, 
operation  or  sanitation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  whether  such  injuries  result  in  death  or 
not;  provided,  however,  that  no  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  any  employee  for  any 
injury  occurring  to  himself,  or  shall  any  compensation  be  paid  to  his  legal  representa- 
tives or  other  person  in  the  event  of  his  death,  if  such  injury  or  death  occurred  to  him 
as  the  result  of  an  intention  upon  his  part  to  cause  such  injury  to  himself  or  to  cause 
his  own  death;  and  no  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  any  employee  who  is  injured 
as  the  result  of  an  intention  upon  his  part  to  cause  injury  or  death  to  another  person, 
nor  shall  any  compensation  be  paid  to  his  legal  representatives  or  to  any  other  person 
in  the  event  of  his  death,  as  the  result  of  an  intention  upon  his  part  to  cause  injury  or 
death  to  another  person;  and  provided  further,  That  no  compensation  shall  be  paid 
to  any  employee  for  any  injur>'  to  himself  which  was  brought  about  by  reason  of  his 
own  intoxication;  and  similarly,  no  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  the  legal  repre- 
sentatives or  to  any  other  person  for  or  on  account  of  the  death  of  any  employee 
when  such  death  was  brought  about  by  reason  of  the  intoxication  of  such  employee. 

Section  2.  Compensation  the  exclusive  remedy.  Except  as  provided  in  this 
order,  the  United  States  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  not  be  liable  for 
personal  injury  to  or  the  death  of  an  employee  for  which  compensation  is  provided  in 
Section  1  hereof.  -  ... 

Section  3.  Waiting  period.  No  compensation  shall  be  paid  for  a  period  of  dis- 
ability unless  such  period  shall  cover  seven  full  consecutive  days  following  the  day 
of  the  inception  of  such  disability.  For  any  part  of  the  day  on  which  disability  on 
account  of  injury  begins  and  for  the  first  four  days  of  disability  following,  no  com- 
pensation shall  be  paid  at  any  time  except  as  provided  in  Sections  9  and  10. 

"' Supreme  Court  ceased  to  operate  as  of  July  1,  1914.  /t-    c    a 

"<  This  order  remained  in  effect  until  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Congre.ss  of  Sept.  7,  1916  (T.  &  A. 
134-140),  which  repealed  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  therewith,  and.  under  sec.  42,  authorized 
the  President  to  transfer  the  administration  thereof  so  far  as  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the 
Panama  Railroad  are  concerned  to  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal.  Such  transfer  was  effected  by 
the  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  15,  1916,  p.  217.  For  previous  legislation  on  this  subject  see  Executive 
Order  of  Feb.  26,  1913,  p.  134,  and  Act  of  Congress  of  May  30.  1908  (T.  &  A.  49). 


166  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Section  4.  Permanent  total  disability.  If  the  injury  results  in  permanent  total 
disability,  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  the  employee,  except  as  provided  in  Section 
16,  for  a  period  of  eight  years.  For  the  first  three  months  of  such  period,  following  the 
fourth  entire  day  of  disability,  the  monthly  compensation  shall  equal  75  per  cent  of 
his  monthly  pay,  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  period  50  per  cent  of  his  monthly  pay. 
The  following  cases  shall  be  included^among  those  held  to  result  in  permanent 
total  disability,  to-wit: 

The  total  and  irrecoverable  loss  of  sight  in  both  eyes; 

The  loss  of  both  feet  at  or  above  the  ankle; 

The  loss  of  one  hand  and  one  foot; 

The  loss  of  both  hands  at  or  above  the  wrist ; 

Paralysis  of  the  legs,  arms,  feet  or  hands,  or  an  arm  and  a  leg; 

Injury  resulting  in  incurable  imbecility  or  insanity. 
Section  5.  Temporary  Disability.  If  the  injury  results  in  temporary  disability, 
compensation  shall  be  paid  to  the  employee,  except  as  provided  in  Section  16,  until 
the  end  of  the  period  for  which  compensation  is  payable  as  fixed  below,  unless  such 
employee  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  sooner  able  to 
resume  work.  For  the  first  three  months  of  such  period,  following  the  fourth  entire 
day  of  disability,  the  monthly  compensation  shall  equal  75  per  cent  of  his  monthly 
pay,  and  for  the  remainder  of  such  period,  50  percent  of  his  monthly  pay. 

For  the  fracture  of  the  skull,  both  tables,  thirteen  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  thigh,  twelve  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  arm  between  the  elbow  and  shoulder,  twelvemonths; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  pelvis,  ten  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  leg,  eight  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  patella,  eight  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  foreann  between  the  wrist  and  elbow,  six  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  two  or  more  ribs,  four  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  foot,  five  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  clavicle,  three  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  the  lower  jaw,  three  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  two  or  more  toes,  two  months; 

For  the  fracture  of  two  or  more  fingers,  two  months; 
In  all  other  cases  of  injury  resulting  in  temporary  disability,  or  in  the  event  of  two 
or  more  injuries  listed  above,  the  Governor  shall  fix  the  period  for  which  compensation 
shall  be  paid,  basing  his  decision  on  the  relation  that  the  injury  or  injuries  received 
bears  to  those  given  above. 

If  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  for  which  compensation  is  payable,  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  determines  that  the  employee  is  capable  of  perform- 
ing any  class  of  work,  and  it  is  desired  to  continue  such  employee  in  the  service,  there 
shall  be  paid  to  the  employee  until  the  end  of  the  period,  or  during  such  temporary 
partial  disability,  a  monthly  compensation  equal  to  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  differ- 
ence between  the  monthly  rate  of  compensation  received  by  him  at  time  of  injury  and 
the  wages  per  month  of  the  particular  class  of  work  which  the  Governor  determines  the 
employee  capable  of  performing. 

Section  6.  Permanent  partial  disability.  If  the  injury  results  in  permanent  partial 
disability,  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  the  employee,  e.xcept  as  provided  in  Section 
16,  until  the  end  of  the  period  for  which  compensation  is  payable,  as  fixed  below. 
For  the  first  three  months  of  such  period,  following  the  fourth  entire  day  of  disability, 
the  monthly  compensation  shall  equal  75  per  cent  of  his  monthly  pay,  and  for  the 
remainder  of  the  period,  50  per  cent  of  his  monthly  pay. 

(A)  If  the  injury  is  included  in  the  following  list  the  period  for  which  the  compensa- 
tion is  payable  as  stated  for  such  injuries  may  be  increased  by  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  at  his  discretion  by  not  to  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of  the  period  specified, 
having  regard  to  the  nature  of  the  employee's  trade  or  qualifications  for  work: 

For  the  loss  by  separation  of  one  arm,  at  or  above  the  elbow  joint  or  per- 
manent or  complete  loss  of  the  use  of  one  arm,  forty  months; 

For  the  loss  by  separation  of  one  hand  at  or  above  the  wrist  joint,  or  the 
permanent  and  complete  loss  of  the  use  of  one  hand,  thirty-two  months; 

For  the  loss  by  separation  of  one  leg  at  or  above  the  knee  joint,  or  the 
permanent  or  complete  loss  of  the  use  of  one  leg,  thirty-six  months; 

For  the  loss  by  separation  of  one  foot  at  or  above  the  ankle  joint,  or  the 
permanent  or  complete  loss  of  the  use  of  one  foot,  twenty-four  months; 

For  the  permanent  and  complete  loss  of  hearing  in  both  ears,  forty  months; 

For  the  permanent  and  complete  loss  of  hearing  in  one  ear,  eighteen  months; 

For  the  permanent  and  complete  loss  of  the  sight  of  one  eye,  sixteen  months; 


EXECUTIVE  OrOJERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  167 

(B)  I(  the  injury  is  included  in  the  following  list,  the  period  shall  be  that  stated  tor 

'"'  "1  ETe  is  tl  SSJloi:  ^!  :  &^n^?srr^onths.   a  second  hn.er, 

«-  "^rfSt^pfejTaThS  o^r  '.r  hS^efo?rCr'^han  he 
consSrere=qu1uo%t^'C:/:ne-haU  a  thn,„h  or  finger,  and  con,pe„sat,on 

'°^ThX1.t'o?e'Zn''r  phaYanx  of'':k^uI;b  and  .ore  than  two  phalanges 
-&;htl^sJ";rpSo^nora'S^^^^ 

tn^hTj^peSLr^irhi-pS  5£h|;d  ..^ 

ing  any  class  of  work,  and  it  is  oesireu  u  neriod,  a  monthly  corn- 

there  shall  be  paid  to  the  l^ployee  until  the  JJ^  ^^^^fj^P'^'^'^.^^  rate 

srpr;Se^?edi%rrt\L«|arn^£^'^f~ 
rt1^werthel;lt:^s^=3^^ 

.    5rhe'^ntKl7S'att^?aSst?Seich=|?^ 

KSS'Srh^''pe?fd^'nS^^ 

provided,  however,  that  .(  the  said  ™P'°Jf''"^"/i„"E  knowledge"  the  compen- 

!Zn  '^S^^i:^^:<^ '"  r  I  ol'^lle'S.  5  'such  affidavit 

rni^ed1t^Sorhr!'h:l?np;r^aina^jrf  g^^^^^ 

compensation  while  such  refusal  continues,  ^"^^^^^1^  P^^i°^  °'^b"e  to  the  employee. 

-Sl;-?icV\?^°^raph:■^^^^^^^^^ 

SeLToftrP^ntJ^P  hSu?hMi  g^^^^^^^^ 

time  no  compensation  under  this  "■'d?;,^'''^ '  J="''j<^;J>j"°^^^^^^^  be  deducted 

i-;ifhTp^L^dtrt"hifh-com'ft;^  "?HH' 'Tfr,t,iVe";uS&s 
th^is'^a'LSurhreSiS^^ 

Sc'^rhrr!,l^n^S=plo^e^n     o^^^mnso,  ^^ 

his  own  physician,  or  to  care  for  himself,  the  expense  thereo^^  ^^^^  .^_ 

employee  and  no  allowance  therefor  will  be  '"^^.^^^^^^'^^^^^^  prescribed 

jured  employee  shall  refuse  to  submit  to  the  I?f  g^^^'^^^^g^S  to  be  r^^^^^  and 

b'^fS'^^Z  betlalvrbrhSn  ^ofarrigrtTctplnsation  under  this 


168  KXKCUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

port.  In  addition,  an  injured  employee  may  be  furnished  railway  transportation  to 
or  towards  his  home  in  the  United  States  costing  not  in  excess  of  $30.00.  If  at  the 
time  of  the  injury  the  employee  is  on  the  Isthmus,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal 
may  in  his  discretion  suspend  for  such  period  as  such  employee  remains  on  the 
Isthmus  after  free  transportation  has  been  offered,  as  herein  provided,  the  compensa- 
tion payable  to  such  employee. 

Section  12.  Death  Payments.  If  the  injured  employee  shall  die  within  one  year 
from  the  date  of  and  as  the  result  of  injuries  received  while  directly  engaged  in  actual 
work,  the  persons  mentioned  in  this  section,  except  as  provided  in  Section  16,  shall 
be  entitled  to  receive  compensation  as  set  forth  in  the  following  schedule  after  deduct- 
ing from  the  period  mentioned  therein  any  period  for  which  payment  has  been  made 
to  the  deceased  employee;  provided,  however,  that  the  total  amount  of  compensa- 
tion paid  to  employee  and  beneficiaries  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $5,000. 

(A)  If  the  deceased  employee  leaves  a  widow  to  whom  he  was  married  at  the  time 
of  the  injury,  she  shall  be  paid  monthly  for  eight  years,  unless  she  sooner  marries  or 
dies,  a  sum  equal  to  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee.   . 

(B)  If  the  deceased  employee  leaves  a  widow  to  whom  he  was  married  at  the  time 
of  the  injury  with  one  or  two  children  incapable  of  self-support  and  dependent  on  her 
for  support,  there  shall  be  paid  her  monthly  for  each  such  child  an  additional  allow- 
ance of  ten  per  cent  of  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee,  such  additional  allowance  to 
continue  until  the  child  dies,  marries  or  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
becomes  capable  of  self-support.  If  there  shall  be  more  than  two  children  dependent 
on  her  for  support  the  additional  monthly  allowance  for  all  children  shall  be  twenty- 
five  per  cent  of  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee.  In  no  case  however  shall  the  addi- 
tional monthly  allowances  continue  beyond  a  period  of  eight  years. 

(C)  If  the  deceased  employee  leaves  a  widow,  or  a  widow  and  children,  entitled  to 
compensation  under  paragraphs  A  or  B  of  this  section,  and  also  leaves  another  child 
or  children  incapable  of  self-support  and  not  supported  by  the  widow,  there  shall  be 
paid  monthly  for  the  benefit  of  such  child  or  children  last  named,  to  such  persons  as 
may  be  designated  under  the  provisions  of  Section  16,  such  proportions  as  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Panama  Canal  may  decide,  of  the  deceased  employee's  monthly  pay,  not 
exceeding  ten  per  cent  for  each  such  child;  provided  that  the  total  proportion  of 
monthly  pay  of  deceased  employee  to  widow  and  all  children  under  this  paragraph  and 
paragraphs  A  and  B  of  this  section,  shall  not  exceed  thirty-five  per  cent  for  widow 
and  one  child,  forty-five  per  cent  for  widow  and  two  children,  and  fifty  per  cent  for 
widow  and  three  or  more  children,  and;  provided  that  in  order  to  make  payment  to  the 
children  under  this  section  the  Governor  may  if  necessary  reduce  the  proportion 
payable  to  widow  or  children  under  paragraphs  A  and  B  of  this  section;  and  provided 
further  that  payment  for  the  benefit  of  a  child  or  children  not  supported  by  the 
widow  shall  continue  until  the  child  dies,  marries,  or  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor 
becomes  capable  of  self-suport,  but  in  no  case  shall  such  payments  continue  more  than 
eight  years. 

(D)  If  the  deceased  employee  has  left  no  widow  entitled"  to  compensation  under 
this  order,  but  has  left  a  child  or  children  incapable  of  self-support,  there  shall  be 
paid  monthly  for  the  benefit  of  such  child  or  children  to  the  person  designated  under 
the  provisions  of  Section  16,  not  more  than  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  monthly  pay 
of  the  deceased  employee  for  one  child  and  not  more  than  fifty  per  cent  of  the  monthly 
pay  for  two  or  more  children,  provided  that  payments  shall  continue  until  the  child 
dies,  marries,  or  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  becomes  capable  of  self-support,  but 
in  no  case  shall  such  payments  continue  more  than  eight  years. 

(E)  If  the  deceased  employee  leaves  a  widow  or  children  entitled  to  compensation 
under  this  order  and  shall  also  leave  a  parent  either  partially  or  wholly  dependent 
on  him  for  support;  or  a  brother,  sister,  grand-parent  or  grand-child  wholly  depend- 
ent on  him  for  support,  there  may  be  paid  to  such  relation  monthly  such  portion  or 
portions  of  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee  as  may  be  determined  by  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal,  provided  that  the  total  compensation  to  all  beneficiaries  under 
this  and  paragraphs  A,  B,  C  and  D  of  this  Section  shall  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of 
the  monthly  pay  of  the  deceased  employee  and  provided  that  in  order  to  make  pay- 
ment to  the  relatives  under  this  paragraph  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may 
if  necessary  reduce  the  proportion  payable  to  widow  or  children  under  paragraphs 
A,  B,  C  and  D  of  this  section,  and;  provided  further  that  payment  for  the  benefit 
of  a  relative  under  this  paragraph  shall  cease  if  he  dies,  marries  or  in  the  opinion 
of  the  Governor  becomes  capable  of  self-support,  but  in  no  case  shall  payment  con- 
tinue more  than  eight  years. "^s 

•»  Par.  E  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  19,  1914,  p.  20a 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  169 

(F)  As  used  in  this  section,  the  terms  "child"  and  "children"  include  stepchildren, 
adopted  children,  posthumous  children  and  illegitimate  children.  The  terms 
"brother"  and  "sister"  and  their  plurals  include  stepbrothers,  and  stepsisters,  half 
brothers  and  half  sisters,  and  brothers  and  sisters  adopted  by  the  parent  of  the  de- 
ceased employee.  The  terms  "grandchild"  and  "grandchildren"  include  children 
of  adopted  children,  and  children  of  stepchildren,  but  do  not  include  stepchildren  of 
children,  stepchildren  of  stepchildren,  or  stepchildren  of  adopted  children.  The 
terms  "parent"  and  "parents"  include  stepparents  and  the  parents  by  whom  the 
deceased  employee  was  adopted.  The  terms  "grandparent"  and  "grandparents" 
iaclude  the  parents  of  the  parents  by  whom  the  deceased  employee  was  adopted, 
but  do  not  include  parents  of  stepparents,  stepparents  of  parents,  or  stepparents  of 
stepparents. 

(G)  If  a  beneficiary  should  die  or  for  any  other  reason  cease  to  be  entitled  to 
compensation  under  this  order,  the  amounts  payable  to  the  remaining  beneficiaries 
shall  be  recast;  the  amount  payable  to  each  for  the  remainder  of  the  period  during 
which  he  is  entitled  to  compensation  being  determined  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  preceding  paragraphs  of  this  section. 

Section  13.  Burial  expenses.  If,  as  the  result  of  the  injury,  an  employee  whose 
home  is  in  the  United  States  dies  while  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  or  while  away  from 
his  home  or  his  office,  such  absence  being  under  instructions  from  the  Panama  Canal 
authorities,  and  the  right  to  compensation  has  not  ceased,  his  body,  if  practicable  and 
if  desired  by  his  relatives,  and  if  transportation  has  not  been  furnished  the  employee 
under  Section  11  before  his  death,  shall  be  embalmed  and  transported  in  a  her- 
metically sealed  casket  to  his  home.  If  death  occurs  on  the  Isthmus  and  the  body  is 
not  transported  from  the  Isthmus,  the  body  shall  be  interred  or  cremated  on  the 
Isthmus  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

Section  14.  Computation  of  pay.  For  the  purpose  of  calculating  compensation 
under  this  order,  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee  shall  be  taken  as  the  basis,  to  be 
computed  as  provided  hereunder,  except  that  where  such  monthly  pay  so  computed 
amounts  to  $200.00  or  over,  $200.00  shall  be  taken  as  the  basis  for  computing  com- 
pensation. Subject  to  the  maximum  herein  fixed,  monthly  pay  shall  be  computed  as 
follows : 

(A)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  year,  divide  his  yearly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  twelve; 

(B)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  month,  take  his  monthly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury; 

(C)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  week,  multiply  his  weekly  pay  at  the  time  of 
the  injury  by  52  and  divide  the  result  by  12. 

(D)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  day  divide  his  daily  pay  at  the  time  of  the  injury 
by  the  number  of  hours  worked  per  day,  and  multiply  the  result  by  8.  When  his 
daily  rate  of  pay  on  the  basis  of  eight  hours  per  day  has  been  ascertained,  multiply  the 
result  by  26.  ' 

(E)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  the  hour  multiply  his  hourly  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  eight.  When  his  daily  rate  of  pay  on  the  basis  of  eight  hours  per  day 
has  been  ascertained,  multiply  the  result  by  26. 

(F)  If  the  employee  is  paid  by  his  output,  find  his  daily  pay  at  the  time  of  the 
injury  by  dividing  the  total  amount  earned  by  him  in  the  employment  in  which  and» 
at  the  rate  of  pay  at  which  he  was  employed  at  the  time  of  the  injury  by  the 
number  of  days  he  was  so  employed  during  the  thirty  days  immediately  preceding  the 
injury,  then  multiply  the  result  by  26,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  G.  In  all 
cases  under  this  paragraph  (F)  in  which  the  employee  works  more  than  eight  hours 
per  day  and  in  such  other  cases  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  deem 
proper  he  may  fix  the  compensation  that  shall  be  paid  in  case  of  injury  based  upon 
an  average  wage  of  employees  working  eight  hours  per  day  in  the  same  occupation 
as  that  of  the  injured  employee. 

(G)  Payments  for  a  fractional  part  of  a  month  to  or  on  account  of  employees  who 
were  on  a  per  diem,  hourly,  or  piece-work  basis,  shall  be  made  for  regular  working 
days  only,  except  that  employees  who  were  at  time  disability  was  incurred  entitled 
to  pay  for  holidays  will  receive  pay  therefor. 

(H)  Subsistence  shall  be  included  as  a  part  of  the  pay  and  commutation  therefor 
at  a  rate  fixed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  paid  during  any  period 
subsistence  is  not  actually  furnished  to  an  employee  entitled  to  subsistence. 

Section  15.  Commutation  of  periodical  payments.  Unless  it  shall  appear  to  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  United  States  or  of 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company  or  for  the  best  interest  of  the  injured  employee  or  the 
beneficiary,  the  liability  of  the  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railway  Company  for 


170  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

compensation  to  such  injured  employee  or  beneficiary  shall  be  discharged  by  the 
payment  of  a  lump  sum  which  will  equal  the  total  sum  of  the  probable  future  pay- 
ments, capitalized  at  their  present  value  calculated  at  four  per  cent  per  annum  with 
annual  rests.  The  probability  of  the  death  of  the  injured  employee  or  the  beneficiary 
before  the  expiration  of  the  period  for  which  compensation  is  payable  shall  be  de- 
termined according  to  the  American  Table  of  Mortality.  The  probability  of  the 
happening  of  any  other  contingency  affecting  the  amount  or  duration  of  the  com- 
pensation shall  be  disregarded.  Upon  paying  such  amount  all  further  liability  on  the 
part  of  the  United  States  or  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  account  of  such  injury  or 
death  shall  cease. 

Section  16.  The  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  order  is  to  provide  a  fund  for  the 
injured  employee,  or,  in  the  event  of  his  death,  for  those  beneficiaries  herein  provided 
for;  and  to  that  end  payment  shall  be  made  directly  to  the  employee  as  herein 
provided  for,  or  to  the  beneficiary  as  herein  provided  for,  e.xcepting  in  those  cases 
where  such  employee  or  such  beneficiary  is  by  reason  of  lunacy,  infancy,  or  other 
legal  disability  not  in  a  position  to  receive  and  give  legal  acquittance  for  such  pay- 
ment. In  all  cases  of  that  character  where  the  employee  or  beneficiary  named  herein 
is  under  any  legal  disability  whatever,  so  that  his  receipt  and  release  would  not  be  an 
acquittance,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  pay  the  sum  which  would  other- 
wise go  directly  to  such  employee  or  beneficiary  to  whomsoever  has  been  qualified  by 
legal  proceedings  to  receive  the  same  for  or  on  account  of  such  employee  or  beneficiary 
if  any  such  there  be  who  has  made  application  therefor  to  the  Governor;  and  in  the 
event  that  no  such  application  is  made  to  the  Governor,  then  the  Governor  may 
appoint  some  one  to  receive  the  money  for  and  on  account  of  such  employee  or  bene- 
ficiary so  under  disability,  and  may  require  such  person  to  make  such  formal  applica- 
tion with  respect  thereto  and  to  furnish  such  bonds  for  the  security  of  the  money  and 
the  performance  of  his  duties  as  to  the  Governor  may  seem  proper. 

Section  17.  Notice  of  injury  or  death.  Immediately  after  the  injury,  the  injured 
employee  or  some  one  on  his  behalf  shall  give  to  the  immediate  superior  of  such 
employee  notice,  written  if  practicable,  of  the  injury,  and  if  the  injury  results  in  the 
death  of  the  employee,  one  of  the  persons  entitled  to  compensation  or  some  person 
on  his  behalf  shall  at  once  give  either  to  the  immediate  superior  of  such  employee 
or  to  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  a  written  notice  of  such  death.  The  notice 
shall  state  the  name  of  the  employee,  his  class  of  service,  the  year,  month,  day  and 
hour  when  and  the  particular  locality  where  the  injury  or  death  occurred,  the  cause 
of  the  injury  or  death,  the  nature  of  the  injury,  and  the  address  of  the  employee 
and  of  the  person  giving  the  notice.  The  notice  may  be  given  personally  or  sent  by 
mail. 

Failure  to  promptly  give  the  notice  herein  specified  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  be  decided  by  him  to  be  a  waiver  by  the  employee 
or  his  beneficiary  of  any  claim  to  compensation  under  this  order. 

Section  18.  Report  of  injury  or  death.  Immediately  after  an  injury  to  an  employee 
resulting  in  his  death,  or  in  his  probable  disability,  the  immediate  superior  of  the 
employee  shall  at  once  make  a  report  to  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  containing 
such  information  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  may,  by  regulation,  require. 

Section  19.  Claim  for  compensation.  No  compensation  under  this  order  shall  be 
allowed  to  any  person  unless  he,  or  someone  on  his  behalf,  shall  make  a  written  claim 
therefor  upon  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  within  the  time  specified  in  Sec- 
tion 21.  The  claim  may  be  served  personally  upon  or  sent  by  mail  either  to  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  to  such  person  as  he  may,  by  regulation,  require. 

Section  20.  Contents  of  claim.  The  claim  shall  be  signed*by  or  on  behalf  of  the 
person  making  the  claim  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the  employee,  the  age,  sex, 
nationality  and  class  of  service  of  such  employee,  the  year,  month,  day  and  hour 
when  and  the  particular  locality  where  the  injury  or  death  occurred,  the  cause  of  the 
injury  or  death,  the  nature  of  the  injury,  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  disability  re- 
sulting therefrom;  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee  at  the  time  of  the  injury,  the 
relationship  to  the  employee  of  the  person  claiming  to  be  entitled  to  compensation, 
the  names  and  addresses  of  all  persons  entitled  to  compensation  on  account  of  such 
injury  or  death,  and  the  address  of  the  person  making  the  claim.  The  claim  shall  be 
sworn  to  by  the  person  entitled  to  compensation  or  by  the  person  acting  on  his  behalf, 
and,  except  in  case  of  death,  or  as  otherwise  provided  in  regulations  prescribed  by  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  employee's 
physician,  if  any,  stating  the  nature  of  the  injury,  and  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
disability.  The  claim  shall,  wherever  possible,  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  in  addition  to  the  statements  above  required, 
shall  contain  such  other  information  as  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may 
require. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  171 

The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the  making  of  and  swearing  to 
claims  and  the  inclusion  therein  of  any  of  the  above  requirements  in  such  cases  as  he 
may  deem  proper. 

Section  21.  Time  within  which  claim  must  be  made.  Claims  for  compensation 
shall  be  made  within  sixty  days  after  the  beginning  of  disability  resulting-  from  an 
injury,  or,  in  case  of  death,  within  one  year  after  the  death.  For  any  reasonable 
cause  shown,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  allow  claim  for  injury  to  be 
filed  within  one  year  after  the  injury. 

No  claim  for  compensation  shall  be  allowed  where  the  disability  commences  more 
tlian  six  months  after  the  occurrence  of  the  alleged  injury,  nor  where  the  disability 
begins  after  the  separation  of  the  employee  from  the  service. 

Section  22.  Medical  examination.  After  the  injury  and  during  disability  the  em- 
ployee shall  as  frequently  and  at  such  times  and  places  as  may  be  reasonably  required 
submit  himself  to  examination  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States  or  by  a 
physician  designated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  paid  by  the  United 
States  or  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be.  The  employee 
may  have  a  duly  qualified  physician  designated  and  paid  by  him  present  to  par- 
ticipate in  such  examination.  If  an  examination  of  an  employee  is  ordered  while  he  is 
away  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  such  order  requires  him  to  travel  from  the 
place  wherein  he  dwells,  then  he  shall  be  paid  his  reasonable  traveling  and  other 
expenses  and  loss  of  wages  incurred  in  order  to  submit  to  such  examination.  If  the 
employee  refuses  to  submit  himself  for  or  in  any  way  obstructs  any  examination, 
his  right  to  claim  compensation  under  this  order  shall  be  suspended  until  such  refusal 
or  obstruction  ceases.  K6  compensation  shall  be  payable  while  such  refusal  or  ob- 
struction continues  and  such  period  shall  be  deducted  from  the  period  for  which  the 
compensation  would  otherwise  be  payable. 

Section  23.  Disagreement  between  physicians.  In  case  of  any  disagreement 
between  the  physician  making  an  examination  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  or  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  and  the  employee's  physician,  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  shall  appoint  a  third  physician.  The  decision  of  the  majority  shall  be 
final.  A  reasonable  fee  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by  the  United  States  or  by  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  such  third  physician  if  he  is  not 
a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States. 

Section  24.  Assignment  of  right  against  third  person.  If  an  injury  or  death  for 
which  compensation  is  payable  under  this  order  is  caused  under  circumstances  creating 
a  legal  liability  upon  some  person  other  than  the  United  States  or  the  Panama  Rail- 
road Company  to  pay  damages  therefor,  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  to  any 
beneficiary  for  such  injury  or  death  until  he  assigns  to  the  United  States  or  to  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  any  right  of  action  which  he  may 
have  to  enforce  such  liability  of  such  other  person,  or  any  right  which  he  may  have 
to  share  in  any  money  (or  other  property)  received  in  satisfaction  of  such  liability 
of  such  other  person.  The  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the 
case  may  be,  if  it  realizes  upon  such  right  shall  after  deducting  the  amount  of  any 
compensation  already  paid  to  the  beneficiary  and  the  expenses  of  such  realization  or 
collection,  pay  over  to  the  beneficiary  any  surplus  remaining.  Such  surplus  so  paid 
over  shall  be  credited  on  future  instalments  of  compensation  as  they  become  due. 
The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the  requirement  of  such  assignment  or 
may  waive  it  for  such  period  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Section  25.  Assignment  of  right  against  Panama  Railroad  Company.  If  an  injury 
or  death  for  which  compensation  is  payable  under  this  order  is  caused  under  circum- 
stances creating  a  legal  liabihty  upon  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  to  pay  damages 
therefor  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  of  any  State,  Territory  or  possession 
of  che  United  States  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia  or  of  any  foreign  country,  no  com- 
pensation shall  be  payable  to  any  beneficiary  for  such  injury  or  death  until  he  releases 
to  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  any  right  of  action  which  he  may  have  to  enforce 
such  liability  of  the  Panama  Railroad  or  until  he  assigns  to  the  United  States  or  to  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  as  the  case  may  be,  any  right  which  he  may  have  to 
share  in  any  money  (or  other  property)  received  in  satisfaction  of  such  liability  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  waive  the 
requirement  of  such  assignment  or  release  for  such  period  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Section  26.  Assignments  and  attachments.  No  claims  for  compensation  under  this 
order  shall  be  assignable,  and  all  compensation  and  claims  therefor  shall  be  exempt 
from  all  claims  of  creditors. 

Section  27.  Attorneys'  fees.  No  claim  for  legal  services  in  connection  with  any 
claim  arising  under  this  order  shall  be  enforceable  unless  approved  by  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal. 


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Section  28.  Modification  of  allowance  of  compensation.  The  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  may  at  any  time  review,  and,  in  accordance  with  his  determination 
thereon,  end,  diminish,  or  increase  any  compensation  previously  fixed  or  determined. 

Section  29.  Recovery  of  compensation  erroneously  paid.  If  any  compensation  13 
paid  under  mistake  of  faw  or  of  fact  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  have 
power  to  cancel  any  order  under  which  such  compensation  has  been  paid,  and  shall 
be  entitled  to  recover  whatever  has  been  so  paid. 

Section  30.  Powers  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  The  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  shall  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  proper,  effective, 
and  economical  enforcement  of  this  order,  and  shall  decide  all  questions  arising  under 
this  order  or  in  regard  to  the  interpretation  thereof.  His  determination  of  any  fact 
necessary  to  or  underlying  any  claim  hereunder,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive. 

Section  31.  Singular,  masculine  and  person.  Wherever  used  in  this  order  the 
singular  includes  the  plural  and  vice  versa,  and  the  masculine  gender  includes  the 
feminine  and  neuter,  and  the  word  "person"  includes  any  firm,  association  or  cor- 
poration. 

Section  32.  Liability  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 
If  the  payment  of  compensation  under  this  order  on  account  of  an  injury  or  death 
is  from  the  funds  of  the  United  States,  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  shall  be 
released  and  discharged  from  all  liability  on  account  of  such  injury  or  death,  and  if  it 
is  from  the  funds  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  the  United  States  shall  be  re- 
leased and  discharged  from  all  liability  on  account  of  such  injury  or  death. 

Section  33.  Repeal  of  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone.  All  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone  inconsist- 
ent with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  are  hereby  repealed.-*'^ 

Section  34.  Time  of  taking  effect.    This  order  shall  take  effect  on  April  1,  1914. 

Wood  ROW  Wilson 

The  White  House, 

March  20,  1914.  [No.  1902.) 


Establishing  Regulations  Relative  to  the  Payment  of  Tolls  and  of  bills  for  Materials,  Supplies,  Repairs, 
Harbor  Pilotage,  Towage,  and  other  services,  furnished  to  vessels  by  The  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  under  the  Panama  Canal  Act,^^'  the  follow- 
ing regulations  relative  to  the  payment  of  tolls  and  of  bills  for  materials,  supplies, 
repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage,  and  other  services,  furnished  to  vessels  by  the 
Panama  Canal,  are  hereby  prescribed: 

1.  The  payment  of  tolls  ^^*  by  vessels  using  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  payment  for 
fuel  and  for  other  material  and  supplies  sold,  and  for  repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage 
and  other  services  furnished  by  the  Panama  Canal  to  vessels,  shall  be  made  to  the 
Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  at  either  the  Port  of  Balboa  or  Cristobal,  except  that 
deposits  for  toils  may  be  made  with  the  Treasurer  or  an  Assistant  Treasurer  <*» 
of  the  United  States  to  the  official  credit  of  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as 
authorized  in  Paragraph  6  hereof. 

A  vessel  may  enter  Gatun  Lake  from  either  end  of  the  Canal  and  may,  without  pass- 
ing through  the  locks  at  the  other  end,  return  to  the  original  point  of  entry  of  the 
Canal  without  payment  of  additional  tolls. 

2.  All  payments  shall  be  made  in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  but,  in  order 
to  facilitate  such  payments,  drafts  may  be  accepted  for  conversion  into  lawful  money 
under  the  conditions  provided  for  in  Paragraph  5  hereof. 

3.  Payment  of  tolls  shall  be  made,  or  fully  secured  as  provided  for  in  either  Para- 
graph 5  or  6  hereof,  before  the  vessel  is  allowed  to  enter  ^ny  lock  of  the  Panama 
Canal.  All  bills  for  materials,  supplies,  repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage,  and  other 
services  furnished  by  the  Panama  Canal  to  vessels  shall  be  paid,  or  fully  secured  as 
provided  for  in  either  Paragraph  5  or  6  hereof,  before  clearance  papers  are  issued  from 
the  port  of  departure. •"•>" 

4.  A  certificate  that  the  vessel  is  entitled  to  pass  through  the  locks  of  the  Canal 
may  be  issued  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  operation  of  the  locks  and,  if  desired,  to 

*''  See  notes  under  page  1  of  this  order. 

"'  Sees.  5  and  6  (T.  &  A.  79). 

"•  Rates  of  tolls  prescribed  by  Proclamation  of  Nov.  13,  1912,  p.  132. 

"»  Amendment  to  this  order  by  order  of  Jan.  5,  1921,  p.  277,  provides  for  insertion  after  the  words 
"Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  United  States"  wherever  they  occur  in  original  order,  of  the  words  "or  any 
mint,  assay  office,  or  Federal  Reserve  Bank  to  which  the  duties  and  functions  of  Assistant  Treasurers 
may  be  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under  the  authority  conferred  upon  him  by  the 
act  of  May  29,  1920  (41  Stat.,  655)." 

"°  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  16,  1914,  p.  205,  provides  for  an  estimated  measurement  where  undue 
delay  would  follow  the  holding  of  vessel  for  measurement.  And  order  of  Sept.  29,  1914,  p-  201,  pro- 
vided for  collection  of  bills  for  tolls  and  other  services  in  cases  of  vessels  owned  by  the  United  States, 
through  the  Department  controlling  vessel. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       173 

the  master  of  the  vessel  by  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  The  Auditor  shall 
certify  that  the  tolls  have  been  paid  to  the  Collector,  or  that  their  payment  has  been 
secured  as  provided  in  either  Paragraph  5  or  6  hereof,  or  that  the  vessel  is  entitled  to 
passage.  Before  a  vessel  that  passes  through  the  Canal  is  cleared  from  the  port  of 
departure,  all  statistical  data  in  regard  to  cargo  aod  passengers  required  by  the  regu- 
lations prescribed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  furnished  to  the 
Auditor,  or  arrangements  to  furnish  same,  satisfactory  to  the  Auditor,  shall  have 
been  made  through  an  agency  on  the  Isthmus.  When  all  bills  are  paid,  or  secured  as 
provided  in  either  Paragraph  5  or  6  hereof,  and  the  statistical  data  furnished  or 
satisfactorily  arranged  for,  the  Auditor  will  issue  a  certificate  to  that  effect  to  the  port 
captain  charged  with  the  duty  of  clearing  the  vessel. 

5.  Unless,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  payment  in  cash 
to  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  necessary  for  Canal  purposes,  drafts  on  banks 
in  the  United  States  under  the  supervision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Currency  and 
otherwise  satisfactory  to  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  may  be  accepted  for 
conversion  into  cash  to  effect  payment  of  tolls  and  for  bills  for  materials  and  supplies, 
repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage  and  other  services,  provided  the  payment  of  such 
drafts  is  secured  by  deposit  of  high-grade  bonds  with  the  official  of  the  Panama 
Canal  designated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  under  the  following  con- 
ditions: 

Bonds  will  be  acceptable  only  from  steamship  companies  having  frequent  sailings 
through  the  Canal  or  from  the  agents  of  several  vessels  or  steamship  companies. 
The  bonds  deposited  by  any  one  agency  or  company  shall  be  sufficient  to  cover  the 
tolls  on  a  minimum  number  of  vessels,  as  fixed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama 
Canal.  Bonds  of  the  United  States,  the  Philippines,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia  will  be  accepted  at  their  par  value.  If  otherwise  satisfactory  to  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  his  representative,  bonds  of  the  Hawaiian  Terri- 
tory, the  Philippine  Railway  Company  and  those  of  states,  municipalities  and  high 
grade  railroads,  such  as  are  legal  investments  for  savings  banks  in  the  States  of  New 
York,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  or  New  Jersey,  will  be  accepted  at  90  per  cent  of 
their  market  value,  but  not  exceeding  90  per  cent  of  their  par  value. 

The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  refuse  to  accept  coupon  bonds  and  may 
limit  exchanges  of  bonds  by  depositors. 

6.  Steamship  companies  or  agencies  may  make  deposits  to  the  official  credit  of  the 
Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  with  the  Treasurer  or  any  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States  to  be  applied  in  payment  of  tolls.  The  Treasurer  or  Assistant  Treasurer 
receiving  a  deposit  will  forward  a  copy  of  the  receipt  direct  to  the  Auditor  of  the 
Panama  Canal  at  Balboa,  Canal  Zone.  The  receipt  shall  specify  the  vessel  or 
vessels  the  tolls  on  which  are  to  be  charged  against  the  deposit.  Upon  request  a 
cable  notice  will  be  sent  to  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  Request  in  writing 
that  cable  notice  be  sent  will  be  made  upon  the  Treasurer  or  Assistant  Treasurer 
receiving  the  deposit.  He  will  telegraph  the  Washington  Office  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
giving  the  number  and  date  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  the  amount  paid,  and  the 
vessel  or  vessels  for  which  the  deposit  is  made,  and  state  that  cable  notice  is  re- 
quested. The  cost  of  sending  the  cable  will  be  paid  by  the  Panama  Canal  and  the 
fees  prescribed  for  such  services  will  be  charged  against  the  deposit.  The  Auditor 
of  the  Panama  Canal  will  issue  monthly  a  certificate  of  the  amount  of  tolls  and  fees 
charged  against  deposits  with  the  Treasurer  or  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States.  Upon  such  certificate  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  will  draw  his  check 
for  the  proper  part  of  the  deposits  to  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  as  moneys  received 
in  payment  of  tolls,  or  as  a  credit  to  the  Panama  Canal  funds  as  the  case  may  require. 

7.  A  refund  of  any  excess  amount  deposited  in  payment  of  tolls  with  the  Treasurer 
or  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  will  be  made  when  the  steamship  com- 
pany or  other  agency  making  the  deposit  ceases  to  act  for  the  vessels  passing  through 
the  canal,  or,  when,  on  notice  to  the  Governor,  the  amount  is  to  be  withdrawn. 

Application  for  refund  shall  be  made  to  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  who,  upon 
approval  of  the  Governor,  will  state  the  account  and  certify  the  amount  to  be  refund- 
ed to  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  who  shall  then  draw  his  check  for  the  amount 
of  the  refund  to  be  made. 

8.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  prescribe  such  additional  detailed 
regulations  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper.''^' 

WooDROW  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

16  April,  1914. 

[No.  1917.] 

"■  See  Governor's  Circular  of  Aug.  19,  1914.  No.  685,  relating  to  deposit  of  bonds  to  secure  payment 
of  drafts. 


174  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  May  8.  1914,  fixing  compensation  of  Lev  iMonroe  Kagy  and  David 
Marks.  American  members  of  Joint  Land  Commission. 

By  d'rection  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Levi  Monroe  Kagy  and  David  Marks,  who  have  been  appointed  members  of 
the  Joint  Commission  for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property  in 
the  Canal  Zone,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Articles  Six  and  Fifteen  of  the 
Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18,  1903, 
be  allowed  Twenty-five  (S25)  dollars  per  day  for  their  services,  including  all  expenses, 
from  the  time  of  their  sailing  from  New  York  until  their  return  thither;  provided  that 
they  shalj  be  granted  free  transportation  on  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line 
from  New  York  to  the  Isthmus  and  return,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama 
Railroad,  and  such  other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  offi- 
cial business  on  the  Isthmus;  they  shall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of 
Government  employees  on  the  Isthmus,  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of 
the  Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

LiXDLEY  M.  Garrison, 

War  Department,  Secretary  of  War. 

Washington,  D.  C,  May  8,  1914. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  13,  1914.  approving  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 

Commission. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  May  13,  1914. 
All  acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  passed  since  February 
28,  1907,  in  so  far  as  they  effect  changes  in  the  "Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone"  or  other 
enactments  of  the  Commission  relative  to  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  prior  to 
March  4,  1905,  in  so  far  as  they  have  not  been  specifically  approved  or  modified,  are 
hereby  approved. ""^^ 

By  order  of  the  President.  Lindley  M.  Garrison, 

^  Secretary  of  War. 


Relating  to  Pardons,  the  Remission  of  Fines  and  Forfeitures  and  other  subjects. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  ■•"  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  empowered  to.  grant 
pardons  and  reprieves  for  offenses  against  the  laws,  orders  and  regulations  of  the 
Canal  Zone;  and  to  commute  sentences,  and  remit  fines  and  forfeitures.  He  may 
establish  a  system  for  paroling  prisoners,  and  alter  or  amend  the  same  from  time  to 
time.''^^ 

Section  2.  The  governor  may  establish  regulations  to  govern  the  labor  and  em- 
ployment of  prisoners,  and  to  provide  awards  for  their  good  behavior,  and  upon  other 
matters  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  prisoners  and  their  management  in  the  penal 
institutions  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  may  alter  and  amend  such  regulations  from  time 
to  time. 

The  existing  rules  and  regulations  upon  the  subjects  mentioned  in  this  section  shall 
continue  in  force  until  altered  or  amended  by  the  Governor.'*" 

Section  3.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  13  May,  1914. 

.       •  (No.  1938.1 

"'  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  28,  1907,  p.  57,  provided  similar  approval  for  period  Mar.  4,  1905, to  Feb. 
28,  1907.  See  also  sec.  2,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79),  ratifying  all  laws,  orders,  etc.,  promulgated 
in  the  Canal  Zone  by  order  of  the  President. 

«i  Sec.  7,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79). 

"«  Under  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  p.  20,  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  was  vested  with 
power  to  grant  reprieves  and  pardons.  This  power  passed  to  the  Chairman  by  Executive  Order  of 
Apr.  2,  1907,  p.  65.  See  also  sees.  54-55  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  101).  authorizing  the  Governor  to 
issue  permits  to  be  at  liberty  to  persons  sentenced  to  penitentiary  as  habitual  criminals,  and  who  have 
reformed.    R»>fer  also  to  act  No.  12  of  the  Commission,  creating  a  penitentiary  (L.  C.  Z.  90. 

«'5  Resolution  of  the  Commission  of  Jan.  30,  1908.  p.  1644,  Minutes  of  Commission,  provided  a  gratuity 
of  $7.50  for  each  indigent  prisoner  discliarged  from  the  penitentiary.  By  letter  ballot  of  Jan.  3.  1904, 
the  Commission  revised  this  arrangement  to  a  payment  of  S5  in  cash,  and  clothing  up  to  an  additional 
$20,  to  all  prisoners  discharged  from  the  penitentiary.  The  latter  arrangement  is  still  in  force,  as  well 
as  the  Executive  Order  of  July  30,  1909,  p.  90,  providing  "good  time"  awards.  See  also  sees.  233  to 
295,  pp.  70-80  of  booklet  entitled  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  Police 
and  Firemen,"  approved  by  the  Governor  as  of  Jan.  15,  1915. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       175 

To  Create  a  Committee  to  Formariy  and  Officially  Open  the  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  April  6,  1914,  entitled 
"An  Act  Making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropriations  for 
the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  for  prior  years,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," a  committee  of  six  members  is  hereby  created  to  arrange  and  provide  suitable 
ceremonies  for  the  official  and  formal  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  is  provided  for 
in  Section  4  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act.  The  Committee  shall  be  composed  of  persons 
who  were  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission.  The  committee  shall  be 
known  and  referred  to  as  the  "Committee  for  the  Formal  and  Official  Opening  of  the 
Panama  Canal."  It  shall  have  a  chairman  and  vice  chairman,  but  shall  perform  its 
duties  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

The  persons  named  below  are  hereby  appointed  members  of  this  committee :«* 
Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  U.  S.  A. 
Honorable  Richard  L.  Metcalfe. 
General  William  C.  Gorgas,  U.  S.  A. 
Colonel  H.  F.  -Hodges,  U.  S.  A. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  William  L.  Sibert,  U.  S.  A. 
Civil  Engineer  H.  H.  Rousseau,  U.  S.  N. 

Colonel  George  W.  Goethals,  now  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  be  Chair- 
man of  this  committee. 

Honorable  Richard  L.  Metcalfe  shall  be  Vice  Chairman. 

The  members  of  said  committee  shall  each  receive  salary  at  the  rate  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  per  annum  from  April  1,  1914,  to  December  31,  1914,  inclusive,  and  such 
necessary  traveling  and  living  expenses  during  the  period  from  April  1,  1914,  to 
January  31,  1915,  when  on  duty  connected  with  the  work  of  providing  for  formally 
and  officially  opening  the  Panama  Canal.-'J'  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of 
War.  The  salary  fixed  as  above  shall  include  any  salary  to  which  any  member  of  this 
committee  may  be  entitled  by  reason  of  his  appointment  to  or  employment  in  any 
other  position  under  the  United  States  for  the  period  above  provided  for,  and  the 
amount  of  such  salary  shall  be  deducted  from  the  salary  fixed  as  above.  The  salary 
to  be  paid  May  31,  1914,  shall  be  equal  to  two  months'  pay  in  a  lump  sum,  less  the 
amount  of  any  other  salary  for  the  months  of  April  and  May,  1914.  The  word 
"salary"  as  used  herein,  in  determining  the  amount  to  be  deducted,  shall  not  be  con- 
strued to  include  additional  emoluments,  such  as  quarters,  heat,  light,  etc.,  but  shall 
be  confined  to  actual  pay. 

The  committee  is  authorized  to  spend  such  sums  as  may  be  available  for  printing, 
postage,  correspondence,  employment  of  clerks,  and  other  necessary  expenses  con- 
nected with  formally  and  officially  opening  the  Panama  Canal,  as  may  be  approved 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  it  being  understood  that  the  sum  to  be  expended  for  travel- 
ing, living,  and  other  expenses  shall  not  exceed  "ten  thousand  dollars,  and  that  the 
total  expenditure  authorized  by  this  order  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars. 

The  payments  herein  authorized  shall  be  made  made  from  such  appropriation  or 
appropriations  for  the  construction,  completion,  and  sanitation  of  the  Panama  Canal 
as  may  be  directed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

The  payments  authorized  hereunder  shall  be  made  by  such  disbursing  officer  of  the 
Panama  Canal  as  the  Governor  shall  designate. 

The  Secretary  of  War  shall  provide  the  manner  in  which  the  amount  to  be  expended 
for  traveling,  living,  and  other  expenses,  authorized  by  him  shall  be  certified  to,  and, 
when  such  expenditures  are  so  certified  to,  they  shall  be  paid  without  further  vouchers 
therefor. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  20  May,  1914. 

[No.  1944.] 


Order  of  the  President,  May  26,  1914,  setting  apart  a  site  for  Balboa  Naval  Radio  Station. 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set 
apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  radio  station  and  other  naval  purposes 

"'  The  persons  named  were  all  members  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  as  of  Apr.  1.  1914,  the 
date  when  the  Commission  ceased  to  exist,  as  provided  in  E.xecutive  Order  of  Jan.  27.  1914.  p.  155. 

*»'  The  Panama  Canal  was  officially  and  formally  opened  by  the  Proclamation  of  President  of  July 
12.  1920,  p.  274,  without  any  of  the  ceremony  provided  for  by  the  several  acts  and  Executive  Orders  on 
tke  subject. 


176  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATIN(.  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy;"'  but  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the 
civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal 
Act.«»  • 

The  said  area  is  described  as  follows: 

BALBOA  NAVAL   RADIO  STATION. 

Starting  at  a  concrete  and  rail  monument  marked  "W"  on  the  map,  and  located  at 
the  southeast  corner  of  the  oil  fuel  storage  site  on  Balboa  dump,  go  on  an  azimuth  of 
307° — 40'  for  a  distance  of  1050  feet  to  a  similar  monument  marked  "Z"  on  the  map; 
thence  on  an  azimuth  of  217° — 40'  for  a  distance  of  780  feet  to  a  similar  monument  lo- 
cated on  top  of  the  durop  on  the  shore  of  the  bay  and  marked  "V"  on  the  map; 
thence  along  the  top  of  the  dump  following  the  shore  to  a  similar  monument  marked 
"Y"  on  the  map;  thence  on  an  azimuth  of  37° — 40'  and  for  a  distance  of  1120  feet  to 
the  point  of  the  beginning;  all  as  shown  by  the  blue  print.  No.  3836,  dated  January 
30,  1914,  issued  by  the  Department  of  Construction  and  Engineering,  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  office  of  the  Assistant  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  26  May,  1914. 

[No.  1948.] 


Order  of  the  President,  June  9,  1914,  fixing  hours  of  work  on  Saturdays  from  June  15  to  September  15, 

each  year  in  the  Federal  Service. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  from  June  15th  to  September  15th  of  each  year,  until  fur- 
ther notice,  four  hours,  exclusive  of  time  for  luncheon,  shall  constitute  a  day's  work 
on  Saturdays  for  all  clerks  and  other  employees  of  the  Federal  Government,  wherever 
employed;  and  all  Executive  or  other  orders  in  conflict  herewith,  except  the  Execu- 
tive Order  of  April  4,  1908,  relating  to  certain  naval  stations,  are  hereby  revoked. 

Provided,  however,  that  this  Order  shall  not  apply  to  any  bureau  or  office  of  the 
Government,  or  to  any  of  the  clerks  or  other  employes  thereof,  that  may  for  specific 
public  reasons  be  excepted  therefrom  by  the  head  of  the  Department  having  super- 
vision or  control  of  such  bureau  or  office, ''''°  or  where  the  same  would  be  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  existing  law. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  Jttne  9,  1914. 

[No.  1962.1 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  16,  1914,  excepting  Isthmian  employees  from  order  fixing  working 
hours  on  Saturdays  from  June  15  to  September  15,  in  the  Federal  Service. 

War  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C,  June  16,  1914. 
By  virtue  of  the  authority  contained  in  the  second  paragraph  of  Executive  Order 
No.  1962,  signed  by  the  President  June  9,  1914,'''"  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  said' 
Executive  Order  No.  1962  shall  have  no  application  to  employees  upon  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama. 

Lindley  M.  Garrison, 

Secretary  of  War. 

Amending  the  Civil  Service  Rules."" 

Section  10  of  Rule  X  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

10.  An  officer  or  employee  occupying  a  competitive  position  in  the  Philippine 
classified  service,  who  has  serA-ed  three  years  or  more  therein,  may  be  transferred  to 
the  Federal  classified  service,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  these  rules;   but  the  Com- 

«•  Transferred  to  jurisdiction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  military  purposes  by  Executive  Order  of 
July  25,  1919.  p.  252. 

"'Sec.  7  (T.  &  A.  79). 

"»  Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  June  16,  1914,  p.  176,  provided  that  above  order  should  have  np 
application  to  employees  upon  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

«'p.  176. 

«'  See  also  order  of  Jan.  19,  1915,  p.  207,  on  this  subject. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  177 

mission  may  authorize  the  transfer  of  an  oflficer  or  employee  who  has  served  two  years 
in  the  Philippine  classified  service  and  who  has  been  separated  by  necessary  reduc- 
tion of  force  or  by  displacement  by  a  Filipino,  if  he  is  especially  recommended  by 
s,  the  War  Department  because  of  his  efficiency  and  good  character.  In  all  cases  of 
proposed  transfer  from  the  Philippine  classified  service  the  War  Department  shall 
furnish  the  Commission,  for  its  consideration,  all  relevant  information  contained  in 
its  files,  together  with  the  service  record  of  the  employee. 

This  amendment,  which  is  recommended  by  the  Commission  with  the  concurrence 
.'of  the  Bureau  of  Insular  Affairs,  permits  approval  of  the  transfer  of  meritorious  em- 
ployees who  are  forced  out  of  the  service  after  having  served  two  years,  the  minimum 
.  requirement  having  been  three  years  heretofore. 

The  following  sections  are  hereby  added  to  Rule  X : 

11.  The  Commission  may,  in  its  discretion,  authorize  the  transfer  of  employees 
from  the  civil  service  of  Porto  Rico  to  that  of  the  United  States,  subject  to  the  limita- 
tions respecting  transfer  within  the  civil  service  of  the  United  States. 
'•,  12.  No  person  appointed  in  the  Isthmian  Canal  service  otherwise  than  through 
competitive  examination,  or  by  transfer  or  promotion  from  a  competitive  position, 
.  shall  be  transferred  to  a  competitive  position,  unless  he  was  classified  by  the  executive 
order  of  November  15,  1904,  in  a  position  which  was  then  and  is  at  the  time  of  the 
proposed  transfer  in  the  competiti-ve  service:  Provided  that  artisans  who  are  citizens 
of  the  United  States,  who  have  rendered  one  year's  satisfactory  service  on  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  and  who  may  be  recommended,  upon  discharge,  for  transfer,  may  be 
transferred  without  examination  within  three  years  to  corresponding  classified  posi- 
tions in  or  under  any  department  or  office,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  these  rules. 

13.  In  a  case  of  exceptional  merit  where  an  employee  has  rendered  long  and  faith- 
ful service  beyond  the  seas  in  a  civil  capacity,  under  conditions  such  that  his  appoint- 
ment and  services  were  not  in  contravention  of  the  civil-service  rules  or  executive 
orders,  he  may  be  given  a  classified  status  by  the  head  of  the  department  or  office  in 
which  such  service  was  rendered,  on  certification  by  such  officer  that  the  case  is  on« 
of  exceptional  merit  and  with  the  approval  of  the  Commission.  The  provisions  of 
this  section  may  be  applied  in  the  case  of  Philippine  constabulary  officers  who  have 
rendered  at  least  seven  years  of  efficient  and  satisfactory  service. 

The  foregoing  provisions  are  now  contained  in  Executive  Orders  and  are  made  a 
part  of  the  Civil  Service.  Rules  upon  recommendation  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
that  they  may  be  more  easily  referred  to  and  greater  publicity  given  to  their  existence. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  15  June,  1914. 

[No.  1964.] 


Relating  to  Certain  Duties  of  the  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  and  his  Assistant. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  ■•«  is  ex  officio  Registrar  of  Property  of 
the  Canal  Zone  and,  as  such,  is  required  to  perform  the  duties  heretofore  exercised  by 
and  imposed  on  the  Registrar  of  Property,  under  preexisting  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone;^** 
and  the  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  shall  have  and  exercise  like  powers  in 
the  name  of  his  principal.  The  acts  heretofore  performed  as  Registrar  of  Property 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  District  Court,  or  by  his  Assistant,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  valid 
and  binding. 

Section  II.  The  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  and  his  Assistant,  are  authorized  to 
perform  the  duties  heretofore  imposed  on  the  Clerks  of  the  Circuit  Courts  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  in  respect  to  the  issuing  and  recording  of  marriage  licenses,  and  other  matters 
relating  thereto. -""s  All  marriage  licenses  heretofore  issued  by  the  Clerk  of  the  District 
Court,  or  by  his  Assistant,  are  hereby  declared  valid  and  binding. 

Section  III.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White.  House,  3  July,  1914. 

[No.  1975.1 


<"  See  reference  to,  in  sees.  8  and  9,  Panama  Canal  Act  (T.  &  A.  79). 

"«By  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1911,  p.  104.  .    ,     ,    jc     j-         .  ..t      . 

"s  By  Executive  Order  of  May  31,  1907,  p.  65.    See  also  general  duties  of  clerk  denned  in  act  No.  i 
of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  9). 

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To  Reo.uire  Ocean-going  Vessels  to  be  t'ltted  with  Wireless  Apparatus."' 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  From  and  after  the  first  day  of  July,  1915,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
ocean-going  steamer  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  foreign  country,  carrying  fifty  or 
more  persons,  including  [jassengers  and  crew,  to  leave  or  attempt  to  leave  any  port 
of  the  Canal  Zone  unless  such  steamer  shall  be  equipped  with  an  efficient  apparatus 
for  radio  communication  in  good  working  order  in  charge  of  a  person  skilled  in  the  use 
of  such  apparatus,  which  apparatus  shall  be  capable  of  transmitting  and  receiving 
messages  for  a  distance  of  at  least  one  hundred  miles,  night  or  day;  provided  that  the 
provisions  of  this  order  shall  not  apply  to  steamers  plying  only  between  the  Canal 
Zone  and  ports  less  than  two  hundred  miles  therefrom. 

Section  2.  The  master  or  other  person  being  in  charge  of  such  vessel  which  leaves 
or  attempts  to  leave  any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  order  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  to  exceed  Five  Thou- 
sand Dollars  ($5,000.00),  and  any  such  fine  shall  be  a  lien  upon  such  vessel,  and  the 
vessel  may  be  liable  therefor  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  leaving 
or  attempting  to  leave  by  any  vessel  from  each  and  every  port  of  the  Canal  Zone 
shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 

Section  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  Whit^  House.  9  July,  1914. 

[No.  1988.] 


Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Approaches  Thereto, 
Including  all  Waters  under  its  Jurisdiction."' 

GENERAL  REGULATIONS. 

1.  The  following  Rules  and  Regulations  pertaining  to  the  Operation  and  Naviga- 
tion of  the  Panama  Canal  are  published  for  the  benefit  of  all  vessels  coming  within  its 
jurisdiction,  and  masters  of  vessels,  or  their  agents,  one  or  both,  desiring  to  use  the 
Canal  and  terminal  ports,  or  any  of  the  waters,  must  observe  them. 

2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  rules  and  regulations  estab- 
lished hereunder  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  upon  conviction  there- 
of, shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500.00),"^*  or  by  imprisonment 
not  to  exceed  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion, 
of  the  court.  »*!#l  ■t'* 

3.  After  entering,  no  vessel  shall  leave  one  of  the  terminal  ports  for  the  purpose  of 
passing  further  into  the  Canal  until  authority  in  proper  form  has  been  given  by  the 
Captain  of  the  Port."« 

4.  The  Canal  authorities  may  deny  any  vessel  the  privilege  of  passing  through  the 
Canal  the  cargo  of  which  is  of  such  a  nature  that  it  might,  in  any  way,  endanger  the 
locks,  wharves,  equipment,  or  any  part  of  the  Canal,  by  being  explosive  or  highly 
inflammable.  The  further  right  is  reserved  to  them  to  impose  such  safety  regulations 
as  they  may  see  fit  upon  any  such  vessel  while  in  Canal  waters.  ■■    i 

5.  Vessels  desiring  to  pass  through  the  Canal,  whose  cargoes  consist  of  high  explo- 
sives, should,  when  practicable,  so  report  and  obtain  permission  from  the  Canal 
authorities  to  use  the  Canal  before  leaving  their  ports  of  departure. 

6.  In  any  case  where  the  condition  of  the  cargo,  hull,  or  machinery  is  such  that  it  is 
liable  to  endanger  or  obstruct  the  Canal,  permission  to  pass  through  may  be  refused 
until  steps  have  been  taken  to  remedy  the  defect. 

7.  All  vessels  having  a  specially  dangerous  cargo,  such  as  explosives  or  oils  of  any 
kind,  shall  fly  a  red  flag  by  day  at  the  masthead  and  hoist  a  red  lantern  at  night. 

8.  The  following  information  must  be  ready  for  immediate  delivery  upon  the 
arrival  of  the  ship  in  port:  name  of  vessel,  nationality,  name  of  master,  date  and  time  . 

"'  See  sees.  40-51  of  Navigation  Rules  and  Regulations,  relating  to  radio  communication  and  report, 
p.  181. 

"'Ordinance  of  Commission  of  Dec.  5.  1910  (L.  C.  Z.  279),  with  amendment  of  Dec.  16,  1912. 
published  in  pamphlet  form  by  the  Commission,  is  superseded  by  this  order. 

•"»  Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  3,  1914,  p.  199,  so  as  to  read  "not  to  exceed  five  hundred 
dollars  (S.SCO  00)," 

4"  Duties  of  Port  Captains  defined  by  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-33.  See  also  Circular  No.  679- 
Rev.,  relating  to  Customs  Service,  by  which  Port  Captains  are.  ex  officio,  officers  of  the  Customs  Serv- 
ice for  tlie  purpose  of  entering  and  clearing  vessels.  In  connection  with  orders  relative  to  Port  Cap- 
tains, see  Executive  Order  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  of  Dec.  8,  1905,  relating  to  harbor  masters. 


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of  arrival,  port  of  departure,  date  of  departure,  port  of  destination,  length,  draft, 
beam,  registered  tonnage,  crew  and  passenger  list,  and  character  of  cargo;  the  bill  of 
health  should  also  be  ready  for  presentation. 

9.  The  Canal  authorities  may  dispatch  vessels  through  the  Canal  in  any  order  and 
at  any  time  they  may  see  fit ;  priority  of  arrival  at  a  terminal  does  not  give  any  vessel 
the  right  to  pass  through  the  Canal  ahead  of  another  that  may  arrive  later,  although 
this  will  be  a  consideration  in  determining  the  order  of  passage. 

10.  The  Canal  authorities  may  hold  a  vessel  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  any 
report  made  against  her  by  the  proper  persons,  for  the  violation  of  the  rules  of  the 
Canal  or  the  laws  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  or  of  the  United  States,  or  for  the  investigation 
or  adjustment  of  any  claims  or  disputes  that  may  arise  on  either  side;  but  no  vessel 
shall  have  any  claim  for  damages  against  the  Canal  for  any  delay  in  consequence 
thereof. 

PILOTS  AND  MOVEMENTS  OF  VESSELS. 

11.  Vessels  will  not  be  allowed  to  enter  or  depart  from  terminal  ports  between 
sundown  and  sunrise  without  having  obtained  permissioH  from  the  proper  authori- 
ties. This  will  not  be  interpreted  to  mean  that  a  vessel  in  danger  or  distress  will  be 
prohibited  from  entering  a  terminal  port  at  any  time  in  case  of  necessity  or  emergency; 
but  such  vessel  should,  when  practicable,  give  due  notice  in  advance,  by  radio  or 
otherwise,  and  obtain  a  pilot  if  possible;  nor  shall  this  be  interpreted  to  prevent  a 
vessel  from  anchoring  just  inside  of  the  breakwater  in  the  outer  harbor  at  the  At- 
lantic terminal,  or  to  seaward  of  the  entrance  to  the  dredged  channel  on  the  Pacific 
side,  between  sundown  and  sunrise. 

12.  Except  when  exempted  from  the  operation  of  this  rule  by  the  Governor  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  no  vessel  will  be  allowed  to  pass  through  "the  Canal,  enter  or  leave  a 
terminal  port,  maneuver,  shift  berth,  go  alongside  of  or  leave  any  wharf  or  dock  in 
Canal  waters  without  having  a  regularly  authorized  Government  pilot  on  board. 

13.  Pilotage  for  vessels  in  transit  through  the  Canal  will  be  free,  nor  will  they  be 
charged  pilotage  for  entering  or  leaving  a  terminal  port  when  it  is  for  the  sole  purpose 
of  passing  through  the  Canal;  but  should  any  such  vessel,  while  in  Canal  waters,  dis- 
charge or  receive  freight  or  passengers,  or  take  on  board  supplies,  provisions,  stores,  or 
fuel,  or  remain  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  repairs,  or  make  either  terminal  a  port  of 
call,  she  may  be  liable  for  entrance  or  departure  pilotage,  as  the  Canal  authorities 
may  direct. 

14.  Pilotage  in  and  out  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  terminals  of  the  Canal  is  com- 
pulsory, and  all  vessels,  unless  otherwise  exempted,  will  be  compelled  to  take  a 
regular  Government  pilot  upon  entering  or  leaving.  The  fact  that  the  master  or 
any  officer  of  any  vessel  holds  a  pilot's  license  for  any  of  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone 
will  not  authorize  the  vessel  to  enter  without  taking  a  Government  pilot. 

15.  No  person,  steamer,  company,  or  corporation  will  be  allowed  to  maintain  or 
employ  pilots  in  Canal  waters  for  the  exclusive  uss  of  their  own  or  any  other  vessels; 
all  pilots,  without  exception,  must  be  duly  authorized  and  licensed  by  the  Canal 
authorities  and  be  in  the  employ  of  the  Canal.  This  shall  not  be  interpreted  to  mean 
that  the  Canal  authorities  shall  be  prohibited  from  issuing  restricted  pilot  licenses 
for  small  craft  in  Canal  waters,  or  any  other  that  they  may  see  fit. 

16.  Pilots  will  meet  incoming  vessels  inside  of  the  breakwaters  at  the  Atlantic 
terminal  and  outside  of  the  seaward  end  of  the  dredged  channel  at  the  Pacific  ter- 
minal; should  there  be  any  delay,  vessels  may  anchor  just  inside  of  the  Atlantic 
breakwaters  or  to  seaward  of  the  Canal  entrance  on  the  Pacific  side,  make  the  usual 
signal  for  a  pilot,  and  await  his  arrival.  Should  a  vessel  desire  a  pilot  to  meet  her 
outside  of  the  Atlantic  breakwaters,  she  should  remain  there  and  make  signal  to  this 
effect. 

17.  Whenever  practicable,  vessels  should  send  notification  of  the  probable  time  of 
their  arrival,  by  radio  or  otherwise,  so  that  pilots  may  meet  them  promptly. 

18.  All  vessels  entering  port  must  take  the  berths  or  docks  assigned  them  by  the 
Captain  of  the  Port,  and  they  will  not  be  allowed  to  shift  berths  or  moorings  without 
the  proper  permission. 

19.  Lxcept  in  the  prescribed  limits  in  Gatun  Lake  and  adjacent  waters,  no  vessel 
will  be  allowed  to  anchor  in  any  part  of  the  Canal,  nor  on  any  of  the  marked  ranges; 
should  an  emergency  arise  wherein  it  may  be  necessary  to  let  go  an  anchor,  whenever 
practicable  the  pilot  should  be  consulted  before  doing  so. 

20.  At  all  times  when  a  vessel  is  under  way  in  the  terminal  ports  or  in  transit 
through  the  Canal,  except  while  passing  through  the  locks,  with  a  duly  accredited  pilot 
on  b6ard,  the  captain  or  master  of  a  vessel  will  be  held  solely  responsible  fcr  the  safety, 
handling,  and  proper  navigation  of  the  vessel;   the  pilot  is  to  be  considered  as  being 


180  EXECUTIVE  OKJ)EKS  RELATINC.  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

on  board  solely  in  an  advisory  capacity,  hut  masters  of  vessels  must  abide  by  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  Cana4,  as  interpreted  to  them  by  the  pilots-''^" 

21.  The  pilot  shall  be  freely  consulted  at  all  times  to  insure  safety  in  navigation, 
and  that  no  accident  or  damage  result  from  ignorance  on  the  part  of  the  master  or 
officers  of  the  vessel  in  transit;  and  should  any  such  master,  ofiicer,  or  person  con- 
nected with  the  ship  give,  or  cause  to  be  given,  any  order,  or  direct  any  change  of 
speed  or  direction  of  the  ship  on  his  own  initiative,  without  the  knowledge  of  the  pilot, 
which  may  result  in  damage  to  his  own  or  any  other  vessel,  dredger,  or  property  of 
any  kind,  or  endanger  or  block  the  Canal,  or  any  of  its  equipment,  he  will  be  held 
strictly  responsible,  and  the  vessel  itself  may  be  held  by  legal  process  until  settlement 
in  full  shall  have  been  made  to  cover  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  have  resulted  in 
consequence  thereof. 

22.  Inasmuch  as  every  vessel  has  its  own  individual  peculiarities  in  handling, 
answering  her  helm,  variation  in  headway  due  to  speed,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
master  of  the  vessel,  or  his  qualified  representative,  to  be  present  at  all  times  on  the 
bridge  of  the  ship  to  keep  the  pilot  informed  in  regard  to  these  matters,  so  that  the 
pilot  may  be  best  qualified  to  give  advice  in  regard  to  navigating  the  ship  safely. 

23.  The  pilot  should  not  only  be  freely  consulted  at  all  times  on  matters  relating 
to  the  navigation  of  the  ship,  but  to  the  rules  and  regulations  pertaining  to  the  same, 
to  signals,  locks,  weather,  or  other  matters  of  importance  relating  to  the  movements 
of  the  vessel.  While  on  board  he  is  the  properly  qualified  representative  of  the 
Canal  authorities  in  these  matters,  and  should  any  accident  or  damage  result  from 
failure  to  consult  him,  or  from  not  following  his  advice,  the  vessel  shall  be  held  respon- 
sible for  such  accident  or  damage. 

24.  The  pilot  must  inform  the  master  or  captain  that  his  (the  pilot's)  experience 
and  knowledge  of  the  Canal  is  at  his  (the  master's  or  captain's)  disposal,  and  that 
inasmuch  as  he  (the  pilot)  is  not  in  a  position  to  know  the  defects,  difficulties,  or 
eccentricities  of  the  vessel  in  maneuvering,  while  getting  underway,  or  in  transit, 
the  responsibility  for  navigating  the  vessel  is  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  master  or 
captain,  except  when  passing  through  the  locks. 

25.  When  in  the  opinion  of  the  pilot,  the  master  or  captain,  or  their  representatives, 
shall  fail  to  follow  his  advice  and  thereby  endanger  his  own  or  any  other  vessel,  or 
any  part  of  the  Canal  or  its  equipment,  the  pilot  shall  then  direct  the  master  or  cap- 
tain of  such  vessel  to  stop,  anchor,  or  moor  until  the  facts  have  been  laid  before  the 
Canal  authorities. 

26.  Pilots  shall  conform  to  such  other  rules  as  shall  be  prescribed  for  their  guidance 
by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.^51 

PREPARATION  FOR  AND  TRANSIT  THROUGH  THE  CANAL. 

27.  Ve.ssels  shall,  at  all  times,  when  under  way  in  Canal  waters,  when  passing 
through  the  locks,  or  moored  temporarily  in  transit  through  the  Canal,  keep  a  full 
watch  on  deck  and  in  the  engine  room,  in  the  same  manner  in  which  they  are  kept  at 
sea. 

28.  While  a  vessel  is  under  way  in  Canal  waters,  no  one  shall  be  allowed  on  the 
bridge  or  in  the  pilot  house  e.\cept  the  pilot  and  other  representatives  of  the  Canal, 
the  master  and  such  officers  and  crew  of  the  ship  as  may  be  necessary  for  her  manage- 
ment, direction,  and  safety.  Under  no  condition  will  any  passenger  or  any  other 
unauthorized  person  be  allowed  on  the  bridge  or  in  the  pilot  house. 

29.  Before  beginning  the  passage  of  the  Canal,  vessels  will  be  required  to  have 
hawsers,  lines,  and  fenders  ready  for  passing  through  the  locks,  for  warping,  towing, 
or  mooring,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  will  have  both  anchors  ready  for  letting  go. 
During  the  passage,  at  all  times  while  the  vessel  is  under  way  or  moored  against  the 
lock  walls,  her  deck  winches,  capstans,  or  other  power  for  handling  lines,  as  well  as 
her  mooring  bits,  deck  chocks,  cleats,  hawse  pipes,  etc.,  shall  be  ready  for  handling 
ship  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  work. 

30.  At  least  one  boat  for  handling  lines  shall  be  kept  ready  for  lowering. 

31.  Should  any  part  of  a  vessel's  engines,  machinery,  condensers,  boilers,  shafts, 
propellers,  steering  gear,  valves,  hull,  equipment,  or  anything  else  be  in  such  condi- 
tion that  it  might,  through  failure,  interfere  to  prevent  or  retard  a  vessel's  passage 
through  the  Canal,  such  fact  must  be  presented  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port  before  a 
vessel  will  be  allowed  to  enter. 

<s»  Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  July  26,  1918.  p.  240. 

<5'  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  644,  includes  matters  relating  to  licenses  of  pilots.  For  previous 
orders  on  subject  of  pilots,  see  Executive  Order  of  the  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  of  Dec.  8.  1905, 
a«  amended  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  2,  1909,  p.  92.  See  also  Circular  No.  660-47  establishing 
a  Board  on  Pilot  Affairs;  Circular  No.  681  relating  to  pilot  service;  and  Circular  No.  712;  relating  to 
detail  of  pilots  for  duty  as  lock  pilots. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       181 

32.  All  sailing  craft,  vessels  whose  machinery  may  be  in  Ijad  condition  or  disabled, 
and  vessels  without  motive  power,  must  be  towed  through  ail  parts  of  the  Canal  lying 
between  the  entrances,  for  which  service  an  additional  charge  will  be  imposed. 

33.  When  passing  through  the  locks,  vessels  will  habitually  be  towed  by  Canal 
equipment.  In  exceptional  instances,  as  when  such  equipment  is  not  available,  or 
in  case  of  very  small  vessels,  special  permission  to  use  the  \essers  own  motive  power 
may  be  given  by  the  Governor.  Without  such  special  permission,  the  vessel's  motive 
p«wer  will  not  be  used  while  passing  the  locks. 

34.  Upon  approaching  the  lock,  vessels  will  moor  against  the  middle  approach  wall 
with  the  bow  at  least  fifty  feet  from  the  nearest  fender  chain.  They  will  then  be 
taken  in  charge  by  the  lock  force  and  made  ready  for  passage  through  the  locks. 

35.  When  these  regulations  are  complied  with  in  all  respects,  responsibility  for 
handling  vessels  through  the  locks  will  rest  with  the  Canal  operating  force,  but  the 
crew  and  officers  will  be  required  to  render  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  to  sup- 
plement the  lock  force.  To  assist  in  insuring  safety  of  passage,  the  lock  force  will  take 
complete  supervision  of  the  engine  room,  even  to  the  extent  of  sealing  the  engines  if 
the  Governor  shall  so  direct. 

36.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  from  time  to 
time  orders  regulating  the  procedure  in  passing  vessels  through  the  locks,  and  the 
details  of  the  supervision  which  will  be  exercised  by  the  lock  force.  Such  orders 
when  issued  shall  have  the  force  of  these  regulations. 

37.  In  cases  where  special  permission  to  use  the  vessel's  own  motive  power  has  been 
given  by  the  Governor,  he  shall  indicate  what  precautions  must  be  taken  to  insure 
safety  in  passing  through  the  locks.  His  directions  as  to  such  precautions  must  be 
observed  strictly  and  in  every  detail. 

38.  Vessels  will  be  lia;ble  for  any  damage  to  Canal  structures  or  equipment  while 
passing  through  the  locks,  caused  through  disregard  or  noncompliance  of  these  rules 
and  regulations  or  any  orders  which  may  be  issued  by  the  Governor  to  regulate  such 
passage.  The  Panama  Canal  will  not  be  held  liable  for  any  damage  to  the  vessel 
occasioned  by  such  disregard  or  noncompliance. 

39.  Masters  of  vessels  will  not  allow  anyone  to  take  passage  on  their  ships  while 
passing  through  the  Canal,  except  the  ship's  officers,  crew,  and  duly  accredited  passen- 
gers, and  such  officials  and  other  persons  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Canal  au- 
thorities. 

RADIO    COMMUNICATION    AND    REPORT. «^ 

40.  As  soon  as  radio  communication  can  be  established  with  the  Canal,  vessels 
should  report  their  names,  nationality,  length,  draft,  tonnage,  whether  or  not  they 
desire  to  pass  through  the  Canal,  require  coal,  provisions,  supplies,  repairs,  to  go 
alongside  of  a  wharf,  the  use  of  tugs,  probable  time  of  arrival,  length  of  stay  in  port, 
or  any  other  matters  of  importance  or  interest.  If  this  information  has  been  previously 
communicated,  through  agents  or  otherwise,  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port,  it  will  not 
be  necessary  to  report  by  radio;  but  the  probable  time  of  arrival  should  always  be 
sent. 

41.  Control  of  radio  communication  is  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  radio  shore  sta- 
tions. No  vessel  will  be  allowed  to  interfere  in  the  slightest  degree  with  the  Canal 
radio  stations;  upon  an  order  being  received  by  a  vessel  at  any  time  while  within  the 
waters  under  the  control  of  the  Canal  to  discontinue  using  radio,  even  if  in  the  midst 
of  transmission  of  a  message,  she  shall  immediately  comply. 

42.  Upon  a  ship's  arriving  within  the  15-mile  limit,  and  until  leaving  the  15-mile 
limit  of  the  Canal  Zone,  she  shall  transmit  only  with  low  power,  not  exceeding  k  K.  W. 

43.  Messages  to  stations  will  be  sent  only  to  Colon  station  (NAX)  when  in  Gatun 
locks  and  to  northward  thereof,  and  only  to  Balboa  station  (NPJ)  when  in  Miraflores 
locks  and  to  southward  thereof;  between  these  two  points  ships  niay  work  to  either 
station,  preferably  to  the  nearer  one;  the  high  power  station  (Darien)  at  Radio,  will 
not  handle  commercial  work  and  will  not  be  called  for  Canal  business  except  in  case  of 
emergency. 

44.  All  messages  between  ships  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  ships  at  sea  must  be  for- 
warded through  the  nearer  shore  station. 

45.  Messages  from  ships  in  the  Caribbean  Sea  for  ships  in  the  Pacific  waters,  or  vice 
versa,  shall  be  routed  through  the  Canal  Zone  shore  stations. 

46.  All  vessels  fitted  with  radio,  after  leaving  the  terminal  harbor  to  pass  through 
the  Canal,  shall  keep  an  operator  on  watch  until  the  further  terminal  harbor  has  been 
reached;   this  applies  to  the  time  when  they  are  anchored  in  Gatun  Lake,  while  pass- 
es' Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1914,  p.  178,  requires  ocean-going  vessels  to  be  equipped  with  wireless. 

See  amendment  to  section  40,  July  27,  1921,  p.  289. 


182  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

ing  through  the  locks,  or  moored  to  the  lock  walls,  or  to  any  of  the  wharves  in  the 
Canal  proper,  as  well  as  when  they  are  under  way.  Messages  relating  to  the  ship's 
mo\'ements  and  the  Canal  business  shall  take  precedence  over  all  commercial  mes- 
sages. 

47.  Pilots  on  vessels  passing  through  the  Canal  shall  have  the  right  to  use  a  vessel's 
radio  freely  for  the  transaction  of  the  Canal  business. 

48.  Under  the  direction  of  the  pilots,  vessels  will  from  time  to  time  report  their 
progress  through  the  Canal;  accidents  to  machinery,  propellers,  steering  gear,  equip- 
ment, or  anything  else  that  may  delay  them  or  require  assistance;  any  sickness  or 
casualties  that  require  medical  attendance  from  Canal  oflUcials;  or  any  other  matters 
of  importance  that  may  arise. 

49.  No  charges  will  be  imposed  against  the  Canal  by  vessels  receiving  or  sending 
messages  in  relation  to  Canal  business. ^sj 

50.  No  vessel  will  be  allowed  to  communicate  with  any  lock  or  signal  station  while 
in  transit  through  the  Canal,  except  through  the  pilot;  all  messages  of  any  kind  must 
be  sent  through  him.  This  does  not  apply  to  vessels  moored  at  the  terminals  at 
Cristobal  or  Balboa,  before  entering  or  after  having  passed  through  the  Canal,  which 
may  wish  to  communicate  through  the  terminal  stations. 

51.  Vessels  in  transit  through  the  Canal  can  communicate  with  the  locks  and  signal 
stations,  through  the  pilots,  both  by  the  international  code  and  special  signals;  infor- 
mation on  this  subject  may  be  obtained  from  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

ACCIDENTS   OR   DEFECTS. 

52.  If  any  defect  in  any  part  of  a  vessel's  hull,  machinery,  steering  gear,  or  equip- 
ment, be  discovered  while  in  transit  through  the  Canal,  of  such  a  serious  nature  that 
t  might  interfere  with  the  further  passage  of  the  vessel,  or  be  liable  to  block  the  Canal, 

the  vessel  shall  stop  and,  if  practicable,  be  anchored  or  moored  at  the  first  available 
place.  A  full  report  shall  immediately  be  made  to  the  Superintendent  of  Transpor- 
tation, through  the  Captain  of  the  Port,  stating  fully  the  cause  and  nature  of  the 
trouble,  probable  delay,  and  request  for  assistance  if  it  be  necessary. 

53.  Under  any  and  all  circumstances,  whenever  a  vessel  is  liable  to  become  unman- 
ageable from  any  weakness,  or  damage  to  her  machinery,  steering  gear,  or  for  any 
other  reason,  she  shall  immediately,  through  the  pilot,  request  the  assistance  of  a  tug. 

FIREARMS. 

54.  No  firearms  of  any  kind  shall  be  discharged  while  in  transit  through  the  Canal 
or  in  Canal  waters,  and  every  precaution  will  be  taken  to  prevent  this. 

SUBSISTENCE   OF   PILOTS. 

55.  Pilots  and  other  authorized  persons  on  duty,  belonging  to  the  Canal  service, 
shall  be  subsisted  without  charge  while  on  board  vessels  in  transit  through  the  Canal. 

MAINTENANCE  OF  TUGS  AND  OTHER  FLOATING  EQUIPMENT. 

56.  No  vessel,  company,  nor  individual  will  be  authorized  to  maintain  or  operate 
permanently  any  tugs,  bunches,  lighters,  or  floating  equipment  of  any  kind  within 
the  Canal  waters  without  permission  from  the  Governor;  nor  shall  any  small  craft  or 
boat  of  any  kind  be  operated  without  the  proper  authority  from  him. 


57.  All  claims  for  damages  arising  from  injury  to  vessels,  cargo,  or  passengers  from 
the  passing  of  vessels  through  the  locks  under  the  control  of  those  operating  them  in 
accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  shall  be  adjusted  by  mutual  agreement  when  practicable,  between  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  passengers,  owners,  agents  or  underwriters  of  the  vessel,  or  owners, 
agents  or  underwriters  of  the  cargo  of  the  vessel,  as  the  respective  interests  may 
appear.  , 

58.  To  facilitate  the  adjustment  of  such  claims  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,'*** 

«si  Amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  4, 1914,  p.  203. 

<s«  The  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  was  created  by  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  2,  1909,  p.  92,  authorized 
to  administer  oaths  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  8,  1910,  p.  96;  charged  with  inspection  of  steam  vessels 
by  Executive  Order  of  July  21,  1911.  p.  113.  Compilation  of  duties  of  the  Board  given  in  Governor's 
Circular  No.  644. 


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together  with  an  officer  or  employee  detailed  from  the  Accounting  Department  to 
assist  the  Board,  shall  immediately  proceed  to  investigate  and  report  upon  all  accidents 
to  vessels  in  the  locks,  which  may  result  in  claims  for  damages  against  the  Panama 
Canal  under  the  provisions  of  Section  5  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

59.  The  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  or  any  member  thereof,  acting  for  the  Board, 
shall  have  authority  to  summon  witnesses  and  administer  oaths  to  such  witnesses  at 
any  hearing  held  by  such  Board,  and  the  attendance  of  witnesses  may  be  compelled 
by  process  of  court  on  application  of  the  Board  to  the  District  Judge. 

60.  The  findings  of  the  Board  shall  be  expressed  in  writing  and  reported  to  the 
Covernor  and  a  certified  copy  thereof  immediately  sent  to  the  Auditor.  If  the  find- 
ing of  the  Board  is  against  the  Panama  Canal,  the  Auditor  may  proceed  at  once  to 
effect  a  settlement  with  the  claimants,  if  practicable,  but  such  settlement  shall  be 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Governor.  When  the  settlement  is  effected  immediate 
payment  of  the  claim  shall  be  made,  if  there  is  an  appropriation  available  for  such 
purpose.  In  case  of  disagreement  suit  may  be  brought  by  the  claimant  in  the  District 
Court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  against  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  in  conformity 
with  Section  5  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act.''S5 

61.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  authorized  to  issue  such  detailed  rules, 
not  inconsistent  with  this  order,  governing  the  duties  of  the  Board  and  the  adjust- 
ment of  claims. ^56 

MEASUREMENT    OF    VESSELS.  ^ 

62.  The  rules  for  the  measurement  of  vessels,  to  determine  their  tonnage,  will  be 
found  in  the  proclamation  of  the  President  dated  November  21,  1913. '•s? 

AIDS   TO    NAVIGATION. "5' 

63.  In  general,  the  channels  of  the  Canal,  except  Culebra  Cut,  are  marked  by 
<iouble  ranges,  which  are  set  a  little  to  the  starboard  side  of  the  channel,  so  that  no 
matter  in  which  direction  a  vessel  may  be  going,  there  will  be  a  range  available  ahead. 

64.  The  sides  of  the  channels  are  marked  by  red  and  black  buoys,  in  accordance 
with  the  system  in  vogue  in  the  United  States,  with  the  red  buoys  on  the  starboard 
hand  on  entering  from  seaward,  and  the  black  buoys  on  the  port.  The  lock  at  Pedro 
Miguel  is  the  dividing  line  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  systems;  that  is  to  say, 
that  after  passing  through  the  locks,  red  and  black  buoys  will  be  found  on  the  opposite 
sides  of  the  channels  to  those  on  which  they  were  before  reaching  the  locks. 

65.  All  lighted  ranges  show  flashing  or  intermittent  white  lights;  the  red  lighted 
buoys  show  flashing  or  intermittent  red  lights;  the  black  lighted  buoys  show  flashing 
or  intermittent  white  lights;  beacons  show  red  or  white  flashing  or  intermittent 
lights,  depending  upon  the  side  of  the  channel  upon  which  they  are  situated.  Further 
information  in  regard  to  the  navigation  of  the  Canal  can  be  obtained  upon  application 
to  the  Superintendent  of  Transportation  or  the  Captains  of  the  Ports. 

RULES  OF  THE  RO.\D,  WHISTLE  AND  OTHER  SIGNALS,  AND  SPEED  REGULATIONS  RELAT- 
ING  TO    THE    NAVIGATION   OF   THE    CANAL    AND   APPROACHES   THERETO. 

66.  In  the  following  rules  every  steam  vessel  which  is  under  sail  and  not  under 
steam  is  considered  a  sailing  vessel;  and  every  vessel  under  her  own  motive  power, 
whether  under  sail  or  not,  is  to  be  considered  a  steam  vessel. 

67.  The  words  "steam  vessel"  and  "steamer"  shall  include  every  vessel  propelled 
by  machinery. 

68.  A  vessel  is  under  way,  within  the  meaning  of  these  rules,  when  she  is  not  at 
anchor,  moored,  or  aground. 

69.  Risk  of  collision  can,  when  circumstances  permit,  be  determined  by  carefully 
watching  the  bearings  of  an  approaching  vessel  by  compass,  or  otherwise;  if  the 
courses  be  converging  and  the  bearing  does  not  appreciably  change,  such  risk  should 
be  deemed  to  exist. 

70.  A  steam  vessel  shall  be  provided  with  an  efficient  whistle  or  siren,  sounded  by 
sound  or  some  substitute  for  steam,  so  placed  that  the  sound  may  not  be  intercepted 
by  any  obstruction,  and  a  sailing  vessel  with  an  efficient  fog  horn;  both  shall  be  sup- 
plied with  an  efficient  bell. 

«sT.  &A.  79. 

«'  Governor's  Circular  No.  720  relates  to  adjustment  of  claims  for  damages  to  vessels. 

"5'  p.  154. 

<5«  See  the  643  series  of  circulars  in  re  aids  to  navigation  or  notices  to  mariners. 


184  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

71.  A  sailing  vessel  of  twenty  tons  gross  tonnage  or  upward  shall  be  provided  wi' ' 
a  similar  fog  horn  and  bell. 

72.  Motor  boats  shall  be  divided  into  classes  as  follows,  according  to  the  lengthy  • 
which  shall  be  measured  from  end  to  end : 

Class      I.    Less  than  26  feet. 

Class    II.    26  feet  or  over,  but  less  than  40  feet.  ' 

Class  III.   40  feet  or  over,  but  less  than  65  feet. 

73.  All  motor  boats  shall  be  provided  with  a  whistle  or  other  mechanical  sound- 
producing  device,  capable  of  making  a  blast  of  at  least  two  seconds'  duration,  and  in 
addition,  classes  II  and  III  shall  be  provided  with  an  efficient  fog  horn  and  fog  bell, 
the  latter  to  be  at  least  eight  inches  across  the  mouth. 

74.  A  short  blast  of  the  whistle  shall  mean  a  blast  of  about  one  second's  duration, 
and  a  prolonged  blast  of  the  whistle  shall  mean  a  blast  of  from  four  to  six  seconds' 
duration. 

75.  One  short  blast  of  the  whistle  signifies  intention  of  or  assent  to  .steamer  first 
giving  the  signal  to  direct  course  to  her  own  starboard,  except  when  two  steamers  are- 
approaching  each  other  at  right  angles  or  obliquely,  when  it  signifies  intention  of 
steamer  which  is  to  starboard  of  the  other  to  hold  course  and  speed. 

76.  Two  short  blasts  of  the  whistle  signify  intention  of  or  assent  to  steamer  first 
giving  the  signal  to  direct  course  to  her  own  port,  except  when  steamers  are  approach- 
ing each  other  at  right  angles  or  obliquely,  when  the  signal  signifies  desire  of  or  assent 

etc  steamer  which  is  to  the  port  of  the  other  to  cross  the  bow  of  the  steamer  to  star- 
board. 

77.  Three  short  blasts  of  the  whistle  shall  mean:  "My  engines  are  going  at  full 
speed  astern." 

78.  When  vessels  are  in  sight  of  one  another  a  steam  vessel  under  way  whose 
engines  arc  going  at  full  speed  astern  shall  indicate  that  fact  by  three  short  blasts  of 
the  whistle. 

79.  If,  when  vessels  are  approaching  each  other,  either  vessel  fails  to  understand  the 
course  or  intention  of  the  other,  from  any  cause,  the  vessel  so  in  doubt  shall  immedi- 
ately signify  the  same  by  making  the  danger  signal,  namely:  several  short  and  rapid 
blasts,  not  less  than  four,  on  the  steam  whistle. 

80.  Whenever  the  danger  signal  is  given,  the  engines  of  both  steamers  shall  be. 
stopped  and  backed  until  the  headway  of  the  steamers  has  been  fully  checked;  nor 
shall  the  engines  of  either  steamer  be  again  started  ahead  until  the  steamers  can 
safely  pass  each  other,  and  the  proper  signals  for  passing  have  been  given,  answered, 
and  understood. 

81.  Steam  vessels  are  forbidden  to  use  what  has  become  technically  known  among 
pilots  as  "cross  signals";  that  is,  answering  one  whistle  with  two,  and  answering  two 
whistles  with  one.  In  all  cases,  and  under  all  circumstances,  a  pilot  receiving  either 
of  the  whistle  signals  provided  in  these  rules,  which  for  any  reason  he  deems  injudi- 
cious to  comply  with,  instead  of  answering  it  with  a  cross  signal,  shall  at  once  sound 
the  danger  signal  and  observe  the  rule  applying  thereto. 

82.  The  signals  for  passing,  by  blowing  the  whistle,  shall  be  given  and  answered  by 
vessels,  in  compliance  with  these  rules,  not  only  when  meeting  head  on,  or  nearly  so, 
but  at  all  times  when  the  vessels  are  in  sight  of  each  other,  when  passing  or  meeting 
at  a  distance  within  a  half  mile  of  each  other,  and  whether  passing  to  starboard  or  port. 

83.  The  whistle  signals  provided  in  the  rules  for  steam  \'essels  meeting,  passing, 
or  overtaking,  are  never  to  be  used  except  when  steamers  are  in  sight  of  each  other, 
and  the  course  and  position  of  each  can  be  determined  in  the  daytime  by  a  sight  of 
the  vessel  itself,  or  at  night  by  seeing  its  signal  lights,  except  in  cases  hereafter  men- 
tioned, where  vessels  are  approaching  a  turn  in  the  Canal.  In  fog,  mist,  or  heavy  : 
rainstorms,  when  vessels  can  not  see  each  other,  fog  signals  only  must  be  given. 

84.  When  steam  vessels  are  approaching  each  other  head  on,  or  nearly  so,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  each  to  pass  on  the  port  side  of  the  other;  and  either  vessel  shall  give, 
as  a  signal  of  her  intention,  one  short  and  distinct  blast  of  her  w  histle,  and  thereupon 
they  shall  pass  upon  the  port  side  of  each  other.  But  if  their  courses  be  so  far  to 
starboard  of  each  other  as  not  to  be  considered  as  meeting  head  on,  either  vessel  shall 
immediately  give  two  short,  distinct  blasts  of  her  whistle,  which  the  other  vessel  shall 
answer  promptly  with  two  similar  blasts,  and  they  shall  pass  to  starboard  of  each 
other;  but  vessels  going  in  opposite  directions,  in  transit  through  the  Canal,  shall 
make  it  an  invariable  rule  to  pass  to  port  of  each  other,  unless  there  be  some  special 
reason  to  the  contrary. 

85.  When  they  sight  each  other  in  the  straight  reaches  of  the  Canal,  going  in 
opposite  directions,  they  shall,  when  within  a  mile  of  each  other,  be  slowed  down 
and  each  placed  upon  its  respective  range,  which  is  marked  by  the  two  light  towers 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       185 

to  the  starboard  side  of  the  middle  line,  and  should  not  be  allowed  to  approach  closer 
than  this  to  the  center  line  until  they  have  passed  each  other;  this  will  obviate  any 
risk  of  collision  and  prevent  a  vessel  from  approaching  too  close  to  the  sides  of  the 
Canal. 

86.  Self-propelling  Canal  craft,  at  work  on  their  stations  or  under  way,  will  give 
way  and  leave  the  center  of  the  channels  clear  to  seagoing  vessels  in  transit;  nothing 
in  this  rule  shall  be  construed  to  warrant  a  violation  of  the  rules  of  the  road,  but  shall 
be  interpreted  to  mean  that  tugs,  launches,  and  small  self-propelling  craft  shall  keep 
close  to  the  sides  of  the  Canal  and  out  of  mid-channel  when  large  vessels  are  passing, 
whenever  practicable,  without  involving  any  danger  to  themselves. 

87.  The  foregoing  applies  only  to  cases  where  vessels  are  meeting  end  on,  or  nearly 
so,  in  such  manner  as  to  in\olve  risk  of  collision;  in  other  words,  to  cases  in  which, 
by  day,  each  vessel  can  see  the  masts  of  the  other  in  a  line,  or  nearly  so,  with  her  own, 
and  at  night  to  cases  in  which  each  \essel  can  see  the  other's  sicie  lights,  and  each 
can  see  the  range  lights  of  the  other  in  line,  or  nearly  so.  It  does  not  apply  to  cases 
in  which  a  vessel  can  see  another  ahead  crossing  her  own  course,  or  by  night  to  cases 
where  the  red  light  of  one  vessel  is  opposed  to  the  red  light  of  the  other,  or  where  the 
green  light  of  one  vessel  is  opposed  to  the  green  light  of  the  other,  or  where  a  red 
light  without  a  green  light  or  a  green  light  without  a  red  light  is  seen  ahead,  or  where 
both  green  and  red  lights  are  seen  anywhere  but  ahead. 

88.  Vessels  approaching  the  sharper  bends  in  the  Canal,  particularly  when  the  next 
reach  may  be  obscured,  and  all  bends  in  Culebra  Cut,  shall,  when  at  a  distance  of  at 
least  half  a  mile  from  such  bend,  slow  down  and  blow  one  prolonged  blast  as  a  notifica- 
tion to  other  vessels  which  may  be  coming  from  the  opposite  direction ;  if  there  be  no 
reply,  the  vessel  may  proceed,  but  \'essels  shall  not  pass  each  other  in  the  bends  of  the 
Canal;  if  there  be  a  reply  to  the  blast  first  sounded,  both  vessels  shall  stop  and  proceed 
cautiously,  following  the  rules  of  the  road,  but  the  vessel  which  has  the  turn  of  the 
bend  on  her  port  bow  shall  have  the  right  to  first  proceed  and  make  the  turn. 

89.  When  steam  vessels  are  moved  from  their  docks,  or  berths,  and  other  vessels 
are  liable  to  pass  from  any  direction  toward  them,  they  shall  sound  a  prolonged  blast, 
but  immediately  after  clearing  their  berths  so  as  to  be  fully  in  sight,  they  shall  be 
governed  by  the  steering  and  sailing  rules. 

90.  A  prolonged  blast  shall  also  be  sounded  when  approaching  all  signal  stations  or 
locks  and  when  leaving  the  latter. 

91.  When  steam  vessels  are  running  in  the  same  direction,  and  the  vessel  astern 
desires  to  pass  on  the  starboard  hand  of  the  vessel  ahead,  she  shall  give  one  short  blast, 
and  if  the  vessel  ahead  answers  with  one  blast,  they  shall  maneuver  accordingly,  but 
if  the  vessel  ahead  does  not  think  it  safe  for  the  vessel  astern  to  attempt  to  pass  at 
that  point,  she  shall  immediately  signify  the  same  by  giving  several  short  and  rapid 
blasts  of  the  whistle,  not  less  than  four,  and  under  no  circumstances  shall  the  vessel 
astern  attempt  to  pass  the  vessel  ahead  until  such  time  as  they  have  reached  a  point 
where  it  can  be  safely  done,  when  the  vessel  ahead  shall  signify  her  willingness  by 
blowing  the  proper  signals;  the  vessel  ahead  shall  in  no  case  attempt  to  cross  the  bow 
or  crowd  upon  the  course  of  the  passing  vessel. 

92.  Every  vessel  coming  up  with  another  vessel  from  any  direction  more  than  two 
points  abaft  her  beam;  that  is,  in  such  a  position  with  reference  to  the  vessel  which 
she  is  overtaking  that  at  night  she  would  be  unable  to  see  either  of  that  vessel's  side 
lights,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  overtaking  vessel,  and  no  subsequent  alteration  of  the 
bearing  between  the  two  vessels  shall  make  the  overtaking  vessel  a  crossing  vessel 
within  the  meaning  of  these  rules,  or  relieve  her  of  the  duty  of  keeping  clear  of  the 
overtaken  vessel  until  she  is  finally  passed  and  clear.  As  by  day  the  overtaking  vessel 
can  not  always  know  with  certainty  whether  she  is  forward  of  or  abaft  this  direction 
from  the  other  vessel,  she  should,  if  in  doubt,  assume  that  she  is  an  overtaking  vessel 
and  keep  out  of  the  way. 

93.  After  whistle  signals  have  been  made  and  answered.  Canal  craft  must  haul 
close  out  to  the  sides  of  the  Canal  and  leave  the  center  of  the  channels  unrestricted  for 
seagoing  vessels;  this  applies  particularly  to  the  500-foot  channels  and  the  Culebra 
Cut. 

94.  Unless  specially  authorized  by  the  Governor,  no  owner,  master,  or  operator  of 
floating  craft,  except  such  as  may  belong  to  or  be  chartered  by  The  Panama  Canal, 
or  such  as  may  be  engaged  in  passage  of  the  Canal  under  charge  of  a  Government 
pilot,  shall  cause  or  permit  such  craft  to  enter,  navigate,  or  be  present  within  that 
portion  of  the  Panama  Canal  known  as  the  Culebra  Cut  which  lies  between  Gamboa 
and  the  Pedro  Miguel  lock. 

95.  For  the  better  enforcement  of  this  regulation,  the  officers  and  agents  of  the 
Canal,  and  the  assistant  engineers,  superintendents,  and  supervisors  employed  under 


186       EXECUTR^E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

them  by  the  authority  of  the  Governor,  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  arrest  and 
take  into  custody,  with  or  without  process,  any  person  or  persons  who  may  violate 
this  rule. 

96.  Speed  exceeding  six  knots  per  hour  is  prohibited  in  the  Cut;  large  vessels, 
particularly  when  approaching  a  turn,  shall  go  at  the  slowest  speed  that  will  enable 
them  to  keep  their  steerageway.  This  rule  does  not  apply  to  vessels  owned  by  the 
Canal. 

97.  The  movement  of  vessels  in  the  Culebra  Cut  will  be  regulated  by  orders  to  be 
issued  by  the  (jovernor,  which  orders  will  be  communicated  to  the  masters  of  vessels 
by  the  pilots. 

98.  The  Canal  authorities  may  require  any  vessel  to  take  a  tug  ^=^  through  the  Cut, 
on  approaching  the  locks,  or  in  any  other  part  of  the  Canal,  when  in  their  opinion  it 
may  be  necessary  to  insure  the  safety  of  the  vessel  or  to  prevent  accident  or  grounding. 

99.  Should  a  vessel  be  unwieldy,  steer  badly,  or  be  hard  to  handle,  the  captain  or 
master  should  so  report  and  request  the  services  of  a  tug  to  assist  him  through  the 
Cut,  should  he  deem  it  necessary. 

100.  On  approaching  another  vessel  under  way  in  the  narrow  reaches,  or  before 
passing  a  vessel  that  has  been  tied  up,  or  lighters,  scows,  dredgers,  piledrivers,  or 
anything  that  is  afloat,  whether  moored,  anchored,  or  under  way,  vessels  shall  blow  a 
prolonged  blast  and  slow  down  in  plenty  of  time  to  pass  at  the  slowest  speed  at  which 
they  can  be  steered. 

101.  The  following  speeds  shall  not  be  exceeded  by  vessels  in  transit  through  the 
Canal : 

Knots  per  hour 

Colon  to  Gatun  locks _ 6 

Gatun  Lake,  in  the  1,000-foot  channels j 15 

Gatun  Lake,  in  the  800-foot  channels 12 

Gatun  Lake,  in  the  500-foot  channels..                 10 

Culebra  Cut...  6 

Miraflores  Lake ..  6 

Miraflores  locks  to  Pacific  entrance  to  Canal 6 

Steamers  entering  or  leaving  a  port 6 

102.  The  Governor  may  change  the  rules  in  regard  to  speed  •''"  and  the  use  of  tugs 
at  any  time  that  he  may  see  fit,  but  will  give  due  notice  in  case  any  changes  be  made. 

103.  Under  no  condition  will  steamers  be  allowed  to  run  side  by  side  in  any  part  of 
the  Canal  proper,  terminal  port,  or  adjacent  waters,  both  going  in  the  same  direction, 
except  for  the  time  necessary  for  one  steamer  to  pass  ahead  of  another,  after  the  proper 
signals  have  been  made  and  answered;  nor  shall  such  passing  take  place  in  any  of 
the  bends  of  the  Canal;  should  an  occasion  arise,  however,  where  steamers  may  find 
themselves  running  side  by  side,  or  nearly  so,  in  the  same  direction,  in  the  open 
waters  or  elsewhere,  the  steamer  on  the  right  or  starboard  side  shall  have  the  right  of 
way,  and  the  steamer  on  the  left  or  port  side  shall  check  her  way,  drop  astern,  and 
keep  at  a  safe  distance  until  the  bend  shall  have  been  passed  or  there  is  no  further 
danger  of  collision. 

104.  When  two  steamers  are  approaching  each  other  at  right  angles  or  obliquely 
so  as  to  involve  risk  of  collision,  other  than  when  one  steamer  is  overtaking  another, 
the  steamer  which  has  the  other  on  her  port  side  shall  hold  her  course  and  speed; 
and  the  steamer  which  has  the  other  on  her  starboard  side  shall  keep  out  of  the  way 
of  the  other,  by  directing  her  course  to  starboard  so  as  to  cross  the  stern  of  the  other 
steamer,  or,  if  necessary  to  do  so,  slacken  her  speed,  or  stop,  or  reverse.  The  steamer 
having  the  other  on  her  own  port  bow  shall  blow  one  blast  of  her  whistle  as  a  signal  of 
her  intention  to  cross  the  bow  of  the  other,  holding  her  course  and  speed,  which 
signal  shall  be  promptly  answered  by  the  other  steamer  by  one  short  blast  of  her 
whistle  as  a  signal  of  her  intention  to  direct  her  course  to  starboard  soastocross  the 
stern  of  the  other  steamer  or  otherwise  keep  clear. 

105.  If,  from  any  cause  whatever,  the  conditions  covered  by  this  situation  are  such 
as  to  prevent  immediate  compliance  with  each  others'  signals,  the  misunderstanding 
or  objection  shall  at  once  be  made  apparent  by  blowing  the  danger  signal,  and  both 
steamers  shall  be  stopped  and  backed,  if  necessary,  until  signals  for  passing  with  safety 
are  made  and  understood. 

106.  Every  vessel  which  is  directed  by  these  rules  to  keep  out  of  the  way  of  another 
vessel,  shall,  if  the  circumstances  of  the  case  permit,  avoid  crossing  ahead  of  the  other. 

<5»  See  the  686  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  for  rates  for  tug  service. 

•'"'  Governor's  Circular  No.  643-70  dated  Jan.  13,  1920.  revises  previous  orders  regulating  speed  of 
vessels  in  Canal. 


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107.  Every  vessel  which  is  directed  by  these  rules  to  keep  out  of  the  way  of  another 
vessel  shall,  on  approaching  her,  if  necessary,  slacken  her  speed,  or  stop,  or  reverse. 

108.  When  a  steam  vessel  and  a  sailing  vessel  are  proceeding  in  such  directions 
that  they  may  involve  the  risk  of  collision,  the  steam  vessel  shall  keep  out  of  the  way 
of  the  sailing  vessel. 

109.  When  two  sailing  vessels  are  approaching  one  another  so  as  to  involve  risk  of 
collision,  one  of  them  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  the  other,  as  follows: 

(a)  A  vessel  which  is  running  free  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  a  vessel  which  is 
close-hauled. 

(b)  A  vessel  which  is  close-hauled  on  the  port  tack  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  a 
vessel  which  is  close-hauled  on  the  starboard  tack. 

(c)  When  both  are  running  free,  with  the  wind  on  different  sides,  the  vessel  which 
has  the  wind  on  the  port  side  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  the  other. 

(d)  When  both  are  running  free,  with  the  wind  on  the  same  side,  the  vessel  which 
is  to  the  windward  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  the  vessel  which  is  to  the  leeward. 

(e)  A  vessel  which  has  the  wind  aft  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  the  other  vessel. 

1 10.  Where,  by  any  of  these  rules,  one  of  two  vessels  is  to  keep  out  of  the  way,  the 
other  shall  keep  her  course  and  speed. 

111.  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  these  rules,  every  vessel  overtaking 
another  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  the  overtaken  vessel. 

112.  Sailing  vessels  underway  shall  keep  out  of  the  way  of  sailing  vessels  or  boats 
fishing  with  nets,  or  lines,  or  trawls.  This  rule  shall  not  give  to  any  vessel  or  boat 
engaged  in  fishing  the  right  of  obstructing  a  fairway  used  by  vessels  other  than  fishing 
vessels  or  boats. 

113.  Nothing  in  these  rules  shall  exonerate  any  vessel,  or  the  owner,  or  master,  or 
crew  thereof,  from  all  the  consequences  of  any  neglect  of  any  precaution  which  may  be 
required  by  the  ordinary  practice  of  seamen,  or  by  the  special  circumstances  of  the 
case. 

114.  In  obeying  and  construing  these  rules  due  regard  shall  be  had  to  all  dangers 
of  na\'igation  and  collision,  and  to  any  special  circumstances  which  may  render  a 
departure  from  the  above  rules  necessary  in  order  to  avoid  immediate  danger. 

115.  In  fog,  mist,  or  heavy  rainstorms,  whether  by  day  or  night,  signals  shall  be 
given  as  follows: 

(a)  A  steam  vessel  underway,  except  when  towing  other  vessels  or  being  towed, 
shall  sound,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  one  minute,  on  the  whistle  or  siren,  a  pro- 
longed blast. 

(b)  A  vessel  when  towing  other  vessels  shall  sound,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than 
one  minute,  on  the  whistle  or  siren,  three  blasts  in  succession,  namely:  One  pro- 
longed blast  followed  by  two  short  blasts. 

{c)  Seagoing  dredges,  when  dredging  in  a  fog,  shall  give  four  blasts  in  succession: 
One  prolonged  blast  followed  by  three  short  blasts. 

(</)  A  vessel  towed  may  give,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  one  minute,  on  the  fog 
horn,  a  signal  of  three  blasts  in  succession,  namely:  One  prolonged  blast  followed  by 
two  short  blasts,  and  she  shall  not  give  any  other. 

(e)  A  sailing  vessel  underway  shall  sound,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  one  minute, 
when  on  the  starboard  tack  one  blast,  when  on  the  port  tack  two  blasts  in  succession, 
and  when  the  wind  is  abaft  the  beam  three  blasts  in  succession. 

(/)  All  rafts  or  other  water  craft,  not  herein  provided  for,  navigated  by  hand  power 
horsepower,  or  by  the  current  of  the  river,  shall  sound  a  blast  on  the  fog  horn,  or 
equivalent  signal,  at  inter\'als  of  not  more  than  one  minute. 

ig)  A  vessel  at  anchor  shall,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  one  minute,  ring  the  bell 
rapidly  for  about  five  seconds. 

116.  Every  vessel  shall,  in  fog,  mist,  or  heavy  rainstorm,  go  at  a  moderate  speed, 
slow  down,  or  stop,  having  due  regard  to  the  existing  circumstances  and  conditions. 

117.  A  steam  vessel  hearing,  apparently  forward  of  her  beam,  the  fog  signal  of  a 
vessel  the  position  of  which  is  not  ascertained,  shall,  as  far  as  the  circumstances  of 
the  case  admit,  stop  her  engines,  and  then  navigate  with  caution  until  the  danger  is 
over. 

118.  In  thick  and  foggy  weather  vessels  will  not  be  allowed  to  enter  the  Canal  or 
leave  the  locks  or  mooring  station,  until  the  weather  has  cleared.  Vessels  in  transit, 
when  overtaken  by  thick  or  foggy  weather,  must  immediately  take  every  precaution 
and  make  preparations  to  anchor  or  moor  at  the  first  available  place,  and  so  remain 
until  the  weather  clears.  Vessels  equipped  with  radio,  when  overtaken  by  thick  or 
foggy  weather,  should  immediately  so  report,  in  order  that  the  proper  fog  signal  may 
be  made  at  the  mooring  stations  on  the  approach  of  such  vessels. 


188  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

1 19.  In  order  further  to  assure  safe  navigation  in  thick  or  foggy  weather,  masters  of 
vessels  shall  have  prepared  accurate  tables  showing  their  compass  error,  before  they 
will  be  allowed  to  enter  the  Canal.  The  general  direction  of  the  Canal  and  its  reaches 
is  southeasterly  and  northwesterly,  and  it  would  be  well,  if  an  opportunity  ofTers,  for 
vessels  to  obtain  an  accurate  deviation  table  on  these  courses,  while  in  the  approxi- 
mate latitude  and  vicinity  of  the  Canal. 

120.  Upon  the  first  approach  of  thick  weather  of  any  kind,  the  position  of  the  ship 
must  be  accurately  checked  and  the  closest  possible  reckoning  be  kept  until  the 
weather  clears,  or  she  shall  have  been  moored  or  anchored. 

121 .  l^nnecessary  sounding  of  the  steam  whistle,  except  as  a  danger  signal  or  in  case 
of  fire  or  emergency,  is  prohibited  within  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone;  and  any 
licensed  officer  in  charge  of  a  steamer  who  authorizes  or  permits  such  unnecessary 
whistling  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors  having 
jurisdiction,  be  suspended  from  acting  under  his  license,  if  the  inspectors  trying  the 
case  so  decide. 

122.  The  word  "visible"  in  these  rules,  when  applied  to  lights,  shall  mean  visible 
on  a  dark  night  with  a  clear  atmosphere. 

123.  The  rules  concerning  lights  shall  be  complied  with  in  all  weathers  from  sunset 
to  sunrise,  and  during  such  time  no  other  lights  which  may  be  mistaken  for  the  pre- 
scribed lights  shall  be  exhibited. 

124.  A  steam  vessel  when  under  way  shall  carry: 

(a)  On  or  in  front  of  the  foremast,  or,  if  a  vessel  without  a  foremast,  then  in  the 
fore  part  of  the  vessel,  a  bright  white  light  so  constructed  as  to  show  an  unbroken 
light  over  an  arc  of  the  horizon  of  20  points  of  the  compass,  so  fixed  as  to  throw  the 
light  10  points  on  each  side  of  the  vessel,  namely,  from  right  ahead  to  two  points  abaft 
the  beam  on  either  side,  and  of  such  a  character  as  to  be  visible  at  a  distance  of  at 
least  five  miles. 

(b)  On  the  starboard  side  a  green  light  so  constructed  as  to  show  an  unbroken  light 
over  an  arc  of  the  horizon  of  10  points  of  the  compass,  so  fixed  as  to  throw  the  light 
from  right  ahead  to  two  points  abaft  the  beam  on  the  starboard  side,  and  of  such  a 
character  as  to  be  visible  at  a  distance  of  at  least  two  miles. 

(c)  On  the  port  side  a  red  light  so  constructed  as  to  show  an  unbroken  light  over  an 
arc  of  the  horizon  of  10  points  of  the  compass,  so  fixed  as  to  throw  the  light  from  right 
ahead  to  two  points  abaft  the  beam  on  the  port  side,  and  of  such  a  character  as  to  be 
visible  at  a  distance  of  at  least  two  miles. 

(d)  The  said  green  and  red  side  lights  shall  be  fitted  with  inboard  screens  projecting 
at  least  three  feet  forward  from  the  light,  so  as  to  prevent  these  lights  from  being  seen 
across  the  bow. 

(e)  A  seagoing  steam  vessel  shall  carry  an  additional  white  light  similar  in  construc- 
tion to  the  light  mentioned  in  subdivision  "a."  These  two  lights  shall  be  so  placed 
in  line  with  the  keel  that  one  shall  be  at  least  15  feet  higher  than  the  other,  and  in 
such  a  position  with  reference  to  each  other  than  the  lower  light  shall  be  forward  of 
the  upper  one.  The  vertical  distance  of  these  lights  shall  be  less  than  the  horizontal 
distance. 

125.  A  steam  vessel  when  towing  another  vessel  shall,  in  addition  to  her  side  lights, 
carry  two  white  bright  lights  in  a  vertical  line,  one  over  the  other,  not  less  than  three 
feet  apart,  and  when  towing  more  than  one  vessel,  shall  carry  an  additional  bright 
white  light  three  feet  above  or  below  such  lights,  if  the  length  of  the  tow  measuring 
from  the  stern  of  the  towing  vessel  to  the  stern  of  the  last  vessel  towed  exceeds  600 
feet.  Each  of  the  lights  shall  be  of  the  same  construction  and  character,  and  shall 
be  carried  in  the  same  position  as  the  white  light  "a,"  previously  mentioned  for 
steamers. 

126.  Such  steam  vessel  may  carry  a  small  white  light  abaft  the  funnel,  aftermast, 
or  at  the  stern,  for  the  vessel  towed  to  steer  by,  but  such  light  shall  not  be  visible 
forward  of  the  beam. 

127.  A  sailing  vessel  under  way  or  being  towed  shall  carry  the  same  lights  "ft" 
and  "c"  as  are  prescribed  for  a  steam  vessel  under  way,  with  the  exception  of  the 
wkite  lights  mentioned,  which  they  shall  never  carry. 

128.  Whenever,  as  in  the  case  of  vessels  of  less  than  10  gross  tons  under  way  during 
bad  weather,  the  green  and  red  side  lights  can  not  be  fixed,  these  lights  shall  be  kept 
at  hand  lighted  and  ready  for  use,  and  shall,  on  the  approach  of  or  to  other  \'essels 
be  exhibited  on  their  respective  sides  in  sufificient  time  to  prevent  collision,  in  such 
manner  as  to  make  them  most  visible,  and  so  that  the  green  light  shall  not  be  seen 
on  the  port  side  nor  the  red  light  on  the  starboard  side,  nor,  if  practicable,  more  than 
two  points  abaft  the  beam  on  their  respective  sides.    To  make  the  use  of  these  port- 


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able  lights  more  certain  and  easy,  the  lanterns  containing  them  should  each  be 
painted  outside  with  the  color  of  the  light  which  they  respectively  contain,  and 
shall  be  provided  with  proper  screens. 

129.  Pilot  vessels  when  engaged  on  their  station  on  pilotage  duty  shall  not  show  the 
lights  required  for  other  \essels,  but  shall  carry  a  white  light  at  the  masthead, 
visible  all  around  the  horizon,  and  shall  also  exhibit  a  flare-up  light  or  flare-up  lights 
at  short  intervals,  which  shall  never  exceed  15  minutes. 

130.  A  steam  pilot  vessel  when  engaged  on  pilotage  duty  and  not  at  anchor  shall, 
in  addition  to  the  lights  required  for  all  pilot  vessels,  carry  at  a  distance  of  eight  feet 
below  her  white  masthead  light,  a  red  light  visible  all  around  the  horizon  and  of  such 
a  character  as  to  be  visible  on  a  dark  night  with  a  clear  atmosphere  at  a  distance  of  at 
least  two  miles,  and  also  the  colored  side  lights  required  to  be  carried  by  vessels  when 
under  way. 

131.  When  engaged  on  her  station  on  pilotage  duty  and  at  anchor  she  shall  carry, 
in  addition  to  the  lights  required  for  all  pilot  boats,  the  red  light  above  mentioned, 
but  not  the  colored  side  lights. 

132.  Fishing  vessels  less  than  10  gross  tons,  when  under  way,  and  not  having  their 
nets,  dredges,  or  lines  in  the  water,  shall  carry  the  usual  white  light  eight  feet  above 
the  deck  and  shall  have  ready  at  hand  a  lantern  with  a  green  glass  on  one  side  and 
a  red  glass  on  the  other  side,  and  on  approaching  or  being  approached  by  another 
vessel,  such  lantern  shall  be  exhibited  in  sufficient  time  to  prevent  collision,  so  that 
the  green  light  shall  not  be  seen  on  the  port  side  nor  the  red  light  on  the  starboard  side. 

133.  All  fashing  vessels  and  fishing  boats  of  10  gross  tons  or  upward,  when  under 
way  and  not  having  their  nets,  trawls,  dredges,  or  lines  in  the  water,  shall  carry  and 
show  the  same  lights  as  other  vessels  under  way. 

134.  All  vessels,  when  trawling,  dredging,  or  fishing  with  any  kind  of  dragnets  or 
lines,  shall  exhibit,  from  some  part  of  the  vessel  where  they  can  be  best  seen,  two 
lights.  One  of  these  lights  shall  be  red  and  the  other  shall  be  white.  The  red  light 
shall  be  above  the  white  light,  and  shall  be  at  a  vertical  distance  from  it  of  not  less 
than  6  feet  and  not  more  than  12  feet;  and  the  horizonal  distance  between  them,  if 
any,  shall  not  be  more  than  10  feet.  These  two  lights  shall  be  of  such  a  character 
and  contained  in  lanterns  of  such  construction  as  to  be  visible  all  around  the  horizon, 
the  white  light  at  a  distance  not  less  than  three  miles  and  the  red  light  not  less  than 
two  miles. 

135.  A  vessel  which  is  being  overtaken  by  another  shall  show  from  her  stern  to 
such  last-mentioned  vessel  a  white  light  or  a  flare-up  light. 

136.  A  vessel  under  150  feet  in  length  when  at  anchor  shall  carry  forward,  where  it 
can  best  be  seen,  but  at  a  height  not  exceeding  20  feet  above  the  hull,  a  white  light, 
in  a  lantern  constructed  so  as  to  show  a  clear,  uniform  and  unbroken  light  visible  all 
around  the  horizon  at  a  distance  of  at  least  one  mile. 

137.  A  vessel  of  150  feet  or  upward  in  length  when  at  anchor  shall  carry  in  the  for- 
ward part  of  the  vessel,  at  a  height  of  not  less  than  20  feet  and  not  exceeding  40  feet 
above  the  hull,  one  such  light,  and  at  or  near  the  stern  of  the  vessel,  and  at  such  a 
height  that  it  shall  not  be  less  than  15  feet  lower  than  the  forward  light,  another  such 
light. 

138.  The  length  of  the  vessel  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  length  appearing  in  her  cer- 
tificate of  registry. 

139.  Every  vessel  may,  if  necessary  in  order  to  attact  attention,  in  addition  to  the 
lights  which  she  is  by  these  rules  required  to  carry,  use  a  flare-up  light  or  use  any 
detonating  signal  that  can  not  be  mistaken  for  a  distress  signal. 

140.  Every  barge,  lighter,  canal  boat,  or  scow  that  is  moored  alongside  of  any  ship 
or  another  barge,  or  to  the  side  of  the  Canal,  or  to  any  wharf,  or  lying  at  anchor  on  the 
navigable  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  show,  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sun- 
rise, a  white  light  on  the  bow  and  stern,  at  least  three  feet  above  the  deck  of  said  ves- 
sel, and  not  less  than  eight  feet  from  the  bow  and  stern  thereof. 

141.  Nothing  in  these  rules  shall  interfere  with  the  operation  of  any  special  rules 
made  by  the  government  of  any  nation  with  respect  to  additional  station  and  signal 
lights  for  two  or  more  ships  of  war  or  for  vessels  sailing  under  convoy,  or  with  the 
exhibition  of  recognition  signals  adopted  by  shipowners,  which  have  been  authorized 
by  their  respective  governments,  and  duly  registered  and  published,  unless  specific 
instructions  are  given  bj'  the  Canal  authorities  to  discontinue  the  use  of  such  lights 
while  in  transit  through  the  Canal. 

142.  A  steam  vessel  proceeding  under  sail  only,  but  having  her  funnel  up,  may 
carry  in  daytime,  forward,  where  it  can  best  be  seen,  one  black  ball  or  shape  two  feet 
in  diameter. 


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143.  Seagoing  suction  dredges,  when  under  way  and  dredging,  shall  carry,  beside 
the  lights  prescribed  for  steamers  under  way,  between  the  two  masts  where  they  can 
best  be  seen,  two  red  lights  approximately  the  same  height  as  the  masthead  light  of  a 
steamer,  in  a  vertical  line  one  over  the  other,  not  less  than  six  feet  apart,  and  of  such  a 
character  as  to  be  visible  all  around  the  horizon  at  a  distance  of  at  least  two  miles; 
and  they  shall,  by  day,  carry  between  the  two  masts  where  they  can  best  be  seen,  in  a 
vertical  line  one  over  the  other  not  less  than  six  feet  apart,  two  black  balls  or  shapes, 
each  two  feet  in  diameter. 

144.  Seagoing  suction  dredges,  when  dredging  is  stopped  and  the  dredge  is  pro- 
ceeding either  to  or  frcm  her  dumping  ground,  either  loaded  or  light,  shall,  at  night, 
extinguish  the  two  red  lights  and,  by  day,  lower  the  black  balls. 

145.  Seagoing  suction  dredges,  while  actually  engaged  in  dredging,  as  shown  by  the 
black  balls  or  red  lights,  above,  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  all  other  vessels,  but 
in  th^  narrower  reaches  and  the  Culebra  Cut  shall  give  way  to  seagoing  ships;  but 
when  not  dredging,  as  shown  by  the  absence  of  the  black  balls  or  red  lights,  shall  ob- 
serve all  the  rules,  and  have  no  special  privilege. 

146.  Ferryboats,  propelled  by  machinery  and  navigating  the  waters  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  shall  carry  the  range  lights  and  the  side  lights  required  by  law  to  be  carried  on 
steam  vessels. 

147.  Barges,  canal  boats,  scows,  the  lighters  being  towed  astern  of  steam  vessels, 
when  towing  singly  or  what  is  known  as  tandem  towing,  shall  each  carry  a  white  light 
on  the  bow  and  a  white  light  on  the  stern. 

148.  When  towed  with  a  hawser  two  or  more  abreast,  when  in  one  tier,  they  shall 
carry  a  white  light  on  the  bow  and  a  white  light  on  the  stern  of  each  of  the  outside 
boats;  when  in  more  than  one  tier,  each  of  the  outside  boats  shall  carry  a  white  light 
on  its  bow;  and  the  outside  boats  in  the  last  tier  shall  each  carry,  in  addition,  a  white 
light  on  the  outer  after  part  of  the  stern. 

149.  Barges,  etc.,  towed  alongside  a  stieam  vessel,  if  on  the  starboard  side  of  said 
steam  vessel,  shall  display  a  white  light  on  her  own  starboard  bow,  and  if  on  the  port 
side  of  said  steam  vessel,  shall  display  a  white  light  on  her  own  port  bow;  and  if  there 
be  more  than  one  barge  or  canal  boat  alongside,  the  white  light  shall  be  displayed 
from  the  outboard  side  of  the  outside  barge  or  canal  boat. 

150.  When  barges,  etc.,  are  in  tiers  and  towed  at  a  hawser,  there  shall  be  carried  on 
the  forward  port  side  of  each  tier  a  white  light,  and  on  the  forward  starboard  side  of 
the  starboard  boat  in  each  tier  a  white  light,  and  on  the  after  port  side  of  the  port  boat 
in  the  stern  tier  a  white  light,  and  on  the  after  starboard  side  of  the  starboard  tier  a 
white  light. 

151.  Rafts  propelled  by  hand  power,  or  by  the  current  of  the  river  or  tide,  or  which 
shall  be  anchored  in  or  near  the  channel  or  fairway,  or  proceeding  in  tow  of  a  steam 
vessel,  shall  carry  one  white  light  on  each  outside  corner  of  the  raft,  making  four  lights 
in  all. 

152.  Row  boats  and  cayucos,  whether  under  oars  or  sail,  shall  carry  a  white  light, 
visible  all  around  the  horizon,  at  an  elevation  above  the  surface  of  the  water  of  at  least 
three  feet. 

153.  The  white  light  required  by  these  rules  for  rafts  and  other  water  craft  shall  be 
carried  from  sunset  to  sunrise,  in  a  lantern  so  constructed  as  to  show  a  clear,  uniform, 
and  unbroken  light,  visible  all  around  the  horizon,  and  of  such  intensity  as  to  be 
visible  on  a  dark  night  with  a  clear  atmosphere  at  a  distance  of  at  least  one  mile.  The 
lights  for  rafts  shall  be  suspended  so  that  the  lights  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  feet 
above  the  surface  of  the  water. 

154.  Any  piece  of  plant,  whether  dredge,  rock-breaker,  or  drill  barge,  that  is  oper- 
ated by  means  of  fore,  aft,  and  side  chains,  shall  carry,  when  said  fore,  aft,  and  side 
chains  arc  taut,  a  black  ball  on  each  side  of  the  dredge,  in  some  conspicuous  place  at 
least  eight  feet  above  the  deck,  and  near  the  position  of  the  side  chains;  at  night  these 
balls  shall  be  replaced  by  a  red  light  and  which  shall  show  all  around  the  horizon  and 
be  plainly  visible  at  a  distance  of  one  mile. 

155.  When  a  steamer  wishes  to  pass  the  dredge,  drill  boat,  or  rock-breaker,  at  a 
point  where  it  might  foul  its  side  chains,  it  should  ask  permission  to  pass,  by  using 
the  signal  for  port  or  starboard,  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  rules,  and  the  dredge, 
drill  boat,  or  rock-breaker  s'lall  immediitely  lower  its  chain  on  the  side  asked  for  by 
the  steamer,  indicating  its  fiilfillni^nt  of  this  by,  in  the  daytime,  lowering  the  ball; 
in  the  night,  putting  out  t'le  red  light. 

156.  If  the  dredge,  drill  boat,  or  rock-breaker  is  unable  to  lower  its  side  chain,  or 
should  consider  it  dangerous  for  the  steamer  to  pass  on  the  side  asked  for,  the  dredge, 
drill  boat,  or  rock-breaker,  will  blow  the  danger  signal,  when  the  steamer  will  stop 
until  the  ball  or  light  signal  given  above  shall  be  shown. 


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157.  Any  master  or  pilot  of  any  steam  vessel  who  shall  flash  or  cause  to  be  flashed 
the  rays  of  the  searchlight  into  the  pilot  house  of  a  passing  vessel  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  misconduct  and  shall  be  liable  to  have  his  license  suspended  or  revoked; 
in  general,  searchlights  shall  not  be  used  for  navigation  purposes  in  transit  through 
the  Canal,  since  the  aids  to  navigation  are  sufftciently  abundant  to  obviate  any  danger 
or  necessity  for  using  them. 

158.  when  a  vessel  is  in  distress  and  requires  assistance  from  other  vessels,  or  from 
the  shore,  the  following  shall  be  the  signals  to  be  used  or  displayed  by  her,  either 
together  or  separately,  namely: 

First:   Flames  on  a  vessel,  as  from  a  burning  tar  barrel,  oil-barrel,  etc. 

Second:   A  continuous  sounding  with  any  fog-signal  apparatus,  or  firing  a  gun. 

Third  :    Rockets  or  shells  showing  stars,  fired  one  at  a  time,  at  short  intervals. 

159.  In  connection  with  these,  vessels  may  use  the  international  code  and  special 
signals  with  shapes,  hereafter  described. 

160.  When  lighters,  barges,  scows,  or  canal  boats  are  tied  or  moored  along  any 
wharf,  or  along  the  shore  in  the  channel  in  the  navigable  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone, 
including  the  Canal  and  approaches  thereto,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  moor  them  more 
than  two  deep,  thereby  obstructing  the  channel. 

161.  Except  in  the  terminal  harbors  or  the  authorized  anchorages,  vessels  shall 
not  moor  alongside  one  another  in  any  part  of  the  Panama  Canal.  In  the  terminal 
harbors  and  authorized  anchorages  more  than  two  vessels  shall  not  be  moored  along- 
side each  other,  except  that  additional  power  hoists  may  be  moored  alongside  two 
vessels  so  connected,  while  actually  engaged  in  transshipping  cargo. 

162.  Nothing  in  this  rule  shall  be  construed  as  affecting  the  right  of  The  Panama 
Canal  to  moor  barges  used  by  Canal  construction  and  maintenance  in  any  manner 
that  may  be  deemed  proper. 

163.  Every  piece  of  plant,  except  seagoing  suction  dredges,  whether  dredge,  rock 
breaker,  or  drill  barge,  that  is  engaged  in  excavating  or  preparing  to  excavate  the 
Canal,  whose  position  is  stationary,  or  moving  from  time  to  time  over  the  face  of  the 
shoal  that  it  is  working  on  or  removing,  shall  have  the  prior  right  to  such  position,  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  navigating  a  ship  or  otherwise,  to  foul 
above-named  plant  or  its  moorings  in  any  way  whatever. 

164.  All  barges  moved  from  berth  to  berth  along  wharves  or  banks  of  the  Canal 
shall  be  moved  by  being  handled  by  proper  towboat  for  same,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful 
to  move  barges  by  hand  power  in  the  navigable  fairways  of  the  Canal,  unless  to  pre- 
serve life  or  property  in  peril. 

GENERAL   REGULATIONS. 

165.  While  in  a  terminal  port  or  in  transit  through  the  Canal  no  vessel  will  be  al- 
lowed to  throw  overboard  any  ashes,  cinders,  ballast,  solid  matter  of  any  kind,  boxes, 
paper,  or  anything  that  will  float,  heavy  slops,  or  anything  that  will  tend  to  deface  or 
make  the  waters  of  the  Canal  unsanitary.  This  does  not  apply  to  water-closet  chutes, 
nor  to  the  water  used  in  cooking  or  in  cleaning  tableware,  but  does  prohibit  the  throw- 
ing overboard  of  bones,  pieces  of  meat,  vegetable  and  fruit  parings,  or  any  heavy 
slops  that  can  be  carried  until  the  open  water  of  the  sea  can  be  reached. 

166.  No  vessel  shall  make  fast  or  run  any  lines  to  any  marking  buoy,  beacon,  or 
aid  to  navigation;  this  does  not  prohibit  the  use  of  mooring  buoys  for  the  purpose  for 
which  they  were  intended;  vessels  must  use  every  precaution  to  guard  against  injury 
to  any  of  the  aids  to  navigation  in  Canal  waters;  should  any  damage  or  injury  be  in- 
flicted, it  shall  be  immediately  reported  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

167.  Any  vessel  arriving  at  the  ports  with  gunpowder  or  other  explosives  on  board 
will  not  be  admitted  to  the  wharves  or  allowed  to  land  the  same  until  a  report  is  made 
to  the  proper  authority  and  an  arrangement  entered  into  for  the  immediate  disposal 
of  the  explosives. 

168.  Vessels  are  not  allowed  to  anchor  in  the  channel  of  the  Canal  or  its  approaches, 
unless  in  case  of  distress,  when  assistance  should  at  once  be  requested. 

169.  If  for  any  reason  not  an  emergency,  a  vessel  must  anchor,  she  must  do  so  in 
such  a  location  that  it  will  not  interfere  with  the  navigation  of  the  channels. 

170.  All  vessels  upon  entering  port  will  be  assigned  to  anchorage  or  wharves  by 
the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

171.  Vessels  must  not  anchor  on  the  range  line  of  any  range  lights. 

172.  Vessels  will  be  held  liable  for  all  damage  done  to  the  Canal  or  any  part  of  its 
plant  or  equipment,  of  any  character  or  description  whatsoever,  whether  the  damage 
be  done  to  the  floating  equipment,  wharves,  locks,  or  banks  of  the  Canal;  and  in  the 
case  of  sinking  of  any  floating  or  other  equipment  belonging  to  private  persons  or 
corporations  in  the  channel  of  the  Canal,  or  its  approaches,  side  channels,  or  along  its 


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wharves,  that  create  or  tend  to  create  an  obstruction  in  the  Canal  or  its  approaches, 
side  ciiannels,  or  along  its  wharves,  the  person  or  compan>'  owning  the  sunken  equip- 
ment may  be  given  thirty  days  to  remove  the  same.  Should  he  or  they  fail  to  do  so, 
the  Canal  authorities  may  remove  the  obstruction  and  the  person  or  corporation  own- 
ing the  same  shall  pay  all  the  expense  of  the  removal  of  the  obstruction,  to  be  col- 
lected by  a  civil  suit  in  the  Zone  courts  and  a  levy  and  sale  of  any  property  of  the 
persons  or  corporations  found  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  its  harbors. 

173.  The  Canal  authorities  may  order  the  removal  of  the  obstruction  at  once,  or 
remove  it  without  waiting  for  action  by  the  owners,  and  the  cost  of  such  removal  shall 
be  taxed  and  collected  as  mentioned  above. 

174.  Should  a  vessel  go  aground,  collide,  be  in  imminent  danger,  or  meet  with  any 
serious  accident  while  in  Canal  waters,  the  Canal  authorities  shall  have  the  right  to 
supervise  and  direct  all  operations  in  relation  thereto  that  may  be  necessary  to  float 
her  or  clear  the  wreckage;  but  the  master  and  all  others  under  him,  as  well  as  every 
appliance  on  board  the  ship  which  may  be  of  use,  shall  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Canal  authorities  without  additional  charge  or  claim  against  the  Canal. 

175.  Vessels  wishing  to  unload  or  load  ballast  will  be  assigned  anchorage  by  the 
Captain  of  the  Port,  and  must  have  a  proper  chute,  so  arranged  as  to  prevent  ballast 
from  falling  overboard. 

176.  No  warp  or  line  shall  be  passed  across  any  channel  or  dock  so  as  to  obstruct 
the  passage  of  vessels  or  cause  any  interference  with  the  discharging  of  cargoes. 

177.  If  any  damages  shall  be  caused  by  vessels  or  their  mooring  cables  to  the  works 
of  any  harbor,  the  parties  responsible  for  same  shall  pay  the  costs  for  necessary  repairs, 
and  the  same  may  be  recovered  in  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

178.  If  a  vessel  occupying  a  berth  at  a  wharf  or  pier,  with  or  without  the  consent 
of  the  Captain  of  the  Port,  fails  to  vacate  such  berth  when  ordered  by  him,  or  when 
not  loading  or  unloading  fails  to  make  way  for  another  vessel  that  wishes  to  load  or 
unload,  the  Captain  of  the  Port  shall  then  cause  such  vessel  to  be  moved  to  some  other 
berth,  or  be  anchored  in  the  stream,  and  the  expense  of  such  removal  shall  be  paid  by 
the  master,  agents,  or  owners  of  such  vessel,  and  in  case  of  their  neglect  or  refusal  to 
pay  such  expense  upon  demand,  it  may  be  recovered  in  an  action  before  any  court 
having  jurisdiction. 

179.  No  vessel  shall  be  entitled  to  a  berth  until  application  has  been  made  by  the 
master,  owner,  or  consignee  of  the  vessel,  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port,  and  such  appli- 
cation must  state  the  length,  draft,  and  kind  of  cargo.  No  one  but  the  Captain  of  the 
Port  has  authority  to  assign  berths  to  vessels.  No  vessel,  whether  at  anchor  or  lying 
at  a  wharf,  shall  shift  its  berth,  without  permission  from  the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

180.  All  goods,  merchandise,  and  material  of  every  kind,  landed  or  placed  on  any 
pier,  bulkhead,  or  other  wharf  property,  or  upon  reclaimed  land,  must  be  removed 
therefrom  within  36  hours,  provided,  that  the  Captain  of  the  Port  for  good  cause  may 
extend  the  time.  All  goods,  merchandise  and  materials  of  every  kind  encumbering 
any  pier,  bulkhead,  or  other  wharf  structure  or  reclaimed  land,  after  the  time  desig- 
nated for  the  removal  thereof  shall  have  expired,  will  be  liable  to  be  removed  by  the 
Captain  of  the  Port  to  any  warehouse  or  yard,  at  the  sole  risk  and  e.xpense  of  the  owner 
of  such  goods,  merchandise,  or  materials,  and  all  expense  incurred  for  such  removal 
and  storage,  or  otherwise,  shall  be  and  become  a  lien  thereon,  and  such  goods,  mer- 
chandise, and  materials  will  not  be  delivered  to  the  owner  until  the  expense  of  such 
removal  and  storage  has  been  paid. 

181.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  owners,  lessees,  or  occupants  of  any  pier,  wharf, 
or  bulkhead,  which  has  been  covered  with  a  shed,  to  use  such  shedded  pier,  wharf, 
or  bulkhead  for  the  permanent  storage  of  goods,  merchandise,  cargo,  or  material  of 
any  kind  which  may  be  discharged  or  placed  thereon. 

182.  Piers,  wharves,  and  bulkheads  thus  shedded  are  designated  for  the  protection 
of  merchandise  and  cargo  in  transit,  and  such  merchandise  and  cargo  must  be 
removed  therefrom  within  36  hours;  provided,  that  the  Captain  of  the  Port  may  for 
good  cause  extend  the  time. 

183.  No  accumulation  of  material  upon  the  piers,  wharves,  bulkheads  and  reclaimed 
land  will  be  allowed,  and  whenever  any  pier,  wharf,  bulkhead  or  reclaimed  land  shall 
be  encumbered  or  obstructed  in  its  free  use  by  any  vessel,  merchandise  or  material, 
or  by  any  structure,  encumbrance,  or  obstruction  not  authorized  or  permitted,  the 
Captain  of  the  Port  may  require  the  owner,  agent,  consignee,  or  person  occupying 
or  in  charge  of  such  merchandise  or  obstruction,  to  remove  the  same  without  delay. 
Upon  receiving  said  order  the  owner,  agent,  consignee,  or  person  in  charge  of  the  ves- 
sel, merchandise,  material,  structure,  encumbrance,  or  obstruction,  in  reference  to 
which  said  order  or  direction  weis  given  shall  comply  with  the  same  without  delay 
and  upon  his  refusal  or  failure  to  do  so,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  or  imprisonment 
as  hereinbefore  provided. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  193 

184.  No  fishing  nets  will  be  allowed  in  any  place  in  the  Canal,  along  its  wharves,  or 
in  its  channels,  whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Superintendent  of  Transportation  such 
nets  interfere  or  rnight  interfere  with  navigation,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner 
thereof,  upon  notification,  to  remove  them  immediately. 

185.  Anyone  finding  any  buoy  out  of  position,  or  lights  not  working  properly, 
should  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

186.  Steamers  while  within  a  harbor  must  take  all  precautions  to  avoid  the  issue  of 
sparks,  and  vessels  willbeheldliablefor  all  damage  resulting  from  neglect  of  this  rule.* 

187.  No  pitch,  tar,  turpentine,  or  other  combustible,  shall  be  boiled  on  any  wharf, 
or  on  board  any  vessel  without  permission  from  the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

188.  In  case  of  fire  on  board  a  vessel,  all  masters  of  other  vessels  shall  render 
such  assistance  as  may  be  in  their  power. 

189.  A  vessel  anchored  or  moored  in  the  harbor  or  lying  at  a  dock  must  at  all  times, 
night  or  day,  have  on  board  a  sufficient  number  of  men  to  take  care  of  the  vessel. 

190.  No  vessel  shall  unload  lumber,  timber,  or  piles  in  the  waters  of  a  harbor  with- 
out permission  of  the  Captain  of  the  Port,  who  shall  designate  where  such  lumber  shall 
be  rafted,  so  as  to  avoid  obstructing  or  hindering  the  movements  of  vessels. 

191.  Lighters,  barges,  scows,  and  other  vessels  belonging  to  persons  or  corporations 
of  any  and  all  descriptions  shall  be  anchored  in  such  places  as  the  Captain  of  the  Port 
may  direct,  and  shall  be  at  all  times  under  his  supervision  and  direction. 

192.  The  Captain  of  the  Port  shall  keep  in  his  ofifice  records  of  all  his  proceedings 
with  statements  of  the  result  of  all  examinations  and  inquiries  made  by  him,  which 
records  may  be  inspected  by  interested  parties. 

193.  All  notifications  and  requests  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port  shall  be  made  at  his 
office  in  writing,  and  shall  be  duly  entered  and  filed  by  him. 

194.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  without  first  having  secured  a  pilot's 
license  from  the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  navigate  any  steam  vessel  with  a 
net  tonnage  of  more  than  15  tons  burden  in  Canal  Zone  waters. 

195.  All  privately  owned  boats  of  every  description  must  be  registered  and  num- 
bered, and  the  number  must  be  obtained  before  they  will  be  allowed  to  operate  in  any 
part  of  the  Canal  waters."*^' 

196.  When  numbers  have  been  assigned,  they  shall  be  displayed  in  a  conspicuous 
place,  in  the  prescribed  form. 

197.  All  vessels  moored  to  wharves,  whether  loading  or  unloading  cargo  or  in  the 
ordinary  way  of  business,  shall  be  moored  to  the  wharves  with  rope  hawsers  only,  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  chain  or  wire  hawsers  to  be  used  on  any  public  wharf  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  without  the  specific  permission  of  the  Captain  of  the  Port. 

198.  All  vessels,  whether  commercial  or  otherwise,  moored  to  wharves  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  shall  be  compelled  to  keep  watch  at  night  and  to  have  suitable  fire-fighting 
apparatus  on  hand. 

199.  Whenever  it  shall  become  necessary  to  remove  any  especially  inflammable 
cargo  from  commercial  ships,  or  ships  at  public  wharves  of  the  Canal  Zone,  such  as 
oils,  gasoline,  naphtha,  petroleum,  etc.,  it  shall  be  necessary  for  notice  to  be  given  to 
the  Captain  of  the  Port  at  least  two  hours  before  such  cargo  shall  be  discharged  upon 
the  wharf,  so  that  proper  means  can  be  provided  to  dispose  of  this  class  of  material  at 
the  earliest  possible  moment. 

200.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  whether  navigating  a  vessel  or 
otherwise,  to  take  possession  of  or  use  for  any  purpose,  to  make  fast  to  or  build  upon, 
to  alter,  deface,  destroy,  move  or  injure  any  part  of  the  plant  or  equipment,  whether 
floating  or  otherwise,  belonging  to  the  Canal. 

201.  These  rules  shall  apply  to  and  govern  the  navigation  and  use  of  the  waters  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  as  the  Canal  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  constituted,  as  well  as  all 
Canal  channels,  lakes,  harbors,  and  other  auxiliary  waters  as  may  now  or  hereafter 
be  deemed  necessary  for  Canal  purposes,  or  which  may  now  or  hereafter  be  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government. ''^^ 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  9  July,  1914. 

[No.  1990.] 

*  See  amendment  of  July  27,  1921,  p.  289. 

<«'  The  683  series  of  circulars  relate  to  the  operation  of  small  craft  in  Canal  Zone  waters.  See  also 
amendment  of  July  27,  1921,  p.  289. 

•"See  also  Proclamation  of  President  of  Nov.  13,  1914,  p.  203.  prescribing  rules  and  regulations 
governing  use  of  Canal  by  vessels  of  belligerents,  which  are  in  addition  to  above  general  rules.  Also 
Proclamation  of  May  23,  1917,  p.  224,  providing  rules  for  management  and  protection  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  which  rules  are  in  addition  to  the  general  rules  of  order  of  July  9,  1914.  • 

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194       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Authorizing  the  Board  of  Admeasurement  to  Administer  Oaths  to  Witnesses  and  to  Compel  their 

attendance. 

By  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for  the 
Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Admeasurement  of  the  Canal  Zone,<^^  and  the  respective 
members  thereof,  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses  appearing 
before  the  Board,  or  before  any  member  thereof,  to  testify  in  matters  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Board;  and  upon  application  to  the  District  Judge  the  Board  may 
obtain  process  to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  and  the  production  of  books  and 
papers.  Any  person  who  fails  to  obey  the  process  of  the  Court,  or  who  refuses  to  be 
sworn,  or  who  refuses  to  answer  any  material  or  proper  questions,  after  being  duly 
sworn,  shall  be  punished  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the  Penal  Code  ''*■'  for  contempt 
of  Court. 

Section  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  this  date. 

Wood  ROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  9  July,  1914. 

[No.  1989.] 


Order  of  the  President,  July  30,  1914,  setting  aside  an  area  of  land  for  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Darien 

Naval  Radio  Station. 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set 
apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  radio  station  and  other  naval  pur- 
poses under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy;  but  said  area  shall  be  subject 
to  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with  the  Panama 
Canal  Act. 

The  said  area  is  described  as  follows : 

darien  naval  radio  station. 

Beginning  at  a  point  "A"  on  the  map,  which  is  the  point  at  which  the  water  level 
of  Gatun  Lake  meets  a  line  parallel  to  the  center  line  of  the  Panama  Railroad  and 
100  feet  distant  therefrom  on  the  side  toward  the  Canal,  this  meeting  point  being  the 
first  such  point  south  of  Station  1051  plus  70.3  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  which  latter 
point  is  marked  by  an  iron  rail  monument  noted  "P"  on  the  map;  continuing  thence 
on  the  line  "A"-"B"-"C"-"D"-"E"-"F"-"G"-"H"-"I"-,  which  line  is  at  the  water 
level  of  Gatun  Lake,  and  is  a  meandered  line  extending  southwesterly,  south,  and 
easterly,  to  point  "I,"  where  the  said  water  level  intersects  a  traverse  line  shown  on 
the  map  as  of  azimuth  250°  02';  thence  for  a  distance  of  about  130  feet  to  point  "J." 
which  is  the  intersection  of  two  traverse  lines  indicated  on  the  map  as  of  azimuth 
250°  02'  and  1°  54',  respectively;  thence  for  a  distance  of  433.8  feet  on  an  azimuth  of 
1°  54'  to  point  "K"  on  the  map,  this  point  being  the  intersection  of  the  1°  54'  azimuth 
line  with  the  aforesaid  line  parallel  to  and  100  feet  distant  from  the  center  line  of  the 
Panama  Railroad,  immediately  south  of  station  1074  plus  52  on  the  Panama  Railroad 
which  latter  point  is  marked  with  an  iron  rail  monument  and  is  noted  "Q"  on  the 
map;  thence  along  the  aforesaid  line  parallel  to  the  Panama  Railroad  to  the  point  of 
beginning;   in  all  87.5  acres,  more  or  less. 

The  areas  below  lake  level  forming  indentations  into  the  general  area  of  the  site 
beyond  lines  "B"-"C",  "C"-"D",  "E"-"F",  "G"-"H",  and  "J"-"K",  are  in- 
cluded in  the  area  hereby  set  aside; 

all  as  shown  by  the  blue  print  No.  3846,  dated  March  30,  1914,  issued  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Construction  and  Engineering,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  office  of  the 
Assistant  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  30  July,  1914. 


Prescribing  the  Duties  of  Constables. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  1  hereby  establish  the  following  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

The  constables  of  the  magistrates'  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  are  hereby  declared  to 
be  peace  officers  with  the  powers  and  duties  imposed  by  law  upon  such  officers.^*^ 

«*>  Duties  defined  by  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-50. 

•'«  Sec.  131  (L.  C.  Z.  112)  makes  contempt  of  court  a  misdemeanor,  without  specifying  punishment. 
See  notes  under  said  sec.  131. 

•»s  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  16,  1910.  p.  97,  declares  who  are  peace  officers,  and  provides  that  civil 
and  criminal  process  may  be  executed  and  returned  by  any  peace  officer. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  195 

They  shall  attend  all  sessions  of  the  magistrate's  court  for  the  town  and  subdivision 
to  which  they  may  be  assigned  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal;  shall  preserve 
order  therein ;  shall  receive  and  receipt  for  all  moneys  collected  by  them  upon  any 
process  or  paid  into  or  deposited  with  said  magistrate's  court  as  fees,  fines,  costs, 
forfeitures,  or  bail;  and  shall  duly  account  therefor  in  accordance  with  rules  and 
regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal.t^fi 

All  laws  or  orders,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Wood  ROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  August  3,  1914. 

(No.  2007.] 


To  Reorganize  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

1.  There  is  hereby  established  a  Board  of  Health,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Health  Department,  consisting  of  the  following  officials  heretofore  appointed  by  the 
Governor : 

The  Chief  Health  Officer,  who  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Board,  the  General 
Inspector,  the  Chief  Quarantine  Officer,  the  Chief  of  Laboratories,  and  the  Chief  of 
the  Division  of  Municipal  Engineering. 

Three  members  of  the  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness and  each  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  entitled  to  a  vote  and,  in  the  event  of  a 
tie,  the  presiding  officer  shall  cast  the  deciding  vote. 

The  Governor  shall  fix  the  time  for  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  the 
Chief  Health  Officer  may  call  special  meetings  of  the  Board  when  he  deems  it  neces- 
sary. 

2.  The  Board  of  Health  shall  have  power  to  make  sanitary  rules  and  regulations  for 
the  Canal  Zone,  not  inconsistent  with  existing  laws  or  orders,  which  rules  must  be 
approved  by  the  Governor  before  they  become  effective,  and  the  Board  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  by  the  Chief  Health  Officer  from  time  to 
time.^*7 

3.  Sections  13,  14,  15  and  16  of  Act  8  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  of  Sep- 
tember 2, 1904,  are  hereby  repealed.'*'* 

4.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  6  August,  1914. 

(No.  2014.] 


Relating  to  the  Customs  Service.<«» 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

1.  If  the  master  of  a  vessel,  arriving  at  any  port  in  the  Canal  Zone  from  a  foreign 
port,  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  produce  to  the  proper  officer  of  the  customs,  upon  demand 
by  him,  the  ship's  manifest  and  copies  thereof,  or  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  give  a  true 
account  of  the  destination  of  such  vessel,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  exceeding 
five  hundred  dollars. 

2.  If  any  merchandise  be  found  on  board  any  vessel  arriving  in  the  Canal  Zone 
from  a  foreign  port  which  is  not  included  in  her  manifest,  the  master  of  such  vessel 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  equal  in  amount  to  the  value  of  the  merchandise  not 
manifested,  and  all  such  merchandise,  belonging  to  or  consigned  to  the  officers  or 
crew  of  the  vessel,  shall  be  forfeited,  provided,  however,  that  the  penalty  authorized 
by  this  section  shall  not  be  imposed  if  it  should  be  made  to  appear  to  the  chief  customs 
officer  at  the  port  of  entry,  or  to  the  court  in  which  the  trial  shall  be  held,  that  no 

«"  Sec.  8  of  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  12,  1914,  p.  163,  provides  that  rules  governing  the  bailiffs 
of  the  former  District  Courts,  shall  apply  to  the  constables  of  the  magistrate  courts. 

«''  See  pamphlet  containing  sanitary  rules  and  regulations  and  ordinances  of  the  Board  of  Health. 
See  also  the  708  series  of  circulars,  publishing  additional  ordinances  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

<"L.  C.  Z.  61. 

"•See  sees.  35-38  of  act  No.  8  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61),  establishing  customs  service,  and 
notes  thereunder. 


196  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

part  of  the  cargo  has  been  unladened,  except  as  accounted  for  in  the  master's  report, 
and  that  the  errors  and  omissions  in  the  manifest  were  made  without  fraud  or  collu- 
sion; in  such  case  the  master  may  be  allowed  to  correct  his  manifest  by  means  of  a 
post-entry.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  to  grant  a  permit  to  unload  any  such  marchandise, 
so  omitted  from  the  manifest,  before  such  post  entry  oraddition  to  report  or  manifest 
has  been  made. 

3.  If  sea  stores  are  found  on  board  of  a  vessel  arriving  at  the  Canal  Zone  from  a 
foreign  port  which  are  not  specified  in  the  list  furnished  the  boarding  officer,  or  if  a 
greater  quantity  of  such  articles  is  found  that  that  specified  in  such  list,  or  if  any  of  the 
articles  are  landed  without  a  permit  being  first  obtained  from  the  customs  officer  for 
that  purpose,  all  of  such  articles  omitted  from  the  list  or  manifest,  or  so  landed,  shall 
be  seized  and  forfeited,  and  the  master  of  the  vessel  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  treble 
the  value  of  the  articles  so  omitted  or  landed. 

4.  The  officers  of  the  Bureau  of  Customs  are  authorized  to  administer  oaths  and 
to  certify  invoices  covering  shipments  of  merchandise  from  the  Canal  Zone  to  the 
United  States.  In  the  performance  of  this  duty  they  shall  be  governed  by  the  United 
States  Consular  regulations,  and  by  the  circular  instructions  concerning  the  certi- 
fication of  invoices  issued  by  consuls  of  the  United  States,  in  so  far  as  they  are  appli- 
cable, provided,  however,  that  any  special  instructions  heretofore  issued,  or  which 
•may  be  issued  by  the  Treasury  Department,  concerning  the  certification  of  invoices 
in  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  complied  with. 

5.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  customs  laws,  or  the  customs  rules  and  regu- 
lations established,  or  to  be  established,  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  in 
conformity  with  existing  laws  and  orders,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  five 
hundred  dollars  for  each  violation  of  such  regulations.''"'' 

6.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

VVooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  8  August,  1914. 

[No.  2016.) 


Relating  to  Postal  Crimes  in  tlie  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Ordir 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  \.  The  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  United  States,  not  locally 
inapplicable,  which  define  crimes  against  the  Postal  Service, ^"'  and  prescribe  punish- 
ments therefor,  are  hereby  extended  to  the  Canal  Zone,  and  shall  be  enforceable 
in  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  the  manner  and  form  prescribed  for  other  criminal 
cases  by  the  Canal  Zone  laws. 

Section  2.  This  order  shall  take  elifect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  14  August,  1914. 

[No.  2018.] 


To  Require  Security  for  Costs  in  Civil  Cases. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  plaintiff  in  any  civil  suit,  or  special  proceeding,  may  be  ruled  to 
give  security  for  the  costs  upon  motion  of  the  defendant,  or  of  any  officer  of  the  court 
interested  in  the  costs  accruing  in  such  suit;  and  if  such  rule  be  entered  against  the 
plaintiff,  and  he  fail  to  comply  therewith,  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  court 
or  judge  thereof,  the  suit  shall  be  dismissed. ^'^ 

•470  See  the  679  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  this  subject. 

«'■  Par.  5,  sec.  42.  act  No.  8  of  the  Commission  (L.  C.  Z.  61),  establishing  a  postal  service  for  the 
Canal  Zone,  based  on  the  Postal  Service  of  the  United  States. 

<:»  In  the  case  of  Panama  Railroad  (on  appeal)  v.  Curran,  Fed.  Rep.  256.  p.  768,  the  court  held  that 
the  provisions  of  E.xecutive  Order  of  Aug.  14,  1914,  relating  to  plaintiff  being  ruled  to  give  security 
for  costs,  does  not  require  such  security  whenever  moved  for  by  defendant,  but  confers  on  court  dis- 
cretion to  use  the  power.  See  sec.  IV  of  order  of  Jan.  9,  1920,  p.  263,  on  this  point.  See  also  Rules  of 
Practice  and  Procedure,  Dec.  30,  1921.  p.  293. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  197 

A  new  or  additional  undertaking  may  be  ordered  within  such  time  as  the  court  or 
judge  may  prescribe,  upon  proof  that  the  original  undertaking  is  insufficient  security, 
and  failure  on  the  part  of  the  plaintiff  to  comply  with  the  order  of  the  court,  or  judge, 
within  the  time  prescribed,  shall  cause  the  dismissal  of  the  suit. 

This  section  shall  apply  to  suits  in  the  magistrates'  courts,  as  well  as  in  the  district 
court. 

The  security  for  costs  required  by  this  section  may  consist  of  a  money  deposit,  bond 
of  a  surety  company,  or  cost  bond  with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties;  the 
form  of  such  security  to  be  determined  by  the  judge  or  magistrate  of  the  court  before 
whom  the  proceedings  are  pending. 

Section  2.  All  bonds  given  as  security  for  costs  shall  authorize  judgment  against 
all  of  the  obligors  of  said  bonds  for  such  costs,  to  be  entered  in  the  final  judgment 
of  the  case  or  special  proceedings. 

Section  3.  Anj'  party  to  a  suit,  who  is  required  to  give  security  for  costs,  may  file 
with  the  secretary,  or  his  assistant,  or  with  the  magistrate,  as  the  case  may  be,  an 
affidavit  to  the  effect  that  he  is  too  poor  to  pay  the  costs  of  the  court,  and  is  unable  to 
give  security  therefor.  The  secretary  of  the  district  court,  or  his  assistant,  or  the 
magistrate,  as  the  case  may  be,  may  contest  the  inability  of  the  party  to  pay  the  costs, 
or  his  inability  to  give  security  for  the  same,  the  contest  to  be  tried  before  the  judge 
of  the  district  court  in  cases  pending  in  that  court,  and  before  the  magistrate  in  cases 
pending  in  one  of  the  magistrates'  courts;  and  the  contest  shall  be  heard  at  such  time 
as  the  court  or  magistrate  may  determine. 

If  no  contest  is  made  upon  the  affidavit,  or  if  the  same  is  admitted  by  the  court  or 
magistrate  after  the  contest,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  court  thereafter 
to  issue  and  serve  all  processes  and  perform  all  duties  on  behalf  of  such  party  as  in 
other  cases. 

Section  4.  The  public  administrator,  and  executors,  administrators  and  guardians 
appointed  by  the  courts  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  give  security  for 
costs  in  any  suit  brought  by  them  in  their  fiduciary  character. 

Section  5.  No  security  for  costs  shall  be  required  of  The  United  States,  The 
Panama  Canal,  The  Canal  Zone  Government,  or  any  of  its  dependencies. 

Section  6.  The  provisions  of  this  order,  relating  to  security  for  costs,  shall  apply  to 
an  intervenor;  and  shall  also  apply  to  a  defendant  who  seeks  a  judgment  against  the 
plaintiff  on  a  counterclaim,  after  the  defendant  shall  have  discontinued  his  suit. 

Section  7.  When  the  costs  are  secured  by  the  provisions  of  an  attachment  or  other 
bond,  filed  by  the  party  required  to  give  security  for  costs,  no  further  security  shall  be 
required. 

Section  8.  All  laws,  orders  and  decrees,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  order, 
are  hereby  repealed,  provided,  that  this  order  shall  not  be  construed  to  impair  the 
power  conferred  upon  the  courts  in  respect  to  costs  by  Article  III  of  the  Executive 
Order  of  September  26,  1911,"^  "To  Amend  Sections  51,  62,  and  526,  And  To  Repeal 
Sections  63  and  529  of  The  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  Of  The  Canal  Zone.^'^ 

Section  9.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  days  from  this  date.'"' 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  14  August,  1914. 

[No.  2019.1 


To  Amend  the  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  15,  1913.  entitled:  "Executive  Order  to  Provide  Maritime 
Quarantine  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  tha  Harbors  of  the  Cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
Republic  of  Panama.""' 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

I.  The  certificate  to  the  form  of  original  bill  of  health  prescribed  by  section  1  of  the 
Executive  Order  of  April  15,  1913,  entitled:  "Executive  Order  to  Provide  Maritime 
Quarantine  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  Harbors  of  the  Cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,"  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:''" 

<"p.  119. 

""  See  also  Chaps.  IV  and  V,  pp.  13-26,  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  also  Chap.  XXIV  same  code ««  re 

"5  This  order  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  9,  1920,  p.  263,  which  covers  same  general  subject. 

•"'p.  143. 

<"  See  also  amendatory  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  11,  1915,  p.  206. 


198  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  vessel  has  complied  with  the  quarantine  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  that  the  vessel  leaves  this  port*  bound  for 

,  Canal  Zone,  or ,  Republic  of  Panama,  via . 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of 191 — . 

[seal.]  — 


(Signature  of  Consular  Officer.) 

II.  The  certificate  to  the  form  of  supplemental  bills  of  health  prescribed  by  section 
1  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

I  certify,  also  that  with  reference  to  the  passengers,  effects,  and  cargo  taken  on  at 
this  port  the  vessel  has  complied  with  the  quarantine  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Panama  Canal. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of ,  191 — . 

[seal.]  

(Signature  of  Consular  Officer.) 

III.  Section  1  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  the  following  paragraph  to  said  section: 

Vessels  clearing  from  a  foreign  port  to  a  port  in  the  United  States,  or  one  of  their 
dependencies,  and  touching  at  any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  Panama  or  of  Colon, 
Republic  of  Panama,  shall  not  be  required  to  obtain  an  additional  bill  of  health  under 
the  quarantine  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Panama  Canal,  but  it  shall  be  sufficient 
that  such  vessel  obtain  extra  copies  of  the  bill  of  health  and  of  the  supplemental  bill 
of  health,  if  any,  issued  in  the  foreign  port  by  the  officer  authorized  by  the  quarantine 
laws  of  the  United  States.  Such  extra  copies  of  the  bill  of  health,  or  of  the  supple- 
mental bill  of  health,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  delivered  by  the  Captain  of  the 
vessel  to  the  quarantine  officer  of  the  Panama  Canal  upon  arrival  of  the  vessel  in 
ports  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  ports  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama. 

IV.  Section  16  of  the  said  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto 
the  following  paragraph: 

The  baggage  of  cabin  passengers  embarking  at  infected  ports  shall  be  treated  as 
provided  in  this  section  for  baggage  of  steerage  passengers. 

V.  The  second  paragraph  of  section  19  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

(o)  Vessels  from  the  United  States  or  their  dependencies;  (6)  Vessels  from  foreign 
ports;  (c)  Vessels  with  sickness  aboard;  (d)  Vessels  from  Panamanian  ports  where 
any  quarantinable  disease  prevails;  (e)  Vessels  from  Panamanian  ports  carrying 
passengers  or  articles  suspected  by  the  quarantine  officer  as  being  capable  of  convey- 
ing the  infection  of  a  transmissible  disease. 

VI.  Section  26  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  to  read 
as  follows : 

Section  26.  The  quarantine  officer,  after  his  inspection  of  the  vessel  and  its  docu- 
ments, shall  decide  whether  said  vessel,  or  its  personnel  or  passengers,  or  any  article 
aboard  said  vessel  is  liable  to  convey  any  of  the  following  diseases:  plague,  yellow 
fever,  cholera,  smallpox,  typhus  fever  or  leprosy:  and,  if  so,  such  vessel  shall  be  placed 
in  quarantine  and  forbidden  entry  until  free  from  such  liability  of  conveying  any 
such  diseases,  and  he  shall  take  such  measures  in  respect  to  the  vessel,  its  passengers 
or  personnel  or  of  cargo  as  in  his  judgment  may  be  required  to  prevent  the  entry  of 
such  diseases  into  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  cities  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of 
Panama. 

VII.  Section  34  of  said  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  regulations  shall  be  punished  by 

a  fine  not  exceeding  Five  Hundred  Dollars  ($500.00),  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not 
exceeding  ninety  (90)  days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  at  the  discretion  of 
the  court.  The  punishment  herein  prescribed  shall  be  imposed  by  the  district  court 
of  the  Canal  Zone. 

VIII.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  date  upon  which  the  Panama 
Canal  is  officially  and  formally  opened  for  use  and  operation  by  the  proclamation  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States.'''* 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  August  14,  1914. 

[No.  2C20.] 

«'•  The  Order  of  April  IS,  1913,  p.  143,  together  with  above  amendment  and  amendment  of  Jan.  11, 
1915,  p.  206,  reenacted  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6.  1917,  p.  220,  effective  as  of  date  of  latter  order. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  199 

Regulating  Operation  of  Street  Railway  Cars  at  Crossings."' 

By  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  motorman  or  any  person  in  control  of  a  street 
railway  car  to  run  same  over  or  upon  any  street  crossing,  road  crossing,  or  street 
railway  crossing,  at  a  speed  of  more  than  five  miles  per  hour,  and  without  commencing 
to  sound  gong,  horn,  or  whistle  when  at  least  one  hundred  feet  from  said  crossing,  and 
continuing  to  sound  same  until  the  crossing  has  been  passed. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  motorman  or  any  person  in  control  of  a  street 
railway  car  to  run  same  over  or  upon  any  railroad  crossing,  without  bringing  the  car 
to  a  full  stop  at  least  ten  feet  from  the  nearest  rail,  and  without  ascertaining  from  a 
view  of  the  railroad  track  made  either  by  himself  or  by  the  conductor  that  the  crossing 
may  be  safely  passed. 

Section  3.  A  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty 
days,  or  by  both  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Section  4.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  22  August,  1914. 

[No.  2026.] 


To  Amend  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  etc." 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

1.  Rule  No.  2  of  the  "rules  and  regulations  for  the  operation  and  navigation  of  The 
Panama  Canal,  and  approaches  thereto,  including  all  waters  under  its  jurisdiction," 
dated  July  9,  1914,''*°  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  rules  and  regulations,  estab- 
lished hereunder,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  ($500.00),  or  by 
imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  court. 

II.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  3  September,  1914. 

[No.  2037.] 


To  Repeal  the  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  8,  1911,  Establishing  the  Postal  Savings  System  in  the  Canal 

Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Executive  Order  of  September  8,  1911,  establishing  the  Postal 
Savings  System  in  the  Canal  Zone,"''  is  hereby  repealed:  Provided,  That  accounts 
opened  in  accordance  with  that  order,  and  the  regulations  established  thereunder, 
shall  continue  as  prescribed  in  said  order  and  regulations  until  they  are  finally  closed 
by  the  withdrawal  of  the  deposits. 

Section  2.  For  the  accommodation  of  persons  desiring  to  deposit  their  savings  in 
the  post  offices  of  the  Canal  Zone,  money  orders  may  be  issued  in  the  Canal  Zone 
payable  to  the  purchaser  at  the  office  of  issue,  for  which  no  fee  shall  be  charged."'" 

Section  3.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  October  1,  1914. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  5  September,  1914. 

[No.  2040.] 


<"  See  sec.  265  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  134)  in  re  warning  signals  from  locomotives  approaching 
crossings. 

<*•  p.  178.    Also  in  pamphlet  form. 

«•>  By  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  22,  1916,  p.  218,  one-half  of  1  per  cent  interest  for  each  period  of  3  full 
calendar  months  allowed  on  savings  deposits. 


200  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  8.  1014.  fixing  compensation  of  Nicholas  Cornet.  American  mem  - 
ber  of  the  Joint  Land  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered : 

That  Nicholas  Cornet,  who  has  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  Joint  Commission 
for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Articles  Six  and  F'ifteen  of  the  Convention  between 
the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18,  1903,  be  allowed  Twenty- 
five  ($25)  dollars  per  day  for  his  services,  including  all  expenses,  from  the  time  of  his 
sailing  from  New  York  until  his  return  thither;  provided  that  he  shall  be  granted 
free  transportation  on  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  from  New  York  to  the 
Isthmus  and  return,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Railroad,  and  such  other 
transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  ofificial  business  on  the  Isthmus; 
he  shall  also  he  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Government  employees  on  the 
Isthmus,  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

LiNDLEY  M.  Garrison, 

War  Department,  Secretary  of  War. 

Washington,  D.  C,  September  S,  1914. 


To  .A.mend  the  Canal  Zone  Law  against  Gambling. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

I.  Section  1  of  Act  No.  4,  entitled  "An  Act  to  Prohibit  Gambling  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  to  Provide  for  the  Punishment  of  Violations  thereof,  and  for 
other  purposes,"  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  on  August  22,  1904,''*^  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  within  the  limits  of  the  Canal  Zone,  who  shall  play  at 
any  game  whatever  for  any  sum  of  money  or  other  property  of  value,  or  shall  bet  any 
money  or  property  upon  any  gaming  table,  bank,  or  device,  or  at  or  upon  any  other 
gambling  device,  or  who  shall  bet  upon  any  game  played  at  or  by  means  of  any  such 
gaming  table  or  gambling  device,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  One  Hundred  Dollars  ($100.00),  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding 
thirty  (30)  days,  or  shall  suffer  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  court's 
discretion. 

II.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the 
Canal  Record.^*^ 

Woodrow  VVilson. 
The  White  House,  19  September,  1914. 

[No.  2051.] 


To  .Amend  the  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  20,  1914,  Relating  to  Compensation  to  be  Paid  to  Injured  Em- 
ployees of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Paragraph  E  of  Section  12,  of  the  Executive  Order  of  March  20, 1914,^*5 
relating  to  injury  compensation  to  be  paid  to  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and 
the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

(E)  If  the  deceased  employee  leaves  a  parent,  either  partially  or  wholly  dependent 
on  him  for  support;  or  a  brother,  sister,  grand-parent  or  grand-child,  wholly  depend- 
ent on  him  for  support,  there  may  be  paid  to  such  relation  monthly  such  portion  or 
portions  of  the  monthly  pay  of  the  employee  as  may  be  determined  by  the  Governor  of 
The  Panama  Canal,  provided  that  the  total  compensation  to  all  beneficiaries  under 
this  and  paragraphs  A,  B,  C,  and  D  of  this  section  shall  not  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of 
the  monthly  pay  of  the  deceased  employee,  and  provided,  that  in  order  to  make  pay- 
ment to  the  relatives  under  this  paragraph,  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  may, 
if  necessary,  reduce  the  proportion  payable  to  widow  or  children  under  paragraphs 
A,  B,  C,  and  D  of  this  section,  and  provided  further,  that  payment  for  the  benefit  of 
a  relative  under  this  paragraph  shall  cease  if  he  dies,  marries,  or,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Governor,  becomes  capable  of  self-support,  but  in  no  case  shall  payment  continue 
more  than  eight  years. 

<«3L.  C.  z.  27. 

<s«  Published  in  The  Canal  Record  oi  Oct.  7,  1914. 

««sp.  165. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  201 

This  amendment  shall  be  effective  from  the  date  the  order  of  March  20,  1914,  be- 
came effective,  viz:   April  1,  1914. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  19  September,  1914. 

[No.  2052.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Sept.  29,  1914,  amending  the  regulations  for  the  payment  of  tolls,  etc., 
as  to  Government  owned  vessels. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  him  under 
the  Panama  Canal  Act,  the  following  regulations  relative  to  payment  of  tolls  and  of 
bills  for  materials,  supplies,  repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage,  and  other  services  fur- 
nished by  The  Panama  Canal  to  vessels  operated  by  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  are  hereby  prescribed: 

1.  Any  former  Executive  Order  ^^^  requiring  the  payment  of  tolls  by  vessels  operated 
by  the  Government  of  the  United  States  before  such  vessels  are  permitted  to  pass 
through  The  Panama  Canal,  or  requiring  the  payment  of  bills  for  material,  supplies, 
repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage,  and  other  services  furnished  such  vessels  by  The 
Panama  Canal  before  clearance  papers  may  be  given,  is  hereby  amended  to  permit 
the  passage  of  such  vessels  through  the  Canal  and  the  issuance  of  clearance  papers  on 
transfer,  between  the  proper  officials  of  the  vessel  and  the  proper  officials  of  The 
Panama  Canal,  of  the  necessary  papers  indicating  the  service  rendered  or  the  work 
performed.  Bills  for  tolls  and  other  services  or  work  herein  indicated  shall  be  pre- 
pared by  The  Panama  Canal  against  the  department  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment concerned  and  shall  be  submitted  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  to 
such  department  through  the  Secretary  of  War. 
^  .  LiNDLEY  M.  Garrison, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department,  September  29,  1914. 


Providing  for  License  Taxes  and  Fees. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order 
for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  I.  There  shall  be  collected  the  following  taxes  for  operating,  in  the  streets 
and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone,  public  vehicles  not  drawn  or  propelled  by  steam,  gaso- 
line, electricity,  or  other  motive  power: 

(a)  For  each  coach,  carriage,  or  other  conveyance  employed  in  the  transportation 
of  passengers  for  hire,  $12-00  per  annum. 

(b)  For  each  cart,  dray,  wagon,  or  other  conveyance  employed  in  the  transportation 
of  freight,  merchandise,  or  other  property,  or  employed  by  any  nijerchant  in  the  trans- 
portation of  merchandise;  $20.00  per  annum  for  each  two-wheel  vehicle;  and  $30.00 
per  annum  for  each  four-wheel  vehicle. 

The  foregoing  licenses  shall  be  paid  for  the  fiscal  year:  Provided,  That  the  licensee 
may  obtain  a  license  for  any  period  of  the  fiscal  year  not  less  than  three  months,  upon 
payment  of  the  proportionate  tax  due  for  the  period  for  which  the  license  is  issued, 
A7td  provided  further,  That  if  no  license  taxes  are  imposed  in  the  Republic  of  Panama 
for  operating  therein  the  vehicles  of  the  character  in  this  section  named,  which  are 
duly  licensed  in  the  Canal  Zone,  to  residents  thereof,  there  shall  not  be  imposed  or 
collected  in  the  Canal  Zone  any  license  taxes  or  charges  for  operating  therein  like 
vehicles  when  duly  licensed  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  residents  thereof. 

Section  II.  The  license  tax  on  motor  vehicles  and  motor  cycles,  required  by  the 
ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  dated  April  9,  1912,  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  War,  May  1,  1912,  amendatory  of  the  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal 
Commission,  enacted  August  25,  1910,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  October 
31,  1910,487  shall  be  collected  for  the  fiscal  year,  Provided,  however.  That  the  licensee 
may  obtain  a  license  for  one  or  more  quarters  of  a  year  upon  payment  of  the  pro- 
portionate amount  of  the  license  tax  to  cover  the  period  of  the  license  to  be  issued  to 
him. 

The  licenses  heretofore  issued  under  said  ordinances  for  motor  vehicles  and  motor 
cycles  shall  not  be  affected  by  this  order,  and  shall  continue  to  run  until  the  end  of 

<«'  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  16,  1914,  p.  172. 

<«vL.  C.  Z.  274.  That  ordinance  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  Sept.  5,  1916,  p.  217,  and  both  re- 
pealed by  order  of  Apr.  14, 1921,  p.  283. 


202  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

the  quarter  following  the  expiration  of  such  licenses,  and  thereafter  the  owners  must 
obtain  licenses  for  the  fiscal  year,  or  fraction  thereof,  in  conformity  with  this  section.*" 
Section  III.  The  following  special  license  taxes  shall  be  collected  in  the  Canal 
Zone: 

(a)  For  each  dance,  for  which  admission  is  charged,  there  shall  be  collected  the  sum 
of  $5.00,  Provided,  hoivever,  That  this  tax  shall  not  apply  to  any  dance  given  for  pur- 
poses of  charity  or  benevolence,  or  the  celebration  of  any  public  occasion  authorized 
by  the  Governor. 

(b)  For  operating  a  hurdy-gurdy,  street  piano,  or  hand  organ,  striking  machine, 
view  machine,  fortune-telling  device,  cane  rack,  doll  rack,  or  other  similar  device,  of 
a  nongambling  nature,  maintained  in  the  open  or  within  an  enclosure,  where  no 
admission  is  charged,  $1.00  per  month  for  each  such  device. 

(c)  For  the  retail  sale  of  soda  water,  other  aerated  waters,  or  ice  cream  from  any 
fountain  or  booth,  or  from  any  cart  or  vehicle,  there  shall  be  charged  and  collected 
a  tax  of  $2.00  per  month. 

(d)  For  maintaining  a  merry-go-round  for  hire,  $10.00  per  month. 

(e)  For  musicians,  jugglers,  acrobats,  trick  riders,  fortune  tellers,  and  persons 
engaged  in  similar  businesses  or  professions,  performing  in  the  public  highway,  or 
from  house  to  house,  $1.00  per  month  for  each  person. 

(/)  For  carrying  on  the  business  of  a  peddler,  $2.00  per  month:  Provided,  That  no 
license  fee  shall  be  required  where  only  articles  of  food  ^*»  are  sold,  but  the  person  sell- 
ing such  articles  of  food  may  obtain  the  license  upon  the  condition  that  he  will  observe 
the  sanitary  regulations  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  obey  the  orders  of  the  sanitary  officials 
in  the  conduct  of  such  business,  and  a  failure  to  do  so  shall  authorize  the  Executive 
Secretary  to  cancel  such  license. 

(g)  For  maintaining  a  shooting  gallery,  $5.00  per  quarter  of  the  year. 

(h)  For  the  retail  sale  of  tobacco  in  any  form  there  shall  be  charged  and  collected 
a  tax  of  $2.00  per  month. 

Section  IV.  Before  any  person  engages  in  any  business  or  calling,  or  operates  any 
of  the  public  vehicles  mentioned  in  this  order,  he  shall  obtain  a  license  to  do  so  from 
the  Executive  Secretary,  or  the  official  acting  under  his  authority,  and  such  license 
shall  not  issue  until  the  person  applying  for  the  same  shall  present  a  receipt  from  the 
Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  showing  that  the  license  tax  herein  provided  for  has 
been  duly  paid:  Provided,  That  peddlers  of  articles  of  foods  shall  pay  no  license  fee. 
The  license  so  issued  shall  authorize  the  person  to  conduct  the  business  or  calling,  or 
operate  the  vehicle  named  therein  in  the  Canal  Zone  for  the  period  of  time  mentioned 
in  such  license. 

The  Executive  Secretary  may  refuse  to  issue  a  license  for  any  of  the  purposes  here- 
inbefore mentioned,  if  the  character  of  the  applicant  is  such  as  to  warrant  the  belief 
that  the  exercise  of  the  privilege  granted  by  the  license  will  not  be  conducted  in  an 
orderly  and  lawful  manner:  And,  provided  further,  That  any  license  granted  pursuant 
to  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  order  shall  at  once  become  null  and  void  upon  con- 
viction of  the  licensee,  in  any  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  of  a  violation  of  the  law  in  the 
exercise  of  the  privilege  granted  by  such  license. 

Any  person  who  shall  engage  in  any  of  the  occupations  above  enumerated  before 
obtaining  the  license  provided  for  in  this  order  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  $25.00  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty 
days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  V.  That  the  ordinance  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  ••"'  on 
June  9,  1908,  and  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  June  30,  1908,  providing  for 
certain  taxes  and  licenses  in  the  Canal  Zone,  other  than  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors,  and  the  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  August  5,  1911, 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  August  22,  1911,  amending  Section  7  of  the  above- 
mentioned  ordinance,  as  well  as  the  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of 
October  15,  1912,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  October  26, 1912,  further  amend- 
ing said  Section  7  of  said  ordinance  of  June  9,  1908,  are  hereby  repealed;  but  licenses 
heretofore  issued  under  said  ordinances  shall  be  effective  for  the  period  of  time 
specified  in  such  licenses. 

This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  13  October,  1914. 

[No.  2062.] 


'"Sees.  1  and  2  of  this  order  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  14, 1921.  p.  283. 

<•»  Fresh  meat  and  shell  fish  are  not  allowed  to  be  peddled  under  license  to  peddle  articles  of  food. 

«»See  L.  C.  Z.  268  for  ordinance  of  June  9,  1908,  and  amendments  thereto. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  203 

Amending  Paragraph  49  of  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  Approaches  Thereto,  Including  All  Waters  Under  Its  Jurisdiction." 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  under  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  Paragraph 
49  «'  of  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  Approaches  Thereto,  Including  All  Waters  Under  Its  Jurisdiction,"  pro- 
mulgated by  Executive  Order  No.  1990,  dated  July  9,  1914,  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows: 

49.  No  radio  tolls,  either  coast  station  or  forwarding,  will  be  imposed  against  ships 
on  radiograms  transmitted  by  ships  on  Canal  business.  There  will  be  no  charge 
made  against  the  Panama  Canal,  by  Canal  Zone  land  lines  or  radio  stations,  for  the 
transmission  of  radiograms  to  ships  on  Canal  business. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  4  November,  1914. 

.   [No.  2073.] 


[Neutrality — Panama  Canal  Zone.] 

By  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
A   PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas,  the  United  States  is  neutral  in  the  present  war  and  whereas  the  United 
States  exercises  sovereignty  in  the  land  and  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  is  authorized 
by  its  treaty  with  Panama  of  February  twenty-six,  nineteen  hundred  and  four,"''  to 
maintain  neutrality  in  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  and  the  harbors  adjacent  to 
the  said  cities: 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
do  hereby  declare  and  proclaim  the  following  Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the 
Use  of  the  Panama  Canal  by  Vessels  of  Belligerents  and  the  Maintenance  of  Neutrality 
by  the  United  States  in  the  Canal  Zone,"'^  which  are  in  addition  to  the  general  "Rules 
and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Ap- 
proaches Thereto,  including  all  Waters  under  its  jurisdiction"  put  into  force  by 
Executive  Order  of  July  9,  I9\i,*^*  and  I  do  bring  to  the  attention  of  all  concerned  the 
Protocol  of  an  Agreement  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
signed  at  Washington,  October  10,  1914,  which  protocol  is  hereunto  annexed."'' 

Rule  1.  A  vessel  of  war,  for  the  purposes  of  these  rules,  is  defined  as  follows:  a 
public  armed  vessel,  under  the  command  of  an  officer  duly  commissioned  by  the 
government,  whose  name  appears  on  the  list  of  officers  of  the  military  fleet,  and  the 
crew  of  which  are  under  regular  naval  discipline,  which  vessel  is  qualified  by  its 
armament  and  the  character  of  its  personnel  to  take  offensive  action  against  the  pub- 
lic or  private  ships  of  the  enemy. 

Rule  2.  In  order  to  maintain  both  the  neutrality  of  the  Canal  and  that  of  the  United 
States  owning  and  operating  it  as  a  government  enterprise,  the  same  treatment,  ex- 
cept as  hereinafter  noted,  as  that  given  to  vessels  of  war  of  the  belligerents  shall  be 
given  to  every  vessel,  belligerent  or  neutral,  whether  armed  or  not,  that  does  not  fall 
under  the  definition  of  Rule  1,  which  vessel  is  employed  by  a  belligerent  Power  as  a 
transport  or  fleet  auxiliary  or  in  any  other  way  for  the  direct  purpose  of  prosecuting  or 
aiding  hostilities,  whether  by  land  or  sea;  but  such  treatment  shall  not  be  given  to  a 
vessel  fitted  up  and  used  exclusively  as  a  hospital  ship. 

Rule  3.  A  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent,  or  a  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2  which  is 
commanded  by  an  officer  of  the  military  fleet,  shall  only  be  permitted  to  pass  through 
the  Canal  after  her  commanding  officer  has  given  written  assurance  to  the  Authorities 
of  the  Panama  Canal  that  the  Rules  and  Regulations  will  be  faithfully  observed. 

The  authorities  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  take  such  steps  as  may  be  requisite  to 
insufe  the  observance  of  the  Rules  and  Regulations  by  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2 
which  are  not  commanded  by  an  officer  of  the  military  fleet. 

Rule  4.  Vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent  and  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2  shall  not 
revictual  nor  take  any  stores  in  the  Canal  except  so  far  as  may  be  strictly  necessary; 

"'p.  178. 

«"T.  &  A.  18. 

«»i  See  Art.  Ill  of  the  Hay-Pauncefote  Treaty  (T.  &  A.  16),  and  Art.  XVIII  of  the  Hay-Varilla  Treaty 
(T.  &  A.  18). 

«<p.  178.  Seealso  Proclamation  of  May  23.  1917,  p.  224.  providing  additional  rules  and  regulations 
on  same  subject. 

"s  See  also  T.  &  A.  24. 


204  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

and  the  transit  of  such  vessels  through  the  Canal  shall  be  effected  with  the  least  pos- 
sible delay  in  accordance  with  the  Canal  Regulations  in  force,  and  with  only  such 
intermission  as  may  result  from  the  necessities  of  the  service. 

Prizes  shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to  the  same  Rules  as  vessels  of  war  of  the 
belligerents. 

Rule  5.  No  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent  or  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2  shall  receive 
fuel  or  lubricants  while  within  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  except  on  the 
written  authorization  of  the  Canal  Authorities,  specifying  the  amount  of  fuel  and 
lubricants  which  may  be  received. 

Rule  6.  Before  issuing  any  authorization  for  the  receipt  of  fuel  and  lubricants  by 
any  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent  or  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2,  the  Canal  Authorities 
shall  obtain  a  written  declaration,  duly  signed  by  the  officer  commanding  such  vessel, 
stating  the  amount  of  fuel  and  lubricants  already  on  board. 

Rule  7.  Supplies  will  not  be  furnished  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States, 
either  directly  or  indirectly  through  the  intervention  of  a  corporation,  or  otherwise, 
to  vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent  or  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2.  If  furnished  by 
private  contractors,  or  if  taken  from  vessels  under  the  control  of  a  belligerent,  fuel  and 
lubricants  may  be  taken  on  board  vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent,  or  vessels  falling  under 
Rule  2  only  upon  permission  of  the  Canal  Authorities,  and  then  only  in  such  amounts 
as  will  enable  them,  with  the  fuel  and  lubricants  already  on  board,  to  reach  the  nearest 
accessible  port,  not  an  enemy  port,  at  which  they  can  obtain  supplies  necessary  for 
the  continuation  of  the  voyage.  The  amounts  of  fuel  and  lubricants  so  received  will 
be  deducted  from  the  amounts  otherwise  allowed  in  the  ports  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States  during  any  time  within  a  period  of  three  months  thereafter. 
Provisions  furnished  by  contractors  may  be  supplied  only  upon  permission  of  the 
Canal  Authorites,  and  then  only  in  amount  sufficient  to  bring  up  their  supplies  to 
the  peace  standard. 

Rule  8.  No  belligerent  shall  embark  or  disembark  troops,  munitions  of  war,  or 
warlike  materials  in  the  Canal,  except  in  case  of  necessity  due  to  accidental  hindrance 
of  the  transit.  In  such  cases  the  Canal  Authorities  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  necessity 
and  the  transit  shall  be  resumed  with  all  possible  dispatch. 

Rule  9.  Vessels  of  war  of  a  belligerent  and  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2  shall  not 
remain  in  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States  longer  than  twenty-four  hours  at  any  one  time,  except  in  case  of  distress;  and 
in  such  case,  shall  depart  as  soon  as  possible;  but  a  vessel  of  war  of  one  belligerent  shall 
not  depart  within  twenty-four  hours  from  the  departure  of  a  vessel  of  an  opposing 
belligerent. 

The  twenty-four  hours  of  this  rule  shall  be  construed  to  be  twenty-four  hours  in 
addition  to  the  time  necessarily  occupied  in  passing  through  the  Canal. 

Rule  10.  In  the  exercise  of  the  exclusive  right  of  the  United  States  to  provide  for 
the  regulation  and  management  of  the  Canal,  and  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  Canal 
shall  be  kept  free  and  open  on  terms  of  entire  equality  to  vessels  of  commerce  and  of 
war,  there  shall  not  be,  except  by  special  arrangement,  at  any  one  time  a  greater 
number  of  vessels  of  war  of  any  one  nation,  including  those  of  the  allies  of  a  belligerent 
nation,  than  three  in  either  terminal  port  and  its  adjacent  terminal  waters,  or  than 
three  in  transit  through  the  Canal;  nor  shall  the  total  number  of  such  vessels,  at  any 
one  time,  exceed  six  in  all  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  United  States. 

Rule  11.  When  vessels  of  war  or  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2,  belonging  to  or 
employed  by  opposing  belligerents,  are  present  simultaneously  in  the  waters  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  a  period  of  not  less  than  twenty-four  hours  must  elapse  between  the 
departure  of  the  vessel  belonging  to  or  employed  by  one  belligerent  and  the  departure 
of  the  vessel  belonging  to  or  employed  by  his  adversary. 

The  order  of  departure  is  determined  by  order  of  arrival,  unless  the  vessel  which 
arrived  first  is  so  circumstanced  that  an  extension  of  her  stay  is  permissible. 

A  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent  or  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2  may  not  leave  the 
waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  until  twenty-four  hours  after  the  departure  of  a  private 
vessel  flying  the  flag  of  the  adversary. 

Rule  12.  A  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent  or  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2  which  has 
left  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,  whether  she  has  passed  through  the  Canal  or  not, 
shall,  if  she  returns  within  a  period  of  one  week  after  her  departure,  lose  all  privileges 
of  precedence  in  departure  from  the  Canal  Zone,  or  in  passage  through  the  Canal, 
over  vessels  flying  the  flag  of  her  adversaries  which  may  enter  those  waters  after  her 
return  and  before  the  expiration  of  one  week  subsequent  to  her  previous  departure. 
In  any  such  case  the  time  of  departure  of  a  vessel  which  has  so  returned  shall  be  fi.xed 
by  the  Canal  authorities,  who  may  in  so  doing  consider  the  wishes  of  the  commander 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  205 

of  a  public  vessel  or  of  the  master  of  a  private  vessel  of  the  adversary  of  the  returned 
vessel,  which  adversary's  vessel  is  then  present  within  the  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Rule  13.  The  repair  facilities  and  docks  belonging  to  the  United  States  and  admin- 
istered by  the  Canal  Authorities  shall  not  be  used  by  a  vessel  of  war  of  a  belligerent, 
or  vessels  falling  under  Rule  2,  except  when  necessary  in  case  of  actual  distress,  and 
then  only  upon  the  order  of  the  Cana!  Authorities,  and  only  to  the  degree  necessary 
to  render  the  vessel  seaworthy.  Any  work  authorized  shall  be  done  with  the  least 
possible  delay. 

Rule  14.  The  radio  installation  of  any  vessel  of  a  belligerent  Power,  public  or  pri- 
vate, or  of  any  vessel  falling  under  Rule  2,  shall  be  used  only  in  connection  with  Canal 
business  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  business  while  within  the  waters  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  including  the  waters  of  Colon  and  Panama  Harbors. 

Rule  15.  Air  craft  of  a  belligerent  Power,  public  or  private,  are  forbidden  to  descend 
or  arise  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  at  the  Canal  Zone,  or  to  pass 
through  the  air  spaces  above  the  lands  and  waters  within  said  jurisdiction. 

Rule  16.  For  the  purpose  of  f  hese  rules  the  Canal  Zone  includes  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon  and  the  harbors  adjacent  to  the  said  cities. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  city  of  Washington  this  thirteenth  day  of  November  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fourteen  and  of  the  independence 

[seal.]     of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-ninth. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
By  the  President:  _ 

W.  J.  Bryan,  • 

Secretary  of  State. 

[No.  1287.] 


Protocol  of  an  agreement  concluded  between  Honorable  Robert  Lansing,  Acting 
Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States,  and  Don  Eusebio  A.  Morales,  Envoy  Extraor- 
dinary and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  signed  the  tenth 
day  of  October,  1914.«« 

The  undersigned,  the  Acting  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States  of  America  and 
the  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plentipotentiary  of  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
in  view  of  the  close  association  of  the  interests  of  their  respective  Governments  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  to  the  end  that  these  interests  may  be  conserved  and  that, 
when  a  state  of  war  exists,  the  neutral  obligations  of  both  Governments  as  neutrals 
may  be  maintained,  after  having  conferred  on  the  subject  and  being  duly  empowered 
by  their  respective  Governments  have  agreed : 

That  hospitality  extended  in  the  waters  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  to  a  belligerent 
vessel  of  war  or  a  vessel  belligerent  or  neutral,  whether  armed  ornot,whichisemployed 
by  a  belligerent  power  as  a  transport  or  fleet  auxiliary  or  in  any  other  way  for  the 
direct  purpose  of  prosecuting  or  aiding  hostilities,  whether  by  land  or  sea,  shall  serve 
to  deprive  such  vessel  of  like  hospitality  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  for  a  period  of 
three  months,  and  vice  versa. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  undersigned  have  signed  and  sealed  the  present  Pro- 
tocol in  the  city  of  Washington,  this  tenth  day  of  October,  1914. 

Robert  Lansing.  [l.  s.] 

Eusebio  A.  Morales,   (l.  s.j 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Nov.  16,  1914,  authorizing  the  passage  through  the  Panama  Canal 
by  vessels  without  measurement  on  payment  of  tolls  on  estimated  tonnage  of  vessel,  plus  2u  per 
cent. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  him  under 
the  Panama  Canal  Act,  it  is  hereby  ordered; 

1.  In  any  case,  prior  to  October  1,  1915,  where  it  has  been  impracticable  for  a  vessel 
to  be  measured  for  a  Panama  Canal  tonnage  certificate  before  arrival  at  the  Isthmus, 
and  where  to  hold  such  vessel  for  measurement  by  the  Canal  authorities  before  transit 
through  the  Canal  would  cause  undue  delay,  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may, 
in  his  discretion,  permit  such  vessel  to  go  through  the  Canal  upon  the  payment  of  a 

<»'  See  preceding  proclamation  as  well  as  T.  &  A.  24. 


206  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

sufficient  amount  to  cover  tolls  on  the  estimated  tonnage  of  the  vessel,  with  twenty 
per  centum  added,  such  payment  to  be  made,  or  fully  secured,  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  Executive  Order  of  April  16,  1914. 

2.  The  tonnage  of  a  vessel  desiring  to  go  through  the  Canal  under  the  circumstances 
herein  indicated  shall  be  estimated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  or  by  his 
authority,  as  closely  as  practicable  and  may  be  based  on  approximate  measurements. 
The  Governor's  decision  as  to  the  estimated  tonnage  of  a  vessel  shall  be  final. 

3.  A  refundment  of  any  excess  amount  in  tolls  paid  for  any  vessel  under  the  terms 
of  this  Order  shall  only  be  made  after  the  vessel  has  been  measured  under  the  rules 
prescribed  for  the  measurement  of  vessels  for  the  Panama  Canal  by  the  Proclamation 
of  the  President  dated  November  21,  1913. ■''J  Such  vessel  should  be  measured  at  the 
first  opportunity  practicable  after  going  through  the  Canal,  and  a  certified  copy  of  its 
Panama  Canal  tonnage  certificate  shall  be  furnished  the  Governor,  who  shall  have 
the  right  to  satisfy  himself  that  the  certificate  conforms  to  the  measurement  rules  be- 
fore authorizing  refundment  of  excess  tolls,  which  refundment  may  then  be  made  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  Paragraph  7  of  the  Executive  Order  of  April  16,  1914.«' 

4.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  may  prescribe  such  additional  regulations 
as  may  be  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  out  the  intent  of  this  Order.'"' 

LiNDLEY  M.  Garrison, 
War  Department,  November  16,  1914.  Secretary  of  War. 


Amending  Sections  1  and  2  of  the  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  15,  1913,5"  entitled  "An  Executive  Order 
to  Provide  Maritime  Quarantine  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zoo^  and  the  Harbors  of  the  Cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama." 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

I.  That  the  first  paragraph  of  section  1  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  order  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

BILLS   OF   HEALTH. 

"Section  1.  Masters  of  vessels  clearing  from  any  foreign  port  or  from  any  port  in 
the  possessions  or  other  dependencies  of  the  United  States  for  a  port  in  the  Canal 
Zone  or  for  the  ports  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  or  for  passage  through 
the  Panama  Canal,  must  obtain  an  original  bill  of  health  in  duplicate  from  the  officer 
or  officers  authorized  by  the  quarantine  laws  and  regulations  of  the  United  States  to 
sign  such  certificates  for  vessels  entering  the  ports  of  the  United  States.  The  follow- 
ing form  is  prescribed  for  such  bills  of  health:" 

II.  That  the  first  paragraph  of  section  2  of  the  above-mentioned  Executive  Order 
is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Section  2.  Vessels  clearing  from  any  foreign  port  or  from  any  port  in  the  posses- 
sions or  other  dependencies  of  the  United  States  for  a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  for  the 
ports  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  or  for  passage  through  the  Panama 
Canal,  and  entering  or  calling  at  intermediate  ports,  must  procure  at  all  said  ports  a 
supplemental  bill  of  health  in  duplicate,  from  the  officer  or  officers  authorized  by  the 
quarantine  laws  and  regulations  of  the  United  States  to  sign  such  certificates  for 
vessels  entering  the  ports  of  the  United  States.  If  a  quarantinable  disease  has  ap- 
peared on  board  the  vessel  after  leaving  the  original  port  of  departure,  or  other  cir- 
cumstances presumably  render  the  vessel  infected,  the  supplemental  bill  of  health 
should  be  withheld  until  such  sanitary  measures  have  been  taken  as  are  necessary. 
The  following  form  is  prescribed  for  supplemental  bills  of  health:" 

III.  This  amendment  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  the  date  upon  which  the 
Panama  Canal  is  officially  and  formally  opened  for  use  and  operation,  by  proclama- 
tion of  the  President  of  the  United  States. =" 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  11  January,  1915. 

[No.  2118.) 

«'  p.  154. 

«»»p.  172. 

«» Governor's  Circular  No.  673  of  May  26,  1914,  relating  to  tonnage  certificates  is  annulled  so  far 
as  it  conflicts  with  this  order. 

»»•  p.  143.     See  also  amendment  by  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  14.  1914,  p.  197. 

•"  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  reenacts  original  order  of  Apr.  15,  1913,  together  with 
amendments  noted  above,  to  be  effective  as  of  Feb.  6,  1917.  See  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  31,  1920. 
p.  268,  providing  new  maritime  quarantine  regulations,  and  repealing  all  laws,  orders,  and  regula- 
tions in  conflict  therewith. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  207 

Conditions  of  Employment. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

1.  Pursuant  to  the  provision  contained  in  paragraph  17  s"  of  the  Executive  order  of 
February  2,  1914,  fixing  the  conditions  of  employment  governing  employees  of  the 
Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmxis  of  Panama,  a 
charge  ^ill  be  made  for  rent,  fuel  and  electric  current  on  and  after  March  1,  1915. soj 

2.  The  rental  will  be  based  on  a  percentage  of  the  value  of  the  quarters  occupied, 
the  rate  percentum  to  be  the  same  for  all  quarters,  and  the  value  of  the  quarters  to  be 
appraised  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  The  amount  to  be  collected  should 
be  sufficient  to  defray  the  cost  of  maintenance  of  the  quarters  and  grounds,  mainte- 
nance and  renewal  of  furniture,  collection  and  disposal  of  garbage,  and  for  bachelor 
quarters  janitor  service.    No  charge  will  be  made  for  water. 

FUEL. 

3.  Fuel  will  be  sold  to  employees  at  cost  delivered  at  quarters. 

ELECTRIC   CURRENT. 

4.  The  charge  for  electric  current  will  be  based  on  the  cost  of  the  current  delivered 
to 'the  quarters.  When  practicable  the  current  used  will  be  measured  by  meters; 
otherwise  a  charge  will  be  made  for  each  lamp  or  other  device  installed. 

5.  Where  employees  for  the  good  of  the  service  are  required  to  live  in  certain  desig- 
nated quarters,  one-half  the  rental  will  be  remitted. 

6.  When  an  officer  of  the  Army  or  Navy  is  detailed  for  duty  with  the  Panama 
Canal,  and  the  amount  of  extra  compensation  of  the  position  he  occupies  over  and 
above  his  official  salary  as  an  officer  of  the  Army  or  Navy  is  not  sufficient  to  cover  his 
rent,  he  will  not  be  charged  for  rent,  but  will  receive  no  extra  compensation. 

7.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  issuing  such 
instructions  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  this  order  and  to  fix  and  change  from 
time  to  time  if  necessary  the  rates  and  charges  herein  outlined  subject  to  the  general 
instructions  provided. 

8.  The  free  use  of  quarters,  free  fuel  and  free  electric  current  are  not,  under  the  con- 
ditions of  employment  now  governing,  a  vested  or  contract  right  of  employees  but 
revocable  privileges,  which  it  has  been  considered  advisable  to  continue  until  the 
permanent  force  was  organized.  The  revocation  of  these  privileges  shall  not  be  made 
the  basis  for  increasing  salaries  or  wages  or  otherwise  increasing  compensation. s"! 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  15  January,  1915. 

[No.  2120.] 

Amending  the  Civil  Service  Rules. 

Section  2  of  Rule  X  is  hereby  revoked  and  the  following  promulgated  in  lieu  thereof: 

2.  No  person  appointed  without  competitive  examination  to  a  position  classified  at 
the  time  of  such  appointment,  and  no  person  serving  in  an  unclassified  position,  or 
in  a  position  named  in  Schedule  A  or  Schedule  B,  not  appointed  by  competitive  exami- 
nation or  by  transfer  or  promotion  from  a  competitive  position,  shall  be  transferred  to 
a  competitive  position  except  as  hereinafter  provided  in  this  rule  and  in  Schedule  A. 

This  amendment  is  promulgated  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Civil  Service 
Commission  to  make  a  definite  prohibition  upon  the  transfer  of  a  person  appointed 
through  noncompetitive  examination  under  Schedule  B,  and  to  indicate  that  there 
are  exceptions  from  the  general  provisions  of  the  section  in  other  sections  of  the  rules. 

Section  12  of  Rule  X  is  hereby  revoked  and  the  following  promulgated  in  lieu 
thereof: 

•"p.  158. 

«"  Modified  by  Executive  Order  of  May  25,  1915,  p.  213,  by  suspending  from  the  operation  hereof  so 
much  as  relates  to  rent,  fuel,  and  light  during  the  period  of  actual  construction  of  the  Canal,  but  not 
later  than  June  30,  1916.  By  Executive  Order  of  July  25, 1916.  p.  215,  the  above  order  of  Jan.  15,  1915, 
was  rescinded  and  abrogated.  But  the  order  of  Aug.  10,  1916,  p.  216,  provided  that  the  aforesaid  order 
of  July  25,  1916.  did  not  apply  to  alien  silver  employees.  See  the  627  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on 
subject  of  quarters  for  gold  employees,  and  the  628  series  in  re  silver  employees.  See  also  act  of  C  ongress 
of  July  9,  1918  (T.  &  A.  204),  providing  that  officers  of  the  Army  pertaining  to  the  United  States  troops 
serving  in  the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  rent  for  the  occupancy  of  houses  of  the  Panama 
Canal  to  which  they  may  be  assigned.  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  3,  1921,  provides  basis  for  rent  and 
related  charges  for  American  employees,  p.  291. 


208  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

12.  A  citizen  of  the  United  States  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  or  before 
January  1,  1915,  in  an  excepted  position  other  than  that  of  clerk  paying  not  more  than 
$75  in  gold  per  month  may  be  transferred  without  examination  to  a  position  in  the 
competitive  classified  service,  provided: 

(a)  This  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  person  appointed  to  a  competitive  position  in 
accordance  with  the  civil  service  rules,  his  transfer  to  be  governed  by  the  genferal  pro- 
visions of  the  rules. 

(b)  This  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  person  appointed  without  examination  to 
perform  the  duties  of  clerk  of  any  grade,  bookkeeper,  stenographer,  typewriter,  sur- 
geon, physician,  trained  nurse,  or  draftsman. 

(c)  He  must  have  rendered  at  least  two  years'  service  in  a  position  above  the  grade 
of  mere  unskilled  laborer  in  the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  of  the  Panama  Rail- 
road by  transfer  from  the  Canal. 

(d)  He  may  be  transferred  to  a  position  of  no  higher  grade  requiring  similar  quali- 
fications or  to  a  position  of  a  lower  grade  for  which  he  is  qualified. 

(e)  He  must  be  specially  recommended  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  by 
reason  of  efficient  service  and  satisfactory  conduct. 

(/)  If  separated  from  the  service  the  requisition  for  transfer  must  be  made  within 
three  years  from  the  date  of  separation,  and  if  he  has  been  separated  more  than  one 
year  evidence  of  continuing  good  character  and  efficiency  may  be  required. 

This  order  is  promulgated  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  Civil  Service  Commission.  It  supersedes  the 
Executive  order  of  February  18,  1913, '"^  relating  to  the  transfer  of  artisans  from 
the  service  of  the  Panama  Canal,  which  by  Executive  order  of  June  15,  1914,505  was 
included  in  section  12  of  Rule  X. 

The  efTect  of  this  order  is  to  confer  eligibility  for  transfer,  subject  to  proper  restric- 
tions, upon  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  who  have  rendered  two  years'  satis- 
factory service  in  excepted  positions  and  who  have  not  had  full  opportunity  for  ex- 
amination. Employees  appointed  through  competitive  examination  and  artisans  only 
have  been  eligible  for  transfer,  the  force  of  engineers,  foremen,  trainmen  and  other 
persons  not  regarded  as  artisans,  not  being  eligible. s"^ 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  19  January,  1915. 

[No.  2121.] 


Establishing  Regulations  Governing  the  Accounting  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  for  Panama 
Canal  Collections  (Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Aug.  1,  1914,  Public  No.  161,  p.  79). 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  under  section  5  s"?  of  the  Act  of  August  1, 
1914,  I  hereby  prescribe  the  following  regulations  governing  accounting  to  the  Treas- 
sury  of  the  United  States  for  moneys  received  on  account  of  the  Panama  Canal  by 
the  collecting  officers: 

1.  The  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  render  his  accounts  monthly  to  the 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  all  moneys  received  by  him,  or  placed  to  his 
official  credit  from  whatever  source  received,  or  in  whatever  manner  placed  to  his 
official  credit,  on  account  of  the  United  States  (Panama  Canal).  These  accounts, 
however,  need  not  include  revenues  of  the  Canal  Zone  Government,  money  order 
funds,  postal  saving  bank  funds,  clubhouse  funds,  moneys  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company,  or  similar  moneys  or  funds  for  which  the  United  States  can  not  be  held  to 
be  a  trustee.  Said  accounts  shall  be  rendered  in  such  detail  and  be  accompanied  by 
such  papers,  records,  and  copies  thereof  relating  to  such  collections  as  are  hereinafter 
specified  and  upon  forms  to  be  approved  by  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  in 
accordance  with  these  regulations. 

2.  The  Collector  shall  give  bond  to  the  United  States,  to  be  filed  with  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  in  such  sum  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  of  collecting  and  disbursing  all 
public  moneys  and  honestly  accounting  without  fraud  or  delay  for  the  same,  including 
moneys  of  the  United  States  embraced  in  any  special  deposit  account  to  be  submitted 
to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

!»••  p.  133. 

s°sp.   176. 

s»'  See  603  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  relating  to  transfers  and  promotions. 

5»'  T.  &  A.  109. 


I 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  209 

3.  The  monthly  accounts  current  of  the  Collector,  under  both  his  regular  account 
and  such  special  deposit  account  as  he  may  be  authorized  by  law  to  keep,  rendered 
on  forms  prescribed  by  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  for  that  purpose,  shall  be  ac- 
companied by  a  schedule  of  the  amounts  received  by  him,  which  accounts  shall  be  so 
stated  as  to  show  the  date  each  amount  was  received  by  him  directly,  or  from  his 
deputies,  or  from  other  receiving  agents;  the  number  of  the  Collector's  receipt  issued 
therefor,  the  person  from  whom  received,  the  source  from  which  received,  and,  in 
proper  columns,  the  amounts  collected  for  tolls,  the  amount  to  be  covered  into  the 
Treasury  as  miscellaneous  receipts,  and  the  amount  to  be  credited  to  appropriations, 
and  in  case  of  his  special  deposit  account,  a  schedule  of  the  amount  of  refunds  or 
repayments  made. 

4.  The  schedule  showing  the  details  as  provided  in  section  three  above,  shall  be 
accompanied  by  signed  copies  of  all  formal  bills,  registered  as  such  in  the  office  of  the 
Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  on  which  collection  is  made,  and,  where  practicable  in 
the  judgment  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  it  can  be  done  without  an 
increase  in  the  clerical  force,  signed  copies  of  receipts,  where  there  has  been  no  formal 
bill,  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  together  with  such 
other  supporting  papers  as  are  deemed  necessary  by  the  Governor.  In  addition  to 
the  requirements  of  this  section  and  sections  three,  five,  six  and  seven  hereof,  the 
examination  and  inspection  provided  for  in  section  eight  hereof,  shall  be  made,  and 
the  report  of  the  persons  designated  thereunder  shall  be  filed  with  the  accounts  of  the 
Collector  transmitted  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  as  a  part  of  the  record 
to  support  such  accounts  for  the  period  covered  by  such  report.  The  facts  stated  in 
this  report  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  persons  designated  to  make  the  inspection  and 
examination.  Such  inspection  and  examination  shall  be  made  at  as  early  a  date  as 
practicable  after  the  expiration  of  the  period  which  it  is  to  cover,  and  the  report  of 
the  persons  designated  to  make  it  shall  be  promptly  filed.  A  signed  copy  of  this 
report  shall  be  furnished  to  and  filed  by  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  pre- 
served as  a  part  of  the  files  of  his  office  and  one  copy  shall  be  furnished  to  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  for  his  files. 

5.  Immediately  following  each  item  of  receipt  from  the  deputy  collectors  or  other 
receiving  agents,  there  shall  be  scheduled  a  list  of  all  items  collected  by  them  on  formal 
bills,  in  the  same  manner  as  if  paid  to  the  Collector  direct,  and  all  other  collections 
not  covered  by  formal  bills,  shall  be  segregated  into  items  according  to  the  source 
from  which  derived,  such  as  hospital  service,  water  rental,  etc.  Sales  slips,  memo- 
randum bills  for  hotel  and  hospital  services,  water  rentals,  rentals  for  quarters,  electric 
current,  corral  services,  and  bills  of  like  character,  and  other  papers  relating  thereto 
need  not  accompany  the  Collector's  account,  except  in  special  cases  where  it  would 
be  necessary  that  they  should  accompany  the  account  in  order  to  make  a  complete 
explanation  of  the  collection. 

6.  The  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  prepare  and  forward  with  the  Collector's 
account,  a  consolidated  statement  showing  the  total  amount  received  by  the  Collector, 
classified  according  to  the  sources  from  which  derived  with  as  much  detail  as  practi- 
cable, whether  from  sales  of  material,  repairs,  rentals,  hotel  or  hospital  service,  tow- 
age, pilotage,  etc.,  and  shall  specify  the  amount  to  be  credited  to  each  appropriation  or 
miscellaneous  receipts,  and  the  amount  that  should  appear  in  the  special  deposit 
account. 

7.  The  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  statement 
above  referred  to,  and,  in  addition,  will  certify  that  he  has  examined  the  records  and 
accounts  of  all  officers  and  agents  who  have  collected  moneys  for  the  Panama  Canal, 
and  that  the  statements  include  all  funds  received  by  the  Collector  from  the  persons 
and  sources  indicated,  and  that,  so  far  as  shown  by  the  records  of  the  Auditor's  office, 
the  Collector's  account  is  a  full,  true  and  complete  account  of  all  public  moneys 
which  came  into  the  possession  of  the  Collector  during  the  period  covered  by  the 
account,  and  that  the  special  deposit  account  of  the  Collector  contains  a  true,  cor- 
rect, and  complete  account  of  all  moneys  received  by  the  Collector  or  placed  to  his 
official  credit  in  his  special  deposit  account,  which  does  not  appear  in  his  regular 
account. 

8.  As  a  part  of  the  detail  required  by  these  regulations,  two  competent  persons,  one 
from  the  office  of  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  designated  by  the  Auditor,  and 
one  from  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  designated  by  the  Comptroller, 
shall  be  detailed  semi-annually  at  such  time  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Comptroller, 
but  not  oftener  than  once  in  six  months,  to  proceed  to  the  Canal  Zone  and  examine 
the  records  and  accounts  of  the  collections  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  the  six  months 
just  prior  to  such  examinations,  in  such  detail  as  may  be  necessary  to  enable  them 

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210  KXECUTivr:  orders  rklatixg  to  Panama  canal 

to  verify  the  correctness  of  the  collections  not  supported  by  collection  vouchers  in 
detail  for  such  period,  as  stated  in  the  schedule  of  collections  submitted  by  the  Col- 
lector with  his  accounts.  They  shall  also  make  such  other  investigations  as  the  Comp- 
troller may  direct.  Such  persons  shall  make  a  report  in  triplicate,  and  certify  and 
file  the  same  as  provided  in  section  four  hereof.  If  such  persons  disagree  each  shall 
make  and  file  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  the  joint  report  in  section  four 
hereof  a  separate  report  as  to  the  items  upon  which  they  disagree.  Such  persons 
shall  be  given  free  access  to  all  records  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  accounts  under 
examination.  Such  persons  shall  be  furnished  free  transportation  going  to  and 
returning  from  the  Isthmus,  including  meals  while  on  the  steamer,  and  shall  be  paid 
a  per  diem  of  four  ($4.00)  dollars  from  the  day  of  sailing  from  the  United  States  until 
return  thereto,  both  dates  inclusive,  in  lieu  of  subsistence  and  all  other  expenses. 
Such  expenses  shall  be  paid  out  of  any  appropriation  for  the  Panama  Canal  that  may 
be  designated  by  the  Governor,  and  which  is  applicable  therefor. 

9.  The  Collector  shall,  within  twenty  days  after  the  close  of  each  month,  forward  to 
the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  administrative  examination,  his  special  deposit 
and  regular  accounts  for  such  month.  The  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  give 
such  accounts  an  administrative  examination,  and  transmit  them  to  the  Auditor 
for  the  War  Department  within  twenty  days  from  the  date  of  their  receipt  from  the 
Collector. 

10.  The  gross  proceeds  of  all  collections  which  the  Panama  Canal  Act  and  section 
three  of  the  Act  of  August  1,  1914,  or  any  other  Act,  authorize  to  be  credited  to  appro- 
priations, shall  be  so  credited  by  the  Collector  and  deposited  in  the  Treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  proper  appropriation  or  transferred  to  the  Paymaster  of  the  Panama 
Canal  to  be  taken  up  in  the  Paymaster's  accounts  for  disbursement. 

11.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  determine, 
as  nearly  as  may  be  practicable  from  a  profit  and  loss  account  to  be  stated  by  him,  the 
net  profits  for  such  fiscal  year,  and  direct  that  there  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury 
from  the  proper  appropriation  to  "Miscellaneous  Receipts,"  a  sum  equal  to  the  net 
profits  shown  by  such  account,  and  said  account  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Auditor 
for  the  War  Department  for  examination  and  file. 

12.  The  facts  necessary  to  support  such  transactions  as  are  not  shown  by  collection 
vouchers  in  detail,  shall  be  verified  by  the  certificate  of  an  administrative  officer 
having  personal  knowledge  of  such  transaction  where  this  is  practicable.  The  certifi- 
cate above  required  may  be  so  made,  however,  that  one  certificate  will  cover  a  number 
of  items  of  collections  of  the  same  class,  involving  different  transactions,  such  as  the 
collections  from  the  Tivoli  Hotel,  or  the  sales  in  stores,  etc.,  as  shown  in  section  five 
hereof,  covering  a  period  of  time  to  be  stated  in  such  certificate. 

13.  The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  prescribe  such  administrative  regula- 
tions as  he  deems  necessary  to  efficiently  carry  these  regulations  into  full  force  and 
effect.  508 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
TftE  White  House,  4  February,  1915. 

[No.  2135.] 


Relative  to  the  production,  importation,  compounding,  dealing  in.  dispensing,  selling,  distributing, 
or  giving  away  Opium,  or  Coca  Leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations,  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
under  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  Dec.  17,  1914. 

Whereas  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  December  17,  1914 s"?  (Public  No.  223),  is 
made  specifically  applicable  in  the  Canal  Zone,  but  further  provides  that 

"The  President  is  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  such  executive  orders  as  will 
carry  into  effect  in  the  Canal  Zone  the  intent  and  purpose  of  this  Act  by  providing  for 
the  registration  and  imposition  of  a  special  tax  upon  all  persons  in  the  Canal  Zone  who 
produce,  import,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  opium  or 
coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations;"  and 

Whereas  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal 
perform  in  the  Canal  Zone  corresponding  duties  in  connection  with  the  revenues  of 
the  Canal  Zone  as  are  performed  in  the  United  States  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal 
Revenue  and  the  collectors  of  internal  revenue,  respectively; 

Now  therefore,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  me  by  the  above  quoted 
provisions  of  the  said  Act  of  Congress,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

s«»  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  660-2,  providing  organization  of  the  Accounting  Department,  and 
defining  duties  of  Auditor,  Paymaster,  and  Collector. 
s«'T.  &  A.  111. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  211 

Section  1.  That  in  enforcing  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  De- 
cember 17,  1914,  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  registration  of,  with  collectors  of 
internal  revenue,  and  to  impose  a  special  tax  upon  all  persons  who  produce,  import, 
manufacture,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  opium  or 
coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations,  and  for  other  purposes,"  the 
Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  perform  in  the  Canal  Zone  administrative  duties 
like  unto  those  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  is  required  to  perform  outside 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  perform  duties  in  the 
Canal  Zone  like  unto  those  the  collectors  of  internal  revenue  are  required  to  perform 
in  districts  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  2.  That  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  March,  1915,  no  person  shall  produce, 
import,  manufacture,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  in 
the  Canal  Zone  opium  or  coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  preparations,  unless 
he  shall  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  Decem- 
ber 17,  1914,  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  this  Executive  Order. 

Section  3.  That  every  person  who  by  the  terms  of  said  Act  would  be  required,  if 
located  outside  of  Porto  Rico,  the  Philippine  Islands,  or  the  Canal  Zone,  to  register 
with  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  of  his  district,  his  name  or  style,  place  of  business, 
and  place  or  places  where  such  business  is  to  be  carried  on,  shall  register  the  like  infor- 
mation with  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  on  forms  to  be  prescribed  by  the 
Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal.  At  the  time  of  such  registry  and  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July  annually  thereafter,  every  person  who  produces,  imports,  manufactures, 
compounds,  deals  in,  dispenses,  sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  any  of  the  aforesaid 
drugs  shall  pay  to  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  One 
Dollar  per  annum:  Provided,  however,  That  any  person  who  would  not  be  required,  if 
located  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  register  or  pay  a  special  tax  shall  not  be  required 
to  register  or  pay  the  special  tax  as  herein  provided. 

Section  4.  That  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  with  the  approval  of  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  cause  suitable  order  forms  and  blanks  to  be  pre- 
pared and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  sale  by  such 
Collector  to  persons  who  shall  have  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by 
said  Act  and  this  Executive  Order.  The  price  to.be  paid  for  such  order  forms  and 
blanks  shall  be  One  Dollar  per  hundred,  and  the  Collector  of  the  Panama  Canal 
shall  be  subject  to  the  same  limitation  as  to  sale  of  said  order  forms  and  blanks  as 
collectors  of  internal  revenue  in  districts  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone.  The  Collector 
shall  account  monthly  to  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  the  special  taxes  col- 
lected by  him  and  for  all  monies  received  by  him  from  the  sale  of  blanks,  or  for  any 
other  purpose  under  the  provisions  of  said  Act.  The  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  provide  such  regula- 
tions as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  full  force  and  effect  the  provisions  of  this 
Executive  Order.  In  providing  such  regulations  the  form  of  regulations  prescribed 
by  the  Internal  Revenue  Commissionerandapprovedby  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
shall  be  followed  so  far  as  they  can  be  made  applicable  to  conditions  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  5.  That  the  Auditor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  with  the  approval  of  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Panama  Canal,  shall  have  the  right  to  make  such  inspection  and  take 
such  action  as  may  be  necessary  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  December 
17,  1914,  under  this  Executive  Order. 

Section  6.  That  any  person  who  violates  or  fails  to  comply  with  any  of  the  require- 
ments of  said  Act  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  this  Executive  Order,  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  shall  be  subject  to  such  penalties  as  are  provided  for  in  said  Act.'" 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  /  March,  1915. 

[No.  2142  J 


Order  of  the  President.  Mar.  23,  1915,  reinstating  Dr.  Edward  P.  Beverley  as  a  pliysician  in  the  Panama 

Canal  Service. 

The  year  limit  upon  eligibility  for  reinstatement  is  hereby  waived  to  permit  the 
reinstatement  of  Dr.  Edward  P.  Beverley  as  a  physician  in  the  Panama  Canal  Service. 

Dr.  Beveley's  reinstatement  by  Executive  Order  is  recommended  by  General  Geo. 
W.  Goethals,  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal.     Dr.  Beverley  entered  the  service  on 

s"  Sec.  9  of  that  act  reads  as  follows:  "That  any  person  who  violates  or  fails  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
requirements  of  this  act  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  $2,000  or  be  imprisoned  not  more 
than  5  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court." 


212  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

July  6,  1904;  served  through  the  period  when  tropical  diseases  were  prevalent,  and 
by  his  efficient  service  was  successively  promoted  until  he  held  one  of  the  highest 
positions  therein  at  the  close  of  his  service  December  15,  1913,  being  rated  as  "excel- 
lent" in  both  conduct  and  character  of  work.  Necessity  for  a  change  of  climate  re>r 
quired  his  resignation,  but  he  has  recovered  from  the  effects  of  his  long  residence  in 
the  tropics  and  desires  to  return  to  work  on  the  Isthmus. 

The  Civil  Service  Commission  concurs  in  recommending  this  order. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  23  March,  1915. 

[No.  2152.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  7,  1915,  providing  for  the  issuance  of  provisional  certificates  of  registry 
of  vessels  by  certain  collectors  of  customs  and  captains  of  ports. 

In  pursuance  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  President  of  the  United  States  by 
the  Act  approved  March  4,  1915,  entitled,  "An  Act  To  provide  for  provisional  certifi- 
cates of  registry  of  vessels  abroad,  and  for  other  purposes,"  the  Collector  of  Customs 
of  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  Captains  of  the  Ports  of  Cristobal  and  Balboa,  Canal 
Zone,  and  the  Governor  of  Guam,  are  designated  for  the  purpose  of  issuing  provisional 
certificates  of  registry  to  vessels  abroad  which  have  been  purchased  by  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  including  corporations,  as  defined  in  section  forty-one  hundred  and 
thirty-two,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act  s"  and  the  Act 
of  August  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen.s" 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  7  April,  1915. 

[No.  2164.] 


Order  of  the  President,  Apr.  27,  1915,  changing  the  name  of  Culebra  Cut  to  Gaillard  Cut. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  portion  of  the  Panama  Canal  through  the  continental 
divide  heretofore  known  as  "Culebra  Cut"  shall  hereafter  be  named  "Gaillard  Cut" 
in  honor  of  the  late  Lieutenant  Colonel  D.  D.  Gaillard,  Corps  of  Engineers,  United 
States  Army. 

As  a  member  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  s's  from  March  16,  1907,  to  De- 
cember 5,  1913,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Gaillard  was  in  charge  of  the  work  in  Culebra  Cut 
until  its  virtual  completion,  being  compelled  to  abandon  his  duties  in  July,  1913, 
through  an  illness  which  culminated  in  his  death  on  December  5,  1913.  His  period  of 
Panama  Canal  service  included  the  years  of  most  active  construction  work.  He 
brought  to  the  service  trained  ability  of  the  highest  class,  untiring  zeal  and  unswerving 
devotion  to  duty. 

I  deem  it  a  fitting  recognition  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Gaillard's  service  to  the 
country  to  rename  in  his  honor  the  scene  of  his  life's  triumph. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  27  April,  1915. 

[No.  2185.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  May  12,  1915,  providing  regulations  for  the  sale  of  material. 

The  Sundry  Civil  Act  approved  March  3,  1915,  contains  the  following  clause: 
"expenses  incurred  in  assembling,  sorting,  storing,  repairing,  and  selling  material, 
machinery,  and  equipment  heretofore  or  hereafter  purchased  or  acquired  for  the  con- 
struction of  the  Panama  Canal,  which  are  unserviceable  or  no  longer  needed,  to  be 
reimbursed  from  the  proceeds  of  such  sales." 

There  is  no  clause  in  this  Act  as  there  was  in  former  similar  acts  specifying  the 
manner  in  which  the  above-mentioned  items  might  be  sold. 

s-Sec.  5  (T.  &  A.  79^. 

s"Ibid..  111. 

s"  Appointed  Commissioner  by  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  16,  1907,  p.  63.    See  notes  thereunder. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  213 

Under  the  general  authority  of  the  President  to  issue  regulations  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Panama  Canal  and  by  his  direction,  it  is  therefore  ordered  that  the  regu- 
lations relative  to  the  sale  of  material  enumerated  above  as  heretofore  laid  down  by 
the  President  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1915,  shall  remain  in  force  until 
further  ordered. 

LI^fDLEY  M.  Garrison, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  May  12,  1915. 


Order  of  the  President.  May  25.  1915,  modifying  the  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  15,  1915,  relative  to  the 
charges  to  be  made  against  employees  for  rent,  fuel,  and  electric  current. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Executive 
Order  of  January  15,  1915, s'^^  relative  to  charges  for  rent,  fuel  and  electric  current  fur- 
nished employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  is  modified  by  suspending  from  the  operation  thereof  so  much  as 
relates  to  rent,  fuel,  and  lights  during  the  period  of  actual  construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal  but  not  later  than  June  30,  1916. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  25  May,  1915. 

[No.  2204.] 


Order  of  the  President,  June  8,  1915,  designating  a  flag  for  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  have  a  distinctive 
flag  for  use  in  his  official  capacity,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  Flag  of  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal. 

This  flag  shall  be  made  in  two  dimensions,  as  follows:  large  flag,  6  ft.  hoist,  by  7  ft. 
6  in.  fly;  small  flag,  2  ft.  hoist,  by  2  ft.  6  in.  fly.  The  body  of  the  flag  shall  be  dark 
blue.  In  the  center  of  the  flag  shall  be  a  white  circle,  the  diameter  of  which  shall  be 
approximately  one-half  of  the  fly  length  of  the  flag.  In  the  center  of  the  circle,  on 
each  side  of  the  flag,  shall  be  the  Seal  of  the  Canal  Zone,  of  which  the  following  is  a 
description : 

"The  seal  consists  of  a  shield,  showing  in  base  a  Spanish  galleon  of  the  Fifteenth 
Century  under  full  sail  coming  head  on  between  two  high  banks,  all  purpure,  the 
sky  yellow  with  the  glow  of  sunset;  in  thechief  are  the  colors  of  the  arms  of  the  United 
States.    Under  the  shield  is  the  motto:  'The  land  divided;   the  world  united!'  " 

The  Flag  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  used  as  follows: 

When  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  embarked  in  a  boat  for  the  purpose  of 
making  an  official  call,  his  flag  shall  be  carried  on  a  staff  at  the  bow  of  the  boat  in 
which  he  is  embarked. 

While  on  board  in  his  official  capacity,  or  when  taking  passage  on  any  Canal  craft, 
his  flag  shall  be  carried  at  the  mainmast  head.s's 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  8  June,  1915. 

[No.  2208.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  Oct.  16,  1915,  providing  annual  recess  of  the  Joint  Land  Commission 

and   Leave   Regulations. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

1.  That  the  Joint  Commission  for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to 
property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  established  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Canal  Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18, 
1903,  is  hereby  authorized,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United 
States  and  the  Panaman  Executive,  to  take  a  recess  of  not  exceeding  sixty  days  in 
each  fiscal  year,  and  the  members  thereof,  or  any  of  them,  may  be  granted  a  leave  of 
absence  during  the  recess  of  the  Commission,  by  their  respective  Governments. 

2.  That  payment  for  any  absence  of  a  member  of  the  Commission,  due  to  illness  or 
injury,  shall  be  made  upon  the  certificate  of  a  physician  in  the  employ  of  The  Panama 
Canal  that  such  absence  is  due  to  illness  or  injury. 

s""  p.  207.  See  notes  thereunder.  That  order  was  rescinded  and  abrogated  by  Executive  Order  of 
July  25,  1916,  p.  215,  as  applied  to  gold  employees  and  American  silver  employees.  See  Executive 
Order  of  Dec,  3,  1921,  p.  291. 

5's  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  716,  relating  to  flag  display. 


214  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

3.  That  payment  for  leave  of  absence  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  order 
during  the  recess  of  the  Commission  shall  be  made  at  the  rate  of  Fifteen  Dollars 
($15.00)  per  day. 

4.  That  payment  for  absence,  whether  granted  as  leave  in  conformity  with  the 
provisions  of  this  order,  or  whether  due  to  illness  or  injury,  shall  not  be  made  for 
more  than  sixty  days  in  one  fiscal  year. 

5.  That  no  payment  shall  be  made  for  any  days  during  which  the  members  of  the 
Commission  may  be  absent  from  duty  except  as  authorized  by  this  order,  and  except 
to  the  American  Commissioners  for  the  time  required  for  them  to  return  to  New  York 
upon  the  termination  of  their  services. 

LiNDLEv  M.  Garrison, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department,  October  16,  1915. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  Mar.  16,  1916.  appointing  Clement  L.  Bouve  a  member  of  the  Joint 

Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That  Clement  L.  Bouve,  who  has  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  Joint  Commis- 
sion for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Article  Six  and  Fifteen  of  the  Convention  between 
the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18,  1903,  be  allowed  Twenty-five 
($25)  dollars  per  day  for  his  services  including  all  expenses,  from  the  time  of  his  sailing 
from  New  York  until  his  return  thither;  provided  that  he  shall  be  granted  free  trans- 
portation on  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  from  New  York  to  the  Isthmus  and 
return,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Railroad,  and  such  other  transportation 
as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official  business  on  the  Isthmus;  he  shall  also 
be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Government  employees  on  the  Isthmus,  in- 
cluding employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  March  25,  1916. 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  May  13,  1916,  appointiiiR  an  Umpire  for  Joint  Land  Commission- 
By  direction  of  the  President  it  is  ordered  that  Senor  Don  Victor  Maria  Concas 
Palau,  Vice  Admiral  of  the  Spanish  Navy,  who  has  been  appointed  Umpire  in  virtue 
of  the  provisions  of  articles  VI  and  XV  of  the  Treaty  of  November  18,  1903,  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Panama  in  the  settlement  of  certain  claims 
which  have  come  before  the  Joint  Commission  provided  for  in  those  articles,  and  in 
which  the  Commission  has  failed  to  render  a  decision  owing  to  disagreement,  be 
allowed  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  ($10,000.00)  per  annum  for  his  services  including  all 
expenses  from  the  time  of  his  sailing  from  Spain  to  his  return  thither,  provided  that  he 
shall  be  reimbursed  for  his  steamship  transportation  from  Spain  to  the  Isthmus  and 
return  except  that  should  he  elect  not  to  return  to  Spain  by  the  most  direct  route  he 
shall  be  paid  his  salary  for  a  period  equal  to  that  for  which  he  would  have  been  paid 
had  he  returned  to  Spain  by  direct  route,  and  he  shall  be  paid  a  sum  equal  to  that 
which  he  would  have  expended  for  transportation  had  he  returned  to  Spain  by  direct 
route;  he  shall  be  allowed  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Railroad,  and  such 
other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official  business  on  the 
Isthmus;  he  shall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  government  employees 
on  the  Isthmus  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War 
War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  13  May,  1916. 


Order  of  the  President  of  May  17,  1916,  relating  to  assistance  to  be  furnished  the  Governor  by  the  mili- 
tary and  naval  forces  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  the  Governor  is  charged  with  the 
protection  of  the  Canal  until  such  time  as  the  President  may  designate  an  officer  of 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  215 

the  Army  to  have  entire  control  of  the  Canal  and  the  Canal  Zone  during  time  of  war 
or  threatened  war.s'*  The  military  and  naval  forces  stationed  in  the  Canal  Zone  will 
furnish  such  assistance  to  the  Governor  in  the  performance  of  this  duty  as  the  respec- 
tive commanding  officers  may  be  requested  by  him  to  render. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  17  May,  1916. 

[No.  2382.) 


Order  of  the  President  of  June  30,  1916,  relating  to  Classified  Service  Appointments. 

Mr.  Warren  J.  Brown,  Mr.  Henry  C.  Mansfield,  and  Mrs.  Florence  E.  Cleveland 
may  be  appointed  as  clerks  in  the  classified  service  of  the  Government  without  refer- 
ence to  the  civil  service  rules. 

This  order  is  issued  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  submits 
a  detailed  report  from  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  giving  special  reasons  as  to 
why  the  same  should  be  issued,  in  view  of  which  it  is  believed  that  the  appointment 
of  these  three  persons  will  be  in  the  interest  of  the  service.  From  the  Governor's 
report  it  appears  that  Messrs.  Brown  and  Mansfield  have  rendered  long  and  very 
satisfactory  service  in  the  employment  of  the  Government  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama; 
and  that  Mrs.  Cleveland,  whose  husband  was  killed  May  23,  1914,  while  employed  as 
an  operator  of  one  of  the  towing  locomotives  of  the  Panama  Canal,  has  been  employed 
in  an  excepted  position  in  the  Panama  Canal  service  since  November  16,  1914,  in 
which  position  it  appears  she  has  rendered  very  satisfactory  service. 

The  Civil  Service  Commission  does  not  concur  in  the  recommendation. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  30  June,  1916. 

[No.  2410.] 


Establishing  regulations  providing  conditions  under  which  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Rail- 
road Company  employees  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  may  bo  allowed  the  use  of  (.luarters,  fuel  and 
electric  current. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  and  The  Panama  Canal  Act  approved 
August  24,  1912,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

1.  That  the  Executive  Order  of  January  15,  191 5,5''  No.  2120,  is  hereby  rescinded 
and  abrogated. 

2.  That  effective  July  1,  1916,  officers  and  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, s'"*  shall  be  allowed,  where 
available,  quarters  free  of  rent,  and  shall  be  furnished  fuel  and  electric  current  free. 

3.  That  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  assign  to  offi- 
cers and  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company, 
such  quarters  as  may  be  available  for  occupancy,  and  to  mak^  all  rules  and  regula- 
tions necessary  to  govern  the  assignment  and  occupancy  of  such  quarters,  including 
rules  and  regulations  relative  to  the  furnishing  of  fuel  and  electric  current  to  officers 
and  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  while 
occupying  such  quarters. 

4.  That  officers  and  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company,  for  whom  quarters  are  not  available  or  who  do  not  occupy  such  quarters  as 
may  be  assigned  to  them  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  shall  have  no  claim 
against  the  Government  of  the  United  States  for  commutation  of  quarters  not  fur- 
nished or  not  occupied,  nor  for  fuel  and  electric  current  not  furnished. 

5.  That  all  rules  and  regulations  s'9  governing  the  assignment  and  occupancy  of 
quarters  heretofore  promulgated  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  the  Isth- 

»»'  Sec.  13  (T.  &  A.  79)  provides  for  control  by  Army  officer  during  time  of  war.  Executive  Order  of 
Apr.  9,  1917,  p.  224,  designated  the  Army  officer  commanding  United  States  troops  in  the  Canal  Zone 
to  have  exclusive  authority  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  its  adjuncts,  during  the  war  with 
Germany,  or  until  otherwise  ordered.  That  order  was  declared  terminated  and  no  longer  in  force  by 
the  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  25,  1919,  p.  251. 

s"  p.  406.  That  order  provided  charges  for  rent,  light,  and  fuel,  but  was  suspended  by  order  of  May 
25,  1915,  p.  213,  for  period  ending  June  30,  1916. 

s"8  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  10,  1916,  p.  216,  provides  that  this  order  does  not  apply  to  alien  silver 
employees.  Seealsoact  of  July  9, 1918  (T.&  A.  203),  providing  that  Army  officers  pertaining  to  United 
States  troops  serving  in  the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  rent  for  the  occupancy  of  houses  of 
the  Panama  Canal  to  which  they  may  be  assigned. 

s'»  See  Governor's  Circulars  No.  627  series  relating  to  gold  quarters,  ahd  the  628  series  relating  to 
silver  quarters. 


216       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

mian  Canal  Commission,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Executive  Order, 
are  continued  in  full  force  and  effect  until  such  time  as  they  may  be  changed  by 
regulations  promulgated  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  under  authority  of 
this  Executive  Order;  and  all  rules  and  regulations  heretofore  promulgated  by  the 
Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  in  connection  with  the  use  and  occupancy  of  quarters 
and  the  furnishing  of  fuel  and  electric  current  to  officers  and  employees  of  The  Panama 
Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Executive  Order,  are  hereby  rescinded  and  abolished. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  25  July,  1916. 

[No.  2428.] 


Modification  of  Executive  Order  No.  2428,  dated  July  25,  1916,  establishing  regulations  providing 
conditions  under  which  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  employees  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  may  be  allowed  the  use  of  quarters,  fuel  and  electric  current. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act  approved  August 
24,  1912,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

That  the  provisions  of  Executive  Order  No.  2428,  dated  July  25,  1916,s"  shall  not 
apply  to  alien  silver  employees.  Such  employees  shall  be  charged  for  quarters,  fuel 
and  electric  current  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  heretofore  or  here- 
after promulgated  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. s" 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  10  August,  1916. 

[No.  2440.1 


Relating  to  Motor  Vehicles,  and  their  Operation  in  the  Roads  of  the  Canal  Zone, 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  collected  on  motor  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the 
Canal  Zone  and  operated  therein,  an  annual  license  fee  as  follows: 

For  each  passenger  automobile  for  personal  use  only,  five  dollars  ($5.00). 

For  each  automobile  of  twenty-nine  horse-power  or  less,  used  for  carrying  passen- 
gers for  hire,  twenty  dollars  ($20.00). 

For  each  automobile  of  more  than  twenty-nine  horse-power,  used  for  carrying 
passengers  for  hire,  thirty  dollars  ($30.00). 

For  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  one-ton  capacity  or  less,  twenty  dollars  ($20.00). 

For  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  a  capacity  of  more  than  one  ton  but  less  than  three 
tons,  thirty  dollars  ($30.00). 

For  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  a  capacity  of  three  tons  or  more,  forty  dollars  ($40.00), 

For  each  motor-cycle,  two  dollars  ($2.00). 

In  case  of  a  dispute  as  to  the  horse-power  or  capacity  of  a  vehicle,  the  issue  shall 
be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  and  the  decision  of  the  Board  thereon 
shall  be  final. 

License  fees  shall  be  paid  for  the  calendar  year;  but  if  any  part  of  the  calendar 
year  shall  have  expired  when  the  license  is  taken  out,  then  the  license  fee  to  be  paid 
shall  be  proportioned  to  the  part  of  the  calendar  year  remaining,  including  therein 
the  calendar  quarter  in  which  the  license  is  paid;  but  the  Governor  shall  have  au- 
thority to  issue  short-term  licenses  at  rates  proportionate  to  the  rates  in  the  above 
schedule,  in  such  special  cases  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Licenses  heretofore  issued  shall  continue  in  force,  and  the  licensees  shall  not  be 
required  to  pay  fees  hereunder  until  the  licenses  previously  issued  to  them  shall 
have  expired. s" 

Section  2.  Motor  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and 
operated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  shall  pay  the  same  annual  license  fee  as  is  imposed  by 
the  Republic  of  Panama  on  motor  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone 

s»»  p.  215.     See  notes  thereunder. 

s"  See  the  628  series  of  circulars  relating  to  rental  of  silver  quarters. 

5"  Sec.  1  superseded  so  much  of  amended  sec.  1  of  the  ordinance  of  Aug.  25,  1910  (L.  C.  Z.  274), 
as  related  to  license  fees  on  motor  vehicles.  It  also  modified  sec.  2  of  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  13,  1914, 
p.  201,  so  far  as  relates  to  paying  license  fees  for  motor  vehicles  by  fiscal  year. 


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217 


and  operated  in  the  Republic  of  Panama;  Provided,  That  the  Governor  of  the  Canal 
Zone  may  enter  into  arrangements  with  the  authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama 
by  which  any  class  or  classes  of  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone  and 
operated  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  may  be  exempted  from  the  payment  of  license 
fees  in  the  Republic  of  Panama,  or  required  to  pay  fees  at  a  reduced  rate,  and  any 
class  or  classes  of  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  operated 
in  the  Canal  Zone  may  be  exempted  from  the  payment  of  license  fees  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  or  required  to  pay  fees  at  a  reduced  rate. 

Section  3.  The  Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  authorized  to  exempt  from 
the  payment  of  license  fees  hereunder  motor  vehicles  operated  exclusively  within 
certain  areas  or  districts  of  the  Canal  Zone,  to  be  defined  by  him.J^J  and  the  Governor 
is  also  authorized  by  public  notice  to  prohibit  motor  vehicles  of  any  or  all  kinds 
from  operating  on  such  portions  of  the  roads  in  the  Canal  Zone  as  he  may  designate, 
when,  in  his  judgment,  the  public  interest  requires  it;s^^  or  he  may  permit  any  of 
said  vehicles  to  be  operated  in  any  areas  or  districts  designated  by  him^  upon  such 
conditions  as  he  maj'  deem  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  welfare  of  the  Panama 
Canal. 

Section  4.  The  use  of  flare  lights  on  vehicles,  within  the  limits  of  any  city,  town, 
or  village  in  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereb>-  prohibited;  and  on  roads  outside  of  any  city, 
town,  or  village  limits,  the  drivers  of  automobiles  and  motor-cycles  shall  extinguish 
their  flare  lights  at  least  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  from  an  approaching  vehicle, 
and  shall  pass  such  approaching  vehicle  with  the  use  of  their  dimmer  lights  only. 

Section  5.  Section  1  of  the  Executive  Order  of  February  28,  1912,  No.  1489,  relat- 
ing to  motor  vehicles, s-'s  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.   It  shall  be  unlawful  to  drive  or  operate  a  motor  vehicle  or  bicycle 
over  the  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone  outside  of  town  or  village  limits,  at  a  speed 
exceeding  twenty-five  (25)  miles  an  hour  on  straight  roads,  or  at  a  speed  ex- 
ceeding twelve  (12)  miles  an  hour  when  approaching  or  traversing  curves, 
forks,  or  cross  roads,  or  when  traveling  over  the  streets  of  any  city,  town,  or 
village  of  the  Canal  Zone   or  when  approaching  another  vehicle.    The  owner 
of  an  automobile    if  within  the  car   shall  be  held  responsible   for   its   speed. 
In  the  absence  of  the  owner  the  person  actually  operating  the   automobile 
shall  be  held  responsible.     The  person  operating  a  motor-cycle  or  bicycle 
shall  be  held  responsible  for  its  speed. 
Section  6.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  pun- 
ished in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August 
21,  1916,52*  anj  entitled:   An  Act  Extending  certain  privileges  of  canal  employees  to 
other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President  to  make  rules  and 
regulations  affecting  health,   sanitation,   quarantine,   taxation,   public   roads,  self- 
propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other  purposes, 
including  provisions  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders,  and  interest  deposits. 
Section  7.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  October  1,  1916. s^' 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  5  September,  1916. 

[No.  2451.1 


Transferring  to  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  the  administration  of  the  Act  approved  Sept. 
7,  1916.  so  far  as  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  employees  are  concerned. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Sect-ion  42  s^*  of  the  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  provide  compensation  for  employees  of  the  United  States  suffering  injuries 
while  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  September 
7,  1916,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

1.  That  the  administration  of  the  Act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  provide  compensation 
for  employees  of  the  United  States  suffering  injuries  while  in  the  performance  of 

s"J  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  717-1.  exempting  from  payment  of  license  fee  motor  vehicles  operated 
exclusively  on  west  side  of  Canal. 

s»«  Governor's  Circular  No.  717-2,  governs  operation  of  vehicles  in  Ancon  Hospital  grounds. 

5'5  p.  273.  It  will  be  noted  that  sec.  2  of  that  order,  governing  the  rule  of  the  road,  was  not  amended 
by  this  order. 

!"»T.  &A.  130. 

5"  Above  order  repealed  by  order  of  Apr.  14.  1921,  p.  283.  which  also  repealed  all  other  orders  and 
ordinances  relating  to  same  subjects. 

5'*  T.  &  A.  139.     See  notes  thereunder. 


218 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  September  7,  1916,  so  far  as  employees 
of  The  Panama  Canal  and  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  are  concerned,  is  hereby 
transferred  to  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  s^' 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  compensation  to  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal,  or  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company,  for  temporary  disability,  either  total  or  partial,  the 
Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  herebj'  authorized  to  waive,  at  his  discretion,  the 
making  of  the  claim  required  by  section  eighteen  of  said  Act. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  alien  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal,  or  of  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company,  the  minimum  limit  established  by  section  six  on  the  monthly 
compensation  for  disability,  and  the  minimum  limit  established  by  clause  (K)  of 
section  ten  on  the  monthly  pay  on  which  death  compensation  is  to  be  computed,  is 
hereby  removed. 

4.  That  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  com- 
pensation provided  by  said  Act,  including  the  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services 
and  supplies  provided  by  section  nine  and  the  transportation  and  burial  expenses 
provided  by  sections  nine  and  eleven,  out  of  the  appropriations  for  The  Panama 
Canal,  such  appropriations  to  be  reimbursed  for  such  payments  by  transfer  of  funds 
from  the  employees'  compensation  fund. 

VVooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  15  Sept.,  1916. 

[No.  2455.] 


Authorizing  the  commutation  of  leave  privileges  in  certain  cases. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order: 

The  leave  privileges  accrued  in  favor  of  an  employee  of  The  Panama  Canal,  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  the  Panama  Railroad,  may  be  commuted  in  cash,  in  conformity  with 
existing  rules  and  regulations,  notwithstanding  the  employee  shall  not  have  completed 
ten  months  service  at  the  time  such  commutation  js  made,  in  all  cases  in  which  such 
employee  is  transferred  to  the  Fortification  work  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  under  the 
Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  United  States  Army;  and  such  employee  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  in  cash  the  amount  due  him  for  such  accumulated  leave,  on  the  basis  of 
one-twelfth  of  the  annual  allowance  of  cumulative  and  annual  leave  for  each  full 
month  served  for  which  leave  has  not  been  granted."" 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  17  October,  1916. 

[No.  2475.) 


Providing  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  Deposit  Money  Orders  issued  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

1.  That  deposit  money  orders  issued  by  the  Canal  Zone  Postal  Service  s"  shall  bear 
interest  at  the  rate  of  one-half  of  one  perccntum  for  each  period  of  three  full  calendar 
months,  from  August  21,  1916,  or  subsequent  date  of  issue.  Interest  shall  be  payable 
when  the  order  is  paid  but  shall  not  accrue  on  any  order  for  more  than  three  years. 

2.  The  -Governor  of  The  f^anama  Canal  is  authorized  to  prescribe  such  detailed 
rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  this  order. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  22  October,  1916. 

[No.  2479.] 

Relating  to  Conditions  of  Employment  in  the  Panama  Canal  Service. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  the  general  conditions  of  employ- 
ment governing  employees  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  necessary  for  the  completion, 
care,    management,    maintenance,    sanitation,    government   and   operation   of   the 

5"  See  668  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  this  subject. 

"«  See  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  15.  1917,  p.  218.  rescinding  pars.  22  to  41  of  Executive  Order  of  Feb. 
2,  1914,  p.  158,  and  substituting  new  paragraphs  in  lieu  thereof,  all  relating  to  conditions  of  em- 
ployment. 

S3"  Provided  by  Executive  Order  of  .Sept.  5,  1914,  p.  199,  which  order  also  repealed  the  existing  Postal 
Savings  System. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  219 

Panama  Canal,  the  Canal  Zone,  the  Panama  Railroad,  and  other  adjuncts,  provided 
by  the  Executive  Order  of  February  2,  1914,"^  are  hereby  amended  by  rescinding 
paragraphs  numbered  22  to  41,  inclusive,  and  substituting  in  lieu  of  such  rescinded 
paragraphs  the  following: 

ANNUAL    LEAVE. 

22.  Twenty-four  days  annual  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  for  each  year 
after  entry  into  service,  and  any  annual  leave  not  used  prior  to  the  end  of  the  serv- 
ice year  in  which  it  is  earned  shall  be  thereafter  in  the  same  status  and  subject  to  the 
same  rules  as  cumulative  leave. 

23.  The  service  year  shall  date  from  the  day  on  which  an  employee's  pay  in  the 
permanent  organization  begins. 

24.  Absences  of  one-half  day  or  more,  when  regularly  authorized,  will  be  charged 
against  annual  leave;  also  absences  on  account  of  illness  or  injury,  upon  the  cer- 
tificate of  an  authorized  physician  in  the  service  of  The  Panama  Canal,  except  that 
in  the  following  classes  of  cases  no  payment  shall  be  made  for  time  lost,  but  the  time 
shall  be  charged  against  the  annual  leave: 

(a)  Illness  due  to  the  fault  of  the  employee,  as  venereal  disease  and  alcoholism. 

(b)  Injury  due  to  the  employee's  willful  intention  to  bring  about  the  injury  or  death 
of  himself  or  another. 

(c)  Elective  surgical  operations  to  relieve  conditions  existing  prior  to  service  on  the 
Isthmus. 

25.  Teachers  employed  only  during  the  school  months,  from  October  to  June, 
inclusive,  may  be  granted  not  to  exceed  twenty-four  days  leave  within  those  months 
to  cover  illness  or  emergency,  but  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  other  leave  with  pay  and 
will  be  entitled  to  no  leave  with  pay  from  July  to  September,  inclusive. 

26.  In  the  cases  of  hourly  and  per  diem  employees  annual  leave  on  account  of  sick- 
ness or  injury  shall  be  based  upon  a  day  of  eight  hours. 

27.  Not  more  than  fourteen  days  annual  leave  may  be  taken  during  the  first 
six  months  of  a  service  year.  In  case  of  illness  or  injury  in  the  first  six  months,  to 
cover  which  no  annual  leave  remains  to  the  employee's  credit,  the  time  lost  will  be 
charged  against  the  annual  leave  remaining  for  the  year,  and  payment  will  be  made 
after  completing  ten  months  of  the  service  year.  After  the  entire  twenty-four  days 
annual  leave  has  been  used,  additional  leave  in  that  service  year  on  account  of  illness 
or  injury  will  be  deducted  from  the  cumulative  leave  for  that  year,  and  when  the 
cumulative  leave  becomes  due  the  employee  will  be  paid. 

28.  After  exhausting  both  annual  and  cumulative  leave  for  the  year,  additional 
absence  on  account  of  illness  or  injury  will  be  without  pay,  except  such  compensation 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  law  for  employees  receiving  personal  injuries. 

CUMUL.ATIVE    LEAVE. 

• 

29.  Thirty  days  cumulati\"e  leave  will  be  allowed  each  employee  paid  on  a  monthly 
or  annual  basis  for  each  year  of  his  service,  and  twenty  days  to  each  employee  paid  on 
an  hourly  basis.  This  leave  will  be  due  after  completing  ten  months'  service  each 
year  and  may  be  taken  when  the  employee's  service  can  be  spared.  It  may  be  taken 
annually  or  left  to  accumulate  to  the  credit  of  the  employee,  provided,  however,  that 
the  maximum  number  of  days  leave  with  pay  of  all  kinds  which  may  be  granted  at 
any  one  time  or  which  may  be  commuted  into  a  cash  payment  at  termination  of  serv- 
ice is  120. 

30.  After  cumulative  or  annual  leave  is  earned  and  due  it  may  be  taken  at  such 
time  and  in  such  numbers  of  days  as  may  be  satisfactory  to  the  Governor. 

31.  Leave  taken  after  the  close  of  the  service  year  in  which  it  was  earned  shall 
be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of  pay  received  at  the  end  of  the  tenth  month  of  the  service 
year  in  which  the  leave  was  earned.  When  an  employee  enters  on  a  leave  of  absence 
which  consists  of  or  includes  annual  leave  earned  in  the  same  year  in  which  he  enters 
on  the  leave,  such  annual  leave  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  received  by  the  employee 
when  he  entered  on  the  leave. 

32.  In  case  an  employee  serves  part  of  a  year  on  the  monthly  or  annual  basis 
and  part  on  the  hourly  basis,  he  will  be  allowed  twenty  days  cumulative  leave, 
except  that  if  he  has  served  eight  months  or  more  on  the  monthly  or  annual  basis 
during  the  year  he  will  be  granted  thirty  days  cumulative  leave. 

i"  p.  158.     See  notes  thereunder. 


220  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

TRAVEL   LEAVE. 

33.  Employees  who  travel  to  points  outside  the  tropics,  when  on  cumulative 
leave,  will  be  allowed  seven  days  additional  leave  (or  travel  leave)  with  full  pay, 
provided  the  total  of  all  leave  with  pay  granted  shall  not  exceed  120  days.  Travel 
leave  may  be  allowed  approximately  once  a  year  and  is  not  cumulative. 

34.  Employees  will  be  compensated  for  travel  leave  at  the  rate  earned  when 
cumulative  leave  las:  became  due. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

35.  After  accumulating  leave  of  all  kinds  amounted  to  120  days,  an  employee 
ceases  to  earn  additional  cumulative  leave  until  he  is  granted  all  or  part  of  the  cumu- 
lative leave  already  earned,  unless  he  shall  enter  on  cumulative  leave  within  two 
months  thereafter,  or  be  ordered  by  the  Governor  to  defer  taking  leave  for  official 
reasons. 

36.  When  an  employee's  service  is  terminated,  a  cash  payment  in  commutation  of 
leave  will  be  made  to  him  for  the  number  of  days  cumulative  leave  due  plus  the  annual 
leave  due.     In  the  event  of  his  death  his  estate  will  be  paid  the  sum  due. 

37.  Employees  must  report  from  leave  within  one  week  after  the  authorized 
leave  expires  or  forfeit  pay  for  the  leave.  In  case  of  unavoidable  delay,  the  Governor 
will  decide  whether  the  circumstances  warrant  an  exception  to  this  rule. 

38.  No  restrictions  are  placed  on  the  localities  where  leave  may  be  spent. 

39.  Any  employee  transferred  from  the  present  force  to  the  permanent  operating 
force  will  be  paid  at  the  time  of  transfer,  in  addition  to  his  regular  compensation, 
the  amount  he  would  have  received  in  payment  for  leave  had  he  been  separated  from 
the  service  at  the  time  of  transfer. 

40.  Leave  may  be  taken  only  at  the  convenience  of  heads  of  departments,  who 
may  direct  an  employee  to  accumulate  his  leave  if  necessary  for  the  conduct  of  the 
work. 

41.  Leave  without  pay  may  be  granted  by  the  Governor  to  all  employees,  in- 
cluding laborers,  for  such  period  as  may  be  prescribed  by  him. 

OFFICE    HOURS   AND   HOURS   OF   LABOR. 

42.  Office  hours  and  hours  of  labor  will  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  within  the 
limits  prescribed  by  law.s^^ 

This  order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  the  31st  day  of  December,  1916,  and 
shall  apply  to  all  classes  of  leave  with  pay  earned  and  due  as  of  that  date  and  there- 
after. S3i 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  15  January,  1917. 

[No.  2514.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  relating  to  the  Exclusion  of  Undesirable  Persons. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Con- 
gress approved  August  21,  1916,s3s  entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of 
Canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  authorizing  the  President 
to  make  rules  and  regulations  affecting  the  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation, 
public  roads,  self-propelled  vehicles  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for 
other  purposes,  including  provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders  and  interest 
deposits,"  I  do  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive  Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Sec.  1.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  empowered  to  exclude 
or  to  cause  to  be  excluded  the  following  classes  of  persons  from  the  Canal  Zone: 
Idiots,  imbeciles,  feeble-minded  persons,  the  insane,  persons  who  have  been  insane 
within  five  years  previous  to  their  attempted  entry  into  the  Canal  Zone,  epileptics, 
paupers,  criminals,  professional  beggars,  gipsies,  persons  of  notoriously  bad  character, 
persons  whose  presence  would  be  a  menace  to  the  public  health  or  welfare  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  or  who  would  be  liable  to  become  a  public  charge,  or  who  may  be  suffering  from 
a  loathsome  or  dangerous  contagious  disease,  those  who  have  been  convicted  of  felony, 

s"  Pars.  13-15  of  Governor's  Circular  No.  603  relate  to  this  subject. 
"*  See  generally  the  602  series  of  Governor's  Circulars, 
sjs  Sec.  10  thereof  (T.  &  A.  U8). 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  221 

anarchists,  those  whose  purpose  it  is  to  incite  insurrection,  and  others  whose  presence, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  Governor,  would  tend  to  create  pubhc  disorder  or  in  any  man- 
ner impede  the  prosecution  of  the  work  of  opening  the  Canal  or  its  maintenance,  op- 
eration, sanitation,  and  protection;  and  the  Governor  may  expel  from  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  deport  therefrom,  any  person  convicted  of  a  criminal  offense  of  the  grade 
of  felony,  or  whose  presence,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Governor,  would  tend  to  create 
public  disorder  or  in  any  manner  impede  the  prosecution  of  the  work  of  opening  the 
Canal  or  its  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation,  or  protection.'^* 

The  cost  of  excluding  or  deporting  persons  hereunder  shall  be  a  charge  against 
the  person  or  interest  responsible  for  the  entry  of  the  undesirable  person  into  the 
Canal  Zone,  the  collection  thereof  to  be  enforced  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 
In  cases  of  deportation  in  which  no  person  or  interest  can  be  held  responsible  for  the 
cost  hereunder,  the  cost  of  such  deportation  shall  be  paid  from  the  appropriations 
made  for  the  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  Canal. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  falling  within  any  one  of  the  excluded  classes  mentioned 
in  the  foregoing  section,  who  desires  to  cross  the  Canal  Zone  in  order  to  reach  his 
final  destination,  may  be  allowed  to  effect  such  transit  in  the  custody  of  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  Panama  Canal  authorities,  provided  the  owner,  or  master  of,  or 
person,  or  interest  controlling  the  vessel,  upon  which  such  person  arrives  at  a  port 
in  the  Canal  Zone  will  agree,  in  writing,  that  if  such  person  is  rejected  at  his  final 
destination  and  returned  to  the  Canal  Zone,  his  deportation  therefrom  shall  be  at 
the  expense  of  the  owner  or  interest  controlling  the  vessel,  in  which  case  the  cost 
of  the  deportation  shall  be  enforced  against  the  owner  or  interest  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  the  law  of  Congress  and  the  provisions  of  this  Executive  Order. 

Sec.  3.  The  owner  or  interest  controlling  a  vessel  bringing  a  person  to  the  Canal 
Zone,  who  is  subject  to  exclusion  under  this  order,  shall  carry  such  excluded  person 
to  his  port  of  embarkation,  when  required  to  do  so  by  the  Panama  Canal  authorities, 
and,  when  so  required  by  the  Canal  authorities,  return  a  certificate  to  said  authori- 
ties, from  the  proper  officials  of  the  port  of  embarkation,  stating  that  said  excluded 
person  had  been  landed  at  said  port. 

Sec.  4.  No  member  of  a  crew  of  any  vessel  shall  be  paid  off  and  discharged  at 
any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone  without  the  consent  of  the  Panama  Canal  authorities, 
unless  it  be  shown  by  the  ship's  articles  that  said  member  of  the  crew  signed  said 
articles  at  a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners,  ofificers  and  agents  of  any  vessel  bringing 
persons  excluded  hereunder  to  the  Canal  Zone  to  adopt  due  precaution  to  prevent 
the  landing  of  any  such  persons  at  any  time  or  place  other  than  that  designated  by 
the  proper  officials  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  any  such  owner,  officer,  agent  or  person 
in  charge  of  such  vessel,  who  shall  land  or  permit  to  land,  any  such  excluded  person 
at  any  time  or  place  other  than  that  designated  by  the  authorities  of  The  Panama 
Canal,  shall  be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  6.  The  master  or  person  in  charge  of  a  vessel  bringing  any  person  subject  to 
exclusion  hereunder  to  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  required  to  receive  such  person  on 
board,  when  his  or  her  deportation  has  been  ordered,  at  any  time  previous  to  the 
advertised  date  of  sailing  of  the  said  vessel,  and  if  the  master  is  absent  at  the  time 
the  said  person  is  delivered  on  board,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  vessel  shall 
receive  such  excluded  person. 

Sec.  7.  Any  excluded  person  awaiting  deportation,  or  any  person  held  for  the 
determination  of  his  right  of  entry  into  the  Canal  Zone,  may  be  detained  at  the 
Canal  Zone  police  station  or  other  place  designated  by  the  detaining  officer,  when 
such  action  is  deemed  necessary  by  such  officer. 

Sec.  8.  All  expense  incident  to  the  detention,  maintenance,  transportation  (includ- 
ing transportation  of  baggage)  of  any  excluded  person,  or  of  any  person  held  for  the 
determination  of  his  right  of  entry  into  the  Canal  Zone,  as  well  as  the  cost  of  deporta- 
tion of  such  excluded  person,  shall  be  charged  to  the  owner  of  the  vessel  bringing  such 
excluded  person  to  the  Canal  Zone,  or  to  the  interest  controlling  such  vessel,  except 
where  otherwise  expressly  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  9.  Clearances  may  be  withheld  from  vessels  until  all  expenses  authorized  by 
this  order  against  the  owner  of  or  interest  controlling  such  vessels  have  been  duly  paid 
to  the  Panama  Canal  authorities. 

Sec.  10.  Quarantine  officers  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  and  for 
that  purpose  they  shall  have  the  powers  of  a  notary  public. 

S3'  See  Executive  Order  of  May  9,  1904,  p.  20,  and  notes  thereunder,  relating  to  previous  legislation 
on  this  subject;  refer  also  to  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  9,  1908,  in  re  meadicants  and  habitual  beggars 
found  within  Canal  Zone  (p.  74);  order  of  Nov.  23,  1909,  p.  94,  prohibiting  recruiting  of  laborers  in 
the  Canal  Zone;  order  of  Sept.  25,  1913,  p.  151,  to  punish  deported  persons  who  return  to  the  Canal 
Zone;   and  order  of  Feb.  6,  1917,  p.  220,  relating  to  exclusion  of  Chinese. 


222  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINXi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Sec.  11.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  rules 
and  regulations  to  carry  out  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  order,  not  inconsistent 
with  its  terms. s'" 

Sec.  12.  The  penalty  for  each  violation  of  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
order  shall  be  a  fine  not  to  exceed  $500.00  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  one  year,  or 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  in  conformity  with 
the  above-mentioned  Act  of  Congress  approved  August  21,  1916. 

Sec.  13.  The  quarantine  rules  and  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  harbors 
of  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  contained  in  the  President's 
Executive  Order  dated  April  15,  1913, S3S  (No.  1761)  as  amended  by  the  Executive 
Orders  dated  August  14,  1914, s"  (No.  2020)  and  January  11,  1915, S4»  (No.  2118), 
are  hereby  re-enacted,  and  shall  become  effective  on  and  after  the  date  of  this  Execu- 
tive Order,  and  any  violation  of  said  quarantine  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  $500.00  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  ninety 
days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  court's  discretion,  in  conformity 
with  the  above  mentioned  Act  of  Congress  of  August  21,  1916. 

Sec.  14.  All  laws  and  orders  in  confiict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  15.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  6  February,  1917. 

[No.  2527.] 


Relating  to  the  exclusion  of  Chinese. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress 
approved  August  21,  1916,5'"  entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of  Canal 
employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  authorizing  the  President  to  make 
rules  and  regulations  affecting  the  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation,  public 
roads,  self-propelled  vehicles  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other 
purposes,  including  provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders  and  interest  deposits," 
I  do  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive  Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Sec.  1.  The  Executive  Order  of  January  9,  1908, s^^  extending  to  the  Canal  Zone 
Law  No.  6  of  1904,  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  No  Chinese  person  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  into  or  remain  in  the  Canal 
Zone,  except  as  provided  in  this  order;  and  any  Chinese  person  found  in  the  Canal 
Zone  in  contravention  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  punished  as  hereinafter 
prescribed. 

Any  Chinese  person  who  shall  come  into  the  Canal  Zone,  with  the  intention  of  pass- 
ing into  the  Republic  of  Panama,  in  contravention  of  the  laws  of  the  Republic  of 
Panama,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  section. 

Sec.  3.  The  master  of  any  vessel,  who  shall  knowingly  bring  into  the  Canal  Zone 
on  such  vessel  and  land,  or  attempt  to  land,  or  permit  to  be  landed,  any  Chinese 
person,  except  as  provided  for  in  this  order,  shall  be  punished  in  the  manner  herein- 
after prescribed,  for  each  Chinese  person  so  brought  into  and  landed  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
or  attempted  or  permitted  to  be  landed  therein;  provided,  however,  that  when  a 
vessel,  having  Chinese  persons  on  board,  conies  within  the  Canal  Zone  in  distress,  or 
under  stress  of  weather,  or  when  a  vessel,  having  Chinese  persons  on  board,  touches  at 
a  port  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  its  voyage  to  any  foreign  port  or  place,  such  Chinese  per- 
sons may  be  permitted  to  land  when  authorized  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal,  but  they  must  depart  from  the  Canal  Zone  with  the  vessel  on  its  leaving  the 
port. 

Every  person  who  aids  or  abets  in  the  violation  of  this  order  shall  be  deemed  equally 
guilty  with  the  master  of  the  vessel. 

Sec.  4.  The  master  of  any  vessel  from  a  foreign  port,  with  one  or  more  Chinese 
persons  on  board,  stopping  at  a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone,  in  addition  to  the  other  mat- 
ters required  to  be  reported  by  him,  shall  deliver  to  the  customs  official  of  such  Canal 
port,  when  he  delivers  his  manifest  of  cargo,  or  if  there  be  no  cargo  when  he  makes 

537  See  the  714  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  this  subject,  as  well  as  in  re  exclusion  of  Chinese. 
Also  the  626  series  relating  to  quarantine. 

S3'  p.  143.    That  order,  with  amendments,  repealed  by  order  of  Mar.  31,  1920,  p.  268. 

s»  p.  197. 

"•p.  206. 

s"T.  &  A.  130-132. 

»'  p.  75. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PA^•A^':A  CANAL  223 

legal  entry  of  his  vessel,  a  descriptive  list  of  all  Chinese  persons  on  board  of  his  vessel 
4t  the  time  of  its  arrival  in  the  Canal  Zone.  Such  list  shall  contain  the  names  of  such 
Chinese  persons,  and  other  particulars  regarding  them,  shown  by  the  ship's  papers, 
and  shall  be  sworn  to  and  subscribed  by  the  master  before  the  customs  official  to 
'  whom  the  list  is  delivered ;  and  the  customs  official  is  hereby  authorized  to  administer 
the  otith  to  the  master,  provided,  that  when  a  vessel  passes  through  the  Canal,  with- 
out discharging  or  taking  on  cargo  or  passengers  therein,  the  master  of  such  vessel 
shall  not  be  required  to  furnish  the  list  of  persons  prescribed  by  this  section.  If  the 
master  of  the  vessel  refuses  to  deliver  the  list  as  required  by  this  section,  or  fails  or 
refuses  to  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  prescribed  herein;  or  if  the  master  of  such 
vessel  permits  any  Chinese  person  on  board  the  ship  to  land  in  the  Canal  Zone  except 
by  authority  of  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
violation  of  this  section. 

Sec.  5.  Chinese  persons,  arriving  from  foreign  ports,  who  desire  to  enter  the 
Canal  Zone  in  transit  to  'other  countries,  may  be  permitted  to  do  so  upon  such 
conditions  as  the  Governor  of  ThePanama  Canal  may  prescribe  by  general  or  special 
authorization. 

Should  the  destination  of  such  transients  be  a  place  in  the  Republic  of  Panama, 
they  shall  not  be  permitted  to  land  in  the  Canal  Zone  unless  the  consent  of  the 
authorities  of  Panama  is  obtained  for  their  entry  into  the  Republic. 

Sec.  6.  No  Chinese  member  of  the  crew  of  any  vessel  shall  be  paid  off  and  dis- 
charged within  a  port  of  the  Canal  Zone,  without  the  consent  of  the  Panama  Canal 
authorities,  unless  it  be  shown  by  the  ship's  articles  that  said  Chinese  member  of  the 
crew  signed  said  articles  at  a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone;  and  seamen  or  other  members  of 
a  ship's  crew  of  the  Chinese  race,  when  discharged  at  any  port  in  the  Canal  Zone  under 
authority  of  the  Governor,  may  land  and  remain  temporarily  therein  until  a  re-ship- 
ment is  obtained  by  them,  provided  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $500.00  in  each  case,  is 
executed  by  such  Chinese  person,  satisfactory  to  the  shipping  commissioner,  and  pay- 
able to  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  his  successors  in  office,  and  condi- 
tioned that  the  principal  in  the  bond,  in  good  faith,  will  obtain  a  re-shipment  and  leave 
the  Canal  Zone  at  the  earliest  date  practicable,  to  be  fixed  by  the  shipping  commis- 
sioner; and  said  bond  may  be  forfeited,  for  the  full  amount  thereof,  in  favor  of  The 
Panama  Canal,  by  judgment  in  the  district  court  of  the  Canal  Zone,  should  the  prin- 
cipal in  said  bond  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  conditions  thereof. 

Sec.  7.  This  order  shall  not  apply  to  diplomatic  and  consular  agents  of  the  Chinese 
government,  who  shall  be  entitled  to  be  admitted  into  the  Canal  Zone  upon  proof  of 
their  official  character;  neither  shbll  it  apply  to  Chinese  persons  lawfully  residing  in 
the  Canal  Zone,  at  the  time  of  the  promulgation  of  this  order,  but  this  shall  not  pre- 
vent their  removal  from  the  Canal  Zone  in  accordance  with  the  depopulation  or  de- 
portation laws;  neither  shall  this  order  apply  to  a  Chinese  person  who  is  lawfully 
residing  in  the  Republic  of  Panama  at  the  time  of  the  promulgation  of  this  order,  and 
such  person  shall  be  authorized  to  enter  into  and  cross  the  Canal  Zone  in  a  like  manner 
as  is  permitted  to  the  residents  of  the  Republic  of  Panama;  neither  shall  this  order 
apply  to  Chinese  persons  whose  services  have  been  contracted  for  by  the  United 
States,  The  Panama  Canal,  or  Panama  Railroad  Company,  or  any  of  the  auxiliaries 
of  the  Canal  or  the  Railroad  Company;  nor  to  domestic  servants  and  others  employed 
by  persons  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States,  stationed 
in  the  Canal  Zone,  when  such  employment  is  with  the  sanction  of  the  respective  com- 
manding officers  of  such  forces  on  the  Isthmus;  nor  shall  it  apply  to  any  Chinese 
person  coming  into  the  Canal  Zone  by  authority  of  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal. 

Sec.  8.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  establish 
rules  and  regulations  to  more  effectively  carry  out  this  order.5« 

Sec.  9.  A  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  to  exceed  $500.00  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  one  year,  or  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  in  conformity  with  the  above 
mentioned  Act  of  Congress  approved  August  21,  1916. 

Sec.  10.  This  order  shall  take  effect  sixty  (60)  days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  the  Panama  Canal  Record. S't't 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  6  February,  1917. 

[No.  2526.] 

s<3  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  714-1,  relating  to  exclusion  of  Chinese,  and  Executive  Order  of  Feb. 
6,  1917,  p.  220.  relating  to  exclusion  of  undesirable  persons. 
SJ<  Published  in  The  PanamaCanal  Record,  Feb.  28,  1917. 


224       EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANA^):A  CANAL 

Fixing  the  compensation  of  Joint  Commission  Umpire. 

By  direction  of  the  President  it  is  ordered  that  Senor  Don  Manuel  Walls  y  Merino, 
who  has  been  appointed  umpire  in  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Articles  VI  and  XV 
of  the  Treaty  of  November  18,  1903,  between  the  United  States  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama  in  the  settlement  of  certain  claims  which  have  come  before  the  Joint 
Commission  provided  for  in  those  articles,  and  in  which  the  Commission  has  failed 
to  render  a  decision  owing  to  disagreement,  be  allowed  Ten  Thousand  Dollars 
($10,000),  per  annum  for  his  services,  effective  the  day  he  sails  from  New  York,  N.  Y., 
for  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  terminating  upon  the  day  of  his  return  to  New  York, 
N.  Y.  In  addition,  he  shall  be  allowed  his  actual  and  necessary  traveling  expenses 
from  Washington,  D.  C,  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  return  to  Washington;  pro- 
vided that  should  he  elect  not  to  return  to  Washington,  D.  C,  he  shall  be  paid  his 
salary  for  a  period  equal  to  that  for  which  he  would  have  been  paid,  and  he  shall  be 
paid  in  addition  a  sum  equal  to  that  which  he  would  have  expended  for  steamship, 
railroad  and  Pullman  transportation  had  he  returned  to  W^ashington,  D.  C.,by  direct 
route.  He  shall  be  allowed  free  transportation  of  his  personal  effects  and  household 
goods  on  the  Panama  Railroad  and  on  the  steamers  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Steam- 
ship Line;  he  shall  be  allowed  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Railroad,  and 
such  other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official  business  on 
the  Isthmus  including  employes'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  the 
Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  March  20,  1917. 


Control  of  Canal  and  Canal  Zone  during  hostilities. 

By  virtue  of  the  power  and  authority  vested  in  and  conferred  upon  me  by  Sec- 
tion 13  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act  approved  August  24,  1912  54s  (37  Statutes  at 
Large,  560,  569),  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Officer  of  the  Army  commanding 
the  United  States  Troops  stationed  in  the  Canal  Zone  and  his  successors  in  com- 
mand shall,  from  the  date  hereof  and  during  the  continuance  of  the  present  war 
between  the  United  States  and  Germany  or  until  otherwise  ordered,'^'  assume 
and  have  exclusive  authority  and  jurisdiction  over  the  operation  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  all  its  adjuncts,  appendants,  and  appurtenances,  including  the  entire 
control  and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and,  while  this  order  is  in  force,  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall,  in  all  respects  and  particulars  as  to  the  opera- 
tion of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  all  duties,  matters  and  transactions  affecting  the  Canal 
Zone,  be  subject  to  the  orders  and  direction  of  the  Officer  of  the  Army  hereby  desig- 
nated. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  April  9,  1917. 


(Rules  and  regulations  for  the  regulation,  management,  and  protection  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the 

maintenance  of  its  neutrality.] 

By,  THE  President  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
a  proclamation. 

Whereas  the  L^nited  States  exercises  sovereignty  in  the  land  and  waters  of  the 
Canal  Zone  and  is  responsible  for  the  construction,  operation,  maintenance,  and 
protection  of  the  Panama  Canal: 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
do  hereby  declare  and  proclaim  the  following  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  regu- 
lation, management  and  protection  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  the  Maintenance  of 
its  Neutrality  which  are  in  addition  to  the  general  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Approaches  Thereto,  including 
all  Waters  under  its  jurisdiction"  put  into  force  by  Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1914.547 

s-isT.  &  A.  79.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  ^Tay  17,  1916,  p.  214,  relating  to  assistance  to  be  fur- 
nished the  Governor  by  military  and  naval  forces  i  i  time  of  peace. 

s<'  This  order  declared  terminated  and  no  longer  in  force  by  the  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  25,  1919,  p. 
251. 

sop.  178.  See  also  Proclamatioi  of  Nov.  13,  1914,  p.  203,  in  re  use  of  the  Panama  Canal  by 
vessels  of  belligerents  and  maintenance  of  neutrality  of  the  United  States  in  the  Canal  Zone. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANA^fA  CANAL  225 

Rule  1.  A  vessel  of  war,  for  the  purposes  of  these  rules,  is  defined  as  a  public 
armed  vessel,  under  the  command  of  an  officer  duly  commissioned  by  the  government, 
whose  name  appears  on  the  list  of  officers  of  the  military  fleet,  and  the  crew  of  which 
are  under  regular  naval  discipline,  which  vessel  is  qualified  by  its  armament  and  the 
character  of  its  personnel  to  take  offensive  action  against  the  public  or  private  ships 
of  the  enemy. 

Rule  2.  An  auxiliary  vessel,  for  the  purposes  of  these  rules,  is  defined  as  any 
vessel,  belligerent  or  neutral,  armed  or  unarmed,  which  does  not  fall  under  the 
definition  of  Rule  1,  which  is  employed  as  a  transport  or  fleet  auxiliary  or  in  any  other 
way  for  the  direct  purpose  of  prosecuting  or  aiding  hostilities,  whether  by  land  or 
sea;   but  a  vessel  fitted  up  and  used  exclusively  as  a  hospital  ship  is  excepted. 

Rule  3.  A  vessel  of  war  or  an  auxiliary  vessel  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the 
United  States,  shall  only  be  permitted  to  pass  through  the  Canal  after  her  com- 
manding officer  has  given  written  assurance  to  the  Authorities  of  the  Panama  Canal  • 
that  the  Rules  and  Regulations  will  be  faithfully  observed. 

The  authorities  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  take  such  steps  as  may  be  requisite 
to  insure  the  observance  of  the  Rules  and  Regulations  by  auxiliary  vessels  which 
are  not  commanded  by  an  officer  of  the  military  fleet. 

Rule  4.  Vessels  of  war  or  auxiliary  vessels  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United 
States,  shall  not  revictual  nor  take  any  stores  in  the  Canal  except  so  far  as  may  be 
strictly  necessary;  and  the  transit  of  such  vessels  through  the  Canal  shall  be  effected 
with  the  least  possible  delay  in  accordance  with  the  Canal  Regulations  in  force,  and 
with  only  such  intermission  as  may  result  from  the  necessities  of  the  service. 

Prizes  shall  be  in  all  respects  subject  to  the  same  Rules  as  vessels  of  war  of  a 
belligerent. 

Rule  5.  No  vessel  of  war  or  auxiliary  vessel  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United 
States,  shall  receive  fuel  or  lubricants  while  within  the  territorial  waters  of  the 
Canal  Zone,  except  on  the  written  authorization  of  the  Canal  Authorities,  specifying 
the  amount  of  fuel  and  lubricants  which  may  be  received. 

Rule  6.  Before  issuing  any  authorization  for  the  receipt  of  fuel  and  lubricants  by 
any  vessel  of  war  or  auxiliary  vessels  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States, 
the  Canal  Authorities  shall  obtain  a  written  declaration,  duly  signed  by  the  officer 
commanding  such  vessel,  stating  the  amount  of  fuel  and  lubricants  already  on  board. 
'  Rule  7.  Fuel  and  lubricants  may  be  taken  on  board  vessels  of  war  or  auxiliary 
vessels  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States,  only  upon  permission  of  the 
Canal  Authorities,  and  then  only  in  such  amounts  as  will  enable  them,  with  the  fuel 
and  lubricants  already  on  board,  to  reach  the  nearest  accessible  port,  not  an  enemy 
port,  at  which  they  can  obtain  supplies  necessary  for  the  continuation  of  the  voyage. 
Provisions  furnished  by  contractors  may  be  supplied  only  upon  permission  of  the 
Canal  Authorities,  and  then  only  in  amount  sufficient  to  bring  up  their  supplies  to  the 
peace  standard. 

Rule  8.  No  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States,  shall  embark  or  disembark 
troops,  munitions  of  war,  or  warlike  materials  in  the  Canal,  except  in  case  of  necessity 
due  to  accidental  hindrance  of  the  transit.  In  such  cases  the  Canal  Authorities  shall 
be  the  judge  of  the  necessity,  and  the  transit  shall  be  resumed  with  all  possible  dis- 
patch. 

Rule  9.  Vessels  of  war  or  auxiliary  vessels  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United 
States,  shall  not  remain  in  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  United  States  longer  than  twenty-four  hours  at  any  one  time,  except 
in  case  of  distress;   and  in  such  case,  shall  depart  as  soon  as  possible. 

Rule  10.  In  the  exercise  of  the  exclusive  right  of  the  United  States  to  provide  for 
the  regulation  and  management  of  the  Canal,  and  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  Canal 
shall  be  kept  free  and  open  on  terms  of  entire  equality  to  vessels  of  commerce  and  of 
war,  there  shall  not  be,  except  by  special  arrangement,  at  any  one  time  a  greater  num- 
ber of  vessels  of  war  of  any  one  nation,  other  than  the  United  States,  including  those 
of  the  allies  of  such  nation,  than  three  in  either  terminal  port  and  its  adjacent  terminal 
waters,  or  than  three  in  transit  through  the  Canal;  nor  shall  the  total  number  of  such 
vessels,  at  any  one  time,  exceed  six  in  all  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States. 

Rule  11.  The  repair  facilities  and  docks  belonging  to  the  United  States  and  ad- 
ministered by  the  Canal  Authorities  shall  not  be  used  by  a  vessel  of  war  or  an  auxiliary 
vessel  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States,  except  when  necessary  in  case  of 
actual  distress,  and  then  only  upon  the  order  of  the  Canal  Authorities,  and  only  to  the 
degree  necessary  to  render  the  vessel  seaworthy.  Any  work  authorized  shall  be  done 
with  the  least  possible  delay. 

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226  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Rule  12.  The  radio  installation  of  any  public  or  private  vessel  or  of  any  auxiliary 
vessel  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States,  shall  be  used  only  in  connection 
with  Canal  business  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  business  while  within  the  waters 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  including  the  waters  of  Colon  and  Panama  Harbors. 

Rule  13.  Aircraft,  public  or  private,  of  a  belligerent,  other  than  the  United  States, 
are  forbidden  to  descend  or  arise  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  at  the 
Canal  Zone,  or  to  pass  through  the  air  spaces  above  the  lands  and  waters  within  said 
jurisdiction. 5<* 

Rule  14.  For  the  purpose  of  these  rules  the  Canal  Zone  includes  the  cities  of  Pan- 
ama and  Colon  and  the  harbors  adjacent  to  the  said  cities. 

Rule  15.  In  the  interest  of  the  protection  of  the  Canal  while  the  United  States 
is  a  belligerent  no  vessel  of  war,  auxiliary  vessel,  or  private  vessel  of  an  enemy  of  the 
United  States  or  an  ally  of  such  enemy  shall  be  allowed  to  use  the  Panama  Canal 
nor  the  territorial  waters  of  the  Canal  Zone  for  any  purpose,  save  with  the  consent 
of  the  Canal  Authorities  and  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  they  may 
prescribe. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  city  of  Washington  this  twenty-third  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States  of  America  the  one  hundred  and  forty-first. 


WooDROw  Wilson. 


By  the  President: 

Robert  Lansing, 
Secretary  of  State. 


[No.  1371.] 


Acquisition  of  Vessels  of  Hostile  Nations. 

Whereas  the  following  Joint  Resolution  adopted  by  Congress  was  approved  by 

the  President  May  12,  191 7 rs^ 

"Joint  Resolution  Authorizing  the  President  to  take  over  for  the  United  States 
the  possession  and  title  of  any  vessel  within  its  jurisdiction,  which  at  the  time  of 
coming  therein  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation,  citizen,  or 
subject  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  may  be  at  war,  or  was  under 
register  of  any  such  nation,  and  for  other  purposes. 

"Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  author- 
ized to  take  over  to  the  United  States  the  immediate  possession  and  title  of  any 
vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  including  the  Canal  Zone  and  all  territories 
and  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  except  the  American  Virgin  Islands, 
which  at  the  time  of  coming  into  such  jurisdiction  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part 
by  any  corporation,  citizen,  or  subject  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United 
States  may  be  at  war  when  such  vessel  shall  be  taken,  or  was  flying  the  flag  of  or 
was  under  register  of  any  such  nation  or  any  political  subdivision  or  municipality 
thereof;  and,  through  the  United  States  Shipping  Board,  or  any  department  or 
agency  of  the  Government,  to  operate,  lease,  charter,  and  equip  such  vessel  in 
any  service  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  commerce,  foreign  or  coastwise. 

"Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and 
directed  to  appoint,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  a  board  of  survey, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  ascertain  the  actual  value  of  the  vessel,  its  equipment, 
appurtenances,  and  all  property  contained  therein,  at  the  time  of  its  taking,  and 
to  make  a  written  report  of  their  findings  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  who  shall 
preserve  such  report  with  the  records  of  his  department.  These  findings  shall  be 
considered  as  competent  evidence  in  all  proceedings  on  any  claim  for  compen- 
sation." 
And  whereas  the  following  vessels  were,  at  the  time  of  coming  into  the  jurisdiction 

of  the  United  States  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  a  corporation,  citizen  or  subject  of 


s««See  Proclamation  of  Feb.  28,  1918,  p.  237,  prescribing  license  regulations  for  private  aircraft. 
That  Proclamation  repealed  by  Proclamation  of  July  31 ,  1919,  p.  254. 
«»T.  &  A.  154. 


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227 


the  Empire  of  Germany,  a  nation  witli  which  the  United  States  is  now  at  war,  or 
were  flying  the  flag  of  or  under  the  register  of  the  Empire  of  Germany,  or  of  apolitical 
subdivision  or  municipaHty  thereof: 


Vaterland 

Amerika 

Kaiser  VVilhelm  II 

I  resident  Grant 

Pennsylvania 

Bulgaria 

Prinzess  Irene 

Hamburg 

Neckar 

Bohemia 

Rhaetia 

Wittekind 

Armenia 

Adamsturm 

Willehad 

Serapis 

Allemannia 

Nassovia 

Maia 

Neptun 

O.  J.  D.  Ahlers 

Prinz  Waldemar 

Loongmoon 

Governeur  Jaeschke 

Darvel 

Princess  Alice 

Wiegand 

Bochum 

Carl  Diederichsen 

Coblenz 

Esslingen 

Pommern 

Setos 

Holsatia 

Staatssekretar  Kraetke 

Borneo 

Marudu 

Tsintau 

Andalusia 

Camilla  Rickmers 

Clara  Jebsen 

Elmshorn 

johanne 

Mark 


Lyeemoon 

Pongtong 

Sachsen 

Suevia 

Steinbeck 

Elsass 

Indra 

Arnoldus  Vinnen 

Ottawa 

Grunewald 

Sachsenwaid 

Staatssekretar  Solf 

Aroa  (Lighter) 

George  Washington 

Kronprinzessin  Cecile 

President  Lincoln 

Cincinnati 

Grosser  Kiirfurst 

Barbarossa 

Friedrich  der  Grosse 

Rhein 

Konig  Wilhelm  II 

Koln 

Prinz  Oskar 

Ockenfels 

Arcadia 

Pisa 

Prinz  Joachim 

Harburg 

Portonia 

Clara  Mennig 

Rajah 

Sambia 

Tubingen 

Dalbek 

Magdeburg 

Matador 

Kurt 

Andromeda 

Prinz  Sigismund 

Savoia 

Arni  (Lighter) 

Argus  (Lighter) 


''  //  is  therefore  ordered  that  through  the  United  States  Shipping  Board  there  be 
taken  over  to  the  United  States  the  possession  and  title  of  the  aforementioned  ves- 
sels.ss"  The  United  States  Shipping  Board  is  further  hereby  authorized  to  repair, 
equip  and  man  the  said  vessels;  to  operate,  lease  or  charter  the  same  in  any  service 
of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  commerce,  foreign  or  coastwise;  and  to  do  and  perform 
any  and  all  things  that  may  be  necessary  to  accomplish  the  purposes  of  the  Joint 
Resolution  above  set  forth. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  June  30,  1917. 


Establishing  Defensive  Sea  Areas  for  Terminal  Ports  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  Providing  Regula- 
tions for  the  Government  of  Persons  and  Vessels  within  said  Areas. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,s5i  the  following-described  defen- 
sive sea  areas  for  the  terminal  ports  of  The  Panama  Canal  are  hereby  established, 

s'"  See  Executive  Order  of  Nov.  24,  1919,  p.  255,  formally  taking  over  the  possession  and  title  of  the 
United  States  in  all  such  vessels. 

ssi  Act  of  Mar.  4,  1917  (T.  &  A.  153),  as  amended  by  act  of  May  22,  1917  (T.  &  A.  155).  See  Gov- 
ernor's Circulars  Nos.  643-36,  643-37,  and  643-54.  Above  order  revoked  bv  Executive  Order  of 
Jan.  25,  1919,  p.  252. 


228  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

to  be  maintained  until  further  notification,  at  the  places  and  within  the  limits  pre- 
scribed as  follows,  that  is  to  say: 

Atlantic  entrance. — Outer  limit:  From  the  northern  end  of  Naranjos  Cays  to 
a  point  2  miles  due  north  of  the  breakwater  entrance,  thence  tangent  to  the  arc 
of  a  circle  with  1-mile  radius,  having  the  mouth  of  the  Chagres  River  as  a  center, 
thence  along  the  arc  of  this  circle  to  the  beach. 

Inner  limit:  Line  joining  east  end  of  west  breakwater  and  west  end  of  east  break- 
water. 

Pacific  entrance. — Outer  limit:  Line  joining  Venado  Island  with  north  end  of 
Taboguilla  Island;  thence  north  53°  east,  true,  for  5  miles;  thence  north  39°  west 
to  a  point  with  San  Jose  Rock  bearing  north  S5»  53°  west,  true,  distant  2  nautical 
miles;    thence  to  Tres  Hermanos  Beacon;    thence  to  Punta  Mala. 

Inner  limit:   Line  joining  Guinea  Point  with  inner  end  of  causeway. 

The  following  orders  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  persons  and  vessels 
within  the  limits  of  said  defensive  sea  areas,  which  orders  and  regulations  are  neces- 
sary for  the  purposes  of  defense  of  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby  promulgated: 

I.  In  the  neighborhood  of  each  defensive  sea  area  the  following  entrances  are 
designated  for  incoming  and  outgoing  vessels. 

Atlantic. — Designated  entrance  for  incoming  vessels:  A  patrol  boat  stationed  with 
end  of  west  breakwater  bearing  south,  true,  distant  2  nautical  miles. 

Designated  entrance  for  outgoing  vessels:  The  main  entrance  to  the  Panama  Canal, 
between  the  breakwaters. 

Pacific. — Designated  entrance  for  incoming  vessels:  Patrol  boat  stationed  with 
north  end  of  Taboguilla  Island  bearing  due  west,  distant  1  nautical  mile. 

Designated  entrance  for  outgoing  vessels:   Canal  prism. 

II.  A  vessel  desiring  to  cross  a  defensive  sea  area  shall  proceed  to  the  vicinity  of  the 
entrance,  flying  her  national  colors,  together  with  International  Code  number  and 
pilot  signal,  and  there  await  communication  with  the  Harbor  Entrance  Patrol.  It 
is  expressly  prohibited  for  any  vessel  to  enter  the  limits  of  a  defensive  sea  area  other- 
wise than  at  a  designated  entrance  and  after  authorization  by  the  Harbor  Entrance 
Patrol. 

III.  Boats  and  other  craft  employed  in  the  Harbor  Entrance  Patrol  will  be  dis- 
tinguished by  the  union  jack,  which  will  be  shown  from  a  position  forward.  At  night 
they  may  show  a  vertical  hoist  of  3  lights — white,  red,  and  white,  in  the  order  named. 

IV.  On  receiving  permission  from  the  Harbor  Entrance  Patrol  to  enter  a  defensive 
sea  area,  a  vessel  must  comply  with  all  instructions  as  to  pilotage  and  other  matters 
that  she  may  receive  from  proper  authority,  either  before  or  during  her  passage  across 
the  area;  it  is  understood  that  only  upon  condition  of  such  compliance  is  the  said  per- 
mission granted. 

V.  No  permission  will  be  granted  to  other  than  a  public  vessel  of  the  United 
States  or  a  Canal  craft  to  cross  a  defensive  sea  area  between  sunset  and  sunrise,  nor 
during  the  prevalence  of  weather  conditions  that  render  navigation  difficult  or  danger- 
ous. A  vessel  arriving  off  a  defensive  sea  area  after  sunset  shall  anchor  or  lie-to  at  a . 
distance  of  at  least  a  mile  outside  its  limits  until  the  following  sunrise;  vessels  dis- 
covered near  the  limits  of  the  areas  at'night  may  be  fired  upon. 

VI.  No  vessel  shall  be  permitted  to  proceed  within  the  limits  of  a  defensive  sea 
area  at  a  greater  speed  than  six  (6)  knots  per  hour. 

VII.  All  matters  pertaining  to  fishery  and  the  passage  of  small  crafts  within  a 
defensive  sea  area  shall  be  regulated  by  the  senior  officer  of  the  Harbor  Entrance 
Patrol. 

V^III.  These  regulations  are  subject  to  modification  by  the  senior  officer  of  the 
Harbor  Entrance  Patrol  when  the  public  interest  may  require;  and  such  notifi- 
cation as  circumstances  may  permit  will  be  issued  regarding  modifications  thus 
made. 

IX.  Any  master  of  a  vessel  or  other  person  within  the  vicinity  of  a  defensive  sea 
area  who  shall  violate  these  regulations,  or  shall  fail  to  obey  the  order  to  stop  and 
heave  to,  or  shall  perform  any  act  threatening  the  efficiency  of  mine  or  other  defenses 
or  the  safety  of  navigation,  or  shall  take  any  action  inimical  to  the  interests  of  the 
United  States  in  its  prosecution  of  war,  may  be  detained  therein  by  force  of  arms  and 
renders  himself  liable  to  prosecution. 

X.  The  responsibility  of  the  United  States  of  America  for  any  damage  inflicted 
by  force  of  arms  with  the  object  of  detaining  any  person  or  vessel  proceeding  in  con- 

»s'  "North"  corrected  to  read  "south"  by  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  24,  1917,  p.  229. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  229 

travention  to  regulations  duly  promulgated  in  accordance  with  this  executive  order 
shall  cease  from  this  date. 

XI.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  27  August,  1917. 

[No.  2692.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  Sept.  14,  1917,  relating  to  coinpenKition  of  members  of  Joint  Land 

Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered — 

That  Burt  New  and  George  A.  Connolly,  who  have  been  appointed  members  of 
the  Joint  Commission  for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property 
in  the  Canal  Zone,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Articles  Six  and  Fifteen  of  the 
Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  November  18,  190.^, 
be  allowed  Twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  per  day  for  their  services,  including  all  expenses, 
from  the  time  of  their  sailing  from  New  York  until  their  return  thither;  provided, 
that  they  shall  be  granted  free  transportation  on  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship 
Line  from  New  York  to  the  Isthmus  and  return,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama 
Railroad,  and  such  other  traaAprtation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official 
business  on  the  Isthmus;  thli|||nall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Govern- 
ment employees  on  the  Istnmus,  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  the 
Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 

War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  September  14,  1917. 


Correction  of  Executive  Order  number  2692,  'dated  Aug.  27,  1917,  entitled  "Establishing  Defensive 
Sea  Areas  for  Terminal  Ports  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  Providing  Regulations  for  the  Government 
of  Persons  and  Vessels  within  said  Areas." 

In  order  to  correct  a  typographical  error  in  the  Executive  Order  dated  August  27, 
1917,553  entitled  "Establishing  Defensive  Sea  Areas  for  Terminal  Ports  of  The 
Panama  Canal,  and  Providing  Regulations  for  the  Government  of  Persons  and  Ves- 
sels Within  Said  Areas,"  it  is  hereby  directed  that  the  word  "south"  be  substituted 
for  the  word  "north"  following  the  words  "thence  north  39°  west  to  a  point  with  San 
Jose  Rock  bearing"  in  the  description  of  the  outer  limit  of  the  Pacific  entrance  of  the 
defensive  sea  areas  of  the  terminal  ports  of  The  Panama  Canal.  As  corrected,  the 
description  will  read  as  follows: 
"Pacific  Entrance: 

"Outer  Limit. — Line  joining  Venado  Island  with  north  end  of  Taboguilla  Island; 
thence  north  53°  east,  true,  for  5  miles;  thence  north  39°  west  to  a  point  with  San 
Jose  Rock  bearing  south  53°  west,  true,  distant  2  nautical  miles;  thence  to  Tres 
.Hermanos  Beacon;   thence  to  Punta  Mala." 

WooDROW  Wilson 


The  White  House, 
24  October,  1917. 


[No.  2737.] 


Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  Nov.  8,  1917,  relating  to  Compensation  of  Members  of  Joint  Land 

Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered : 

That  the  Executive  Order  dated  September  14,  1917,  fixing  the  compensation 
of  Burt  New  and  George  A.  Connolly,  members  of  the  Joint  Commission  for  the 
appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages  to  property  in  the  Canal  Zone^  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  permit  the  payment  to  Messrs.  New  and  Connolly  of  their  salaries 
of  Twenty-five  Dollars  ($25)  per  day,  including  all  expenses,  effective  November  8, 

5S3  p.  438.  See  Executive  Order  of  Jan.  25,  1919,  p.  251,  revoking  all  Executive  Orders  issued  for  the 
establishment  of  defensive  sea  areas. 


230  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

1917,  regardless  of  the  date  of  their  sailing  from  New  York.  This  Order  is  issued  in 
view  of  the  fact  that,  in  accordance  with  my  instructions,  Messrs.  New  and  Connolly 
have  to-day  reported  in  Washington  for  duty  in.  connection  with  their  services  as 
members  of  the  Joint  Commission. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  November  8,  1917. 


Regulations  Prescribing  Conduct  of  Alien  Enemies. 
PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  in  the  exercise  of  the  constitutional 
authority  vested  in  them  have  resolved,  by  joint  resolution  of  the  Senate  and  House 
of  Representatives  bearing  date  of  April  6th,  1917,  "That  the  state  of  war  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Imperial  German  Government  which  has  been  thrust  upon 
the  United  States  is  hereby  formally  declare^"; 

Whereas  it  is  provided  by  Section  four  thousand  and  si.xty-seven  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  as  follows; 

Whenever  there  is  declared  a  war  between  the  United  States  and  any  foreign 
nation  or  government,  or  any  invasion  or  predatory  incursion  is  perpetrated, 
attempted  or  threatened  against  the  territory  of  the  United  States,  by  any  foreign 
nation  or  government,  and  the  President  makes  public  proclamation  of  the  event, 
all  natives,  citizens,  denizens,  or  subjects  of  the  hostile  nation  or  government, 
being  males  of  the  age  of  fourteen  years  and  upwards,  who  shall  be  within  the 
United  States,  and  not  actually  naturalized,  shall  be  liable  to  be  apprehended, 
restrained,  secured,  and  removed,  as  alien  enemies.  The  President  is  authorized, 
in  any  such  event,  by  his  proclamation  thereof,  or  other  public  act,  to  direct  the 
conduct  to  be  observed,  on  the  part  of  the  United  States,  toward  the  aliens  who 
become  so  liable;  the  mannerand  degree  of  the  restraint  to  which  they  shall  be 
subject,  and  in  what  cases,  and  upon  what  security  their  residence  shall  be  per- 
mitted, and  to  provide  for  the  removal  of  those  who,  not  being  permitted  to 
reside  within  the  United  States,  refuse  or  neglect  to  depart  therefrom;  and  to 
establish  any  other  regulations  which  are  found  necessary  in  the  premises  and  for 
the  public  safety; 
Whereas,  by  Section  four  thousand  and  sixty-eight,  four  thousand  and  sixty-nine, 
and  four  thousand  and  seventy,  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  further  provision  is  made 
relative  to  alien  enemies; 

And  Whereas,  by  a  proclamation  dated  April  6th,  1917, 1  declared  and  established 
certain  regulations  prescribing  the  conduct  of  alien  enemies; 

Now,  therefore,  I,  WooDROW  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
pursuant  to  the  authority  vested  in  me,  hereby  declare  and  establish  the  following 
regulations,  additional  and  supplemental  to  those  declared  and  established  by  said 
proclamation  of  April  6th,  1917,  which  additional  and  supplemental  regulations  I 
find  necessary  in  the  premises  and  for  the  public  safety: 

13.  An  alien  enemy  shall  not  approach  or  be  found  within  one  hundred  yards 
of  any  canal;  nor  within  one  hundred  yards  of  any  wharf,  pier  or  dock  used 
directly  by  or  by  means  of  lighters  by  any  vessel  or  vessels  of  over  five  hundred 
(500)  tons  gross  engaged  in  foreign  or  domestic  trade  other  than  fishing;  nor 
within  one  hundred  yards  of  any  warehouse,  shed,  elevator,  railroad  terminal  or 
other  terminal,  storage  or  transfer  facilities  adjacent  to  or  operated  in  connection 
with  any  such  wharf,  pier  or  dock;  and  wherever  the  distance  between  any  two 
of  such  wharves,  piers  or  docks,  measured  along  the  shore  line  connecting  them, 
is  less  than  eight  hundred  and  eighty  yards,  an  alien  enemy  shall  not  approach 
or  be  found  within  one  hundred  yards  of  such  shore  line. 

14.  Whenever  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States  deems  it  to  be  neces- 
sary, for  the  public  safety  and  the  protection  of  transportation,  to  exclude  alien 
enemies  from  the  vicinity  of  any  warehouse,  elevator  or  railroad  depot,  yard  or 
terminal  which  is  not  located  within  any  prohibited  area  designated  by  this 
proclamation  or  the  proclamation  of  April  6th,  1917,  then  an  alien  enemy  shall 
not  approach  or  be  found  within  such  distance  of  any  such  warehouse,  elevator, 
depot,  yard  or  terminal  as  may  be  specified  by  the  Attorney  General  by  regula- 
tion duly  made  and  declared  by  him;   and  the  Attorney  General  is  hereby  au- 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  231 

thorized  to  fix,  by  regulations  to  be  made  and  declared  from  time  to  time,  the 
area  surrounding  any  such  warehouse,  elevator,  depot,  yard  or  terminal  from 
which  he  deems  it  necessary,  for  the  public  safety  and  the  protection  of  trans- 
portation to  exclude  alien  enemies. 

15.  An  alien  enemy  shall  not,  except  on  public  ferries,  be  found  on  any  ocean, 
bay,  river  or  other  waters  within  three  miles  of  the  shore  line  of  the  United  States 
or  its  territorial  possessions;  said  shore  line  for  the  purpose  of  this  proclamation 
being  hereby  defined  as  the  line  of  sea  coast  and  the  shores  of  all  waters  of  the 
United  States  and  its  territorial  possessions  connected  with  the  high  seas  and 
navigable  by  ocean  going  vessels;  ncr  on  any  of  the  Great  Lakes,  their  connect- 
ing waters  or  harbors,  within  the  boundaries  of  the  United  States. 

16.  No  alien  enemy  shall  ascend  into  the  air  in  any  airplane,  balloon,  airship, 
or  flying  machine. 

17.  An  alien  enemy  shall  not  enter  or  be  found  within  the  District  of  Columbia. 

18.  An  alien  enemy  shall  not  enter  or  be  found  within  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

19.  All  alien  enemies  are  hereby  required  to  register  at  such  times  and  places 
and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United 
States  and  the  Attorney  General  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  provide, 
as  speedily  as  may  be  practicable,  for  registration  of  all  alien  enemies  and  for  the 
issuance  of  registration  cards  to  alien  enemies  and  to  make  and  declare  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  effecting  such  registration;  and 
all  alien  enemies  and  all  other  persons  are  hereby  required  to  comply  with  such 
rules  and  regulations;  and  the  Attorney  General  in  carrying  out  such  registra- 
tion, is  hereby  authorized  to  utilize  such  agents,  agencies,  officers  and  depart- 
ments of  the  United  States  and  of  the  several  states,  territories,  dependencies  and 
municipalities  thereof  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  as  he  may  select  for  the 
purpose,  and  all  such  agents,  agencies,  officers  and  departments  are  hereby 
granted  full  authority  for  all  acts  done  by  them  in  the  execution  of  this  regulation 
when  acting  by  the  direction  of  the  Attorney  General.  After  the  date  fixed  by 
the  Attorney  General  for  such  registration,  an  alien  enemy  shall  not  be  found 
within  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  its  territories  or  possessions,  without  having 
his  registration  card  on  his  person. 

20.  An  alien  enemy  shall  not  change  his  place  of  abode  or  occupation  or  other- 
wise travel  or  move  from  place  to  place  without  full  compliance  with  any  such 
regulations  as  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States  may,  from  time  to  time 
make  and  declare;  and  the  Attorney  General  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  and 
declare,  from  time  to  time,  such  regulations  concerning  the  movements  of  alien 
enemies  as  he  may  deem  necessary  in  the  premises  and  for  the  public  safety,  and 
to  provide  in  such  regulations  for  monthly,  weekly,  or  other  periodical  report 
by  alien  enemies  to  federal,  state  or  local  authorities;  and  all  alien  enemies  shall 
report  at  the  times  and  places  and  to  the  authorities  specified  in  such  regulations. 

This  proclamation  and  the  regulations  herein  contained  shall  extend  and  apply  to 
all  lands  and  water,  continental  or  insular,  in  any  way  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States. 554 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  aflfi.xed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  sixteenth  day  of  November,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand   nine  hundred  and  seventeen,  and  of  the  inde- 
isEAL.]     pendence  of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  forty-second. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
By  the  President : 

Frank  L.  Polk, 

A  cting  Secretary  of  State. 
November  16,  1917. 

[No.  1408.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Nov.  10.  1917,  amending  Civil  Service  Rules  Governing  Transfers. 
Clause  (a),  paragraph  8  of  Civil  Service  Rule  X,  relating  to  an  employee  proposed 
for  transfer,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

(a)  He  must  have  served  for  a  term  of  three  years  in  an  executive  department 
or   independent  establishment  at  Washington,  as  required  by  law,  before  trans- 


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s"  Regulations  Nos.  13  to  20.  herein  rescinded  as  of  Dec.  25.  1918,  by  Proclamation  of  Dec.  23,  1918, 
250.    See  act  of  Congress  of  May  10,  1920  (T.  &  A.  223),  relative  to  deportation  of  interned  aliena. 


232  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

fer  to  another  such  department  or  establishment.  The  same  restriction  shall 
apply  to  all  other  transfers,  but  may  be  waived  upon  a  statement  of  reasons  satis- 
fying the  Commission  that  a  transfer  is  necessary  in  the  interest  of  the  service. 
In  any  case  he  must  have  received  absolute  appointment  and  have  actually 
served  at  least  six  months  next  preceding  the  transfer;  but  the  Commission 
may  waive  this  latter  requirement  in  cases  of  transfer  from  the  Isthmus  of  Pan- 
ama or  where  the  person  has  been  separated  within  a  year  from  a  competitive 
position  after  six  months'  service  therein,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  proper  officer 
that  the  separation  was  caused  by  necessary  reduction  of  force  and  not  by  ineffi- 
ciency, and  may  allow  transfer  to  any  other  department  or  office  upon  his  passing 
an  examination  prescribed  by  the  Commission  testing  his  efficiency  for  the 
position  to  which  his  transfer  is  proposed,  subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this 
rule. 

WooDKOw  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  10  November,  1917. 

(No.  2753.] 


Regulations  Establishing  Maximum  Rates  of  Fare  and  Governing  Transportation  of  Passengers  for 

Hire  in  the  Canal  Zone.sis 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  the  President  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
August  21,  1916,  and  mutual  agreement  having  been  heretofore  made  with  the 
Republic  of  Panama  touching  the  reciprocal  use  of  the  highways  of  the  Canal  Zone  and 
the  Republic  of  Panama,  as  by  said  Act  authorized,  the  following  regulations  establish- 
ing maximum  rates  of  fare  and  governing  the  transportation  of  passengers  for  hire  by 
horsedrawn  and  self-propelled  vehicles  over  the  highways  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and 
between  points  in  said  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon,  in  the  Repub' 
lie  of  Panama,  are  hereby  established. 

Section  1.  Charges  over  the  scheduled  routes  herein  set  forth  shall  be  based 
on  the  fare  in  United  States  currency  for  one  adult  passenger  as  set  forth  in  Schedules 
A  and  B,  hereto  attached  and  made  a  part  hereof,  wherein  the  fare,  except  as  other- 
wise therein  stated,  between  any  point  named  in  the  column  at  the  left  to  any  point 
named  in  the  column  at  the  top  is  the  amount  appearing  at  the  point  where  the  lateral 
column  of  figures  e-xtending  to  the  right  from  a  point  named  in  the  column  at  the  left 
meets  the  perpendicular  column  of  figures  extending  downward  from  a  point  named  in 
the  column  at  the  top.  Between  points  not  scheduled  in  said  columns  the  fare  shall 
be  the  same  as  that  between  the  first  scheduled  point  beyond  that  at  which  the  pas- 
sage begins  and  the  next  scheduled  point  beyond  that  at  which  the  passage  ends. 
This  schedule  shall  apply  to  all  persons  except  infants  in  arms,  who  shall  be  carried 
free,  and  except  children  under  twelve  years  of  age  accompanied  by  an  adult,  whose 
fare  shall  be  one-half  of  the  scheduled  rate. 

Sec.  2.  Vehicles  regularly  operating  on  the  scheduled  routes  aforesaid  shall, 
on  request  in  advance  by  a  passenger,  operate  on  an  hourly  basis  as  follows:  Self- 
propelled  vehicles,  $2.00  for  the  first  hour  or  fraction  thereof,  and  thereafter  50 
cents  for  each  quarter  hour  or  fraction  thereof;  horsedrawn  vehicles,  $1.00  for  the 
first  hour  or  fraction  thereof  for  one  passenger  and  25  cents  additional  for  each 
additional  person,  and  thereafter  one-fourth  the  initial  rate  for  each  quarter  hour  or 
fraction  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  Between  the  hours  of  1 1.00  o'clock  P.  M.  and  6.30  o'clock  A.  M.  the  rates 
set  out  in  Schedules  A  and  B  and  the  hourly  rates  above  established  for  self-propelled 
vehicles  may  be  increased  50  per  cent,  and  the  hourly  rates  for  horsedrawn  vehicles 
may  be  increased  25  cents  per  hour. 

Sec.  4.  In  all  cases  where  the  computation  of  fare  results  in  a  fraction  of  5  cents 
a  full  5  cents  in  lieu  of  such  fraction  may  be  collected. 

Sec.  5.  Automobiles  may  be  maintained  for  "Special  Service. "ss*  Such  auto- 
mobiles shall  not  be  required  to  carry  passengers  except  on  an  hourly  basis  or  by 
special  agreement,  at  the  election  of  the  passenger.  For  such  vehicles  the  hourly 
rate  shall  be:  For  the  first  hour  or  fraction  thereof  for  one  or  two  passengers,  $4.00; 
for  three  to  five  passengers,  $5.00;  for  six  or  more  passengers,  $6.00;  and  for  each 
quarter  hour  thereafter  in  all  cases,  $1.00. 

sss  This  order  (which  superseded  ordinance  of  the  Commission  of  Aug.  25,  1910  (L.  C.  Z.  274)  was 
repealed  by  order  of  Feb.  26,  1921,  p.  277. 

ss»  Sees.  5  and  8  modified  by  order  of  May  29.  1919,  p.  251,  providing  that  such  special  rates  should 
only  apply  when  cars  were  ordered  from  garage  for  special  service. 


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Sec.  6.  For  the  use  of  any  vehicles  a  special  fare  may  be  agreed  upon  which  shall 
take  the  place  of  the  rates  herein  fixed,  but  if  in  any  such  case  a  dispute  shall  arise 
the  regular  rate  herein  established  shall  govern  unless  the  existence  and  terms  of  such 
special  agreement  be  clearly  shown.  No  charge  shall  in  any  case  be  made  which  is 
based  upon  the  time  of  a  delay  not  due  to  the  fault  of  a  passenger. 

Sec.  7.  A  reasonable  rate  of  speed  shall  be  maintained  at  all  times  by  all  vehicles. 

Sec.  8.  "Special  Service"  automobiles,  when  on  public  stands,  shall  display  in 
English  and  Spanish  the  sign  "Special  Service"  on  the  windshield,  which  sign  shall 
be  removed  as  soon  as  the  car  is  engaged.  All  other  vehicles  for  hire,  when  not 
engaged,  shall  display  in  English  and  Spanish  on  the  windshield  or  other  prominent 
place  the  sign  "For  Hire,"  which  sign  shall  be  removed  as  soon  as  the  vehicle  is 
engaged;  and  such  vehicle,  when  proceeding  under  orders  to  a  designated  point  to 
take  passengers,  shall  likewise  display  in  English  and  Spanish  the  sign  "Engaged." 

Sec.  9.  A  vehicle  not  engaged  may  not  refuse  to  stop  for  a  passenger  who  signals 
it  plainly.  557 

Sec.  10.  A  copy  of  these  regulations  must  be  carried  in  every  vehicle  operating  for 
hire  and  must  be  shown  to  passengers  upon  request.  Upon  application  by  the  ov  ners 
or  licensees  of  such  vehicle  The  Panama  Canal  will  furnish  copies  for  this  purpose. 

Sec.  11.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  these  regulations  shall  be  punished 
as  provided  in  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  August  21,  1916,  entitled 
"An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of  Canal  employees,"  etc. 

Sec.  12.  These  regulations  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  the  month  following 
their  publication  in  The  Panama  Canal  Record. ^^^ 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 

January  12,  1918. 

By  the  President. 

SSI  See  sec.  246  of  Penal  Code  (L.  C.  Z.  131),  making  it  a  misdemeanor  for  common  carriers  to  refuse 
to  receive  or  carry  any  passenger. 

55'  Published  in  The  Panama  Canal  Record  ol  Feb.  13,  1918,  and  Feb.  20,  1918. 


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EXECUTR'E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  237 

Regulating  the  flying  of  civilian  aircraft. 
Pi  OCLAMATION. 

Whereas,  The  Unite  ]  States  of  America  is  now  at  war,  and  the  Army  and  Navy 
thereof  are  endangered  in  their  operations  and  preparation  by  aircraft, ss?  I,  Woodrow 
Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the 
Constitution  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States 
and  of  the  Militia  of  the  several  States  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the 
United  States,  do  hereby  for  the  protection  of  such  forces  issue  the  following  procla- 
mation, s^" 

I.  A  license  must  be  obtained  from  the  Joint  Army  and  Navy  Board  on  Aeronautic 
Cognizance  by  or  in  behalf  of  any  person  who  contemplates  flying  in  a  balloon,  aero- 
plane, hydroplane,  or  other  machine  or  device  over  orjftear  any  military  or  naval 
forces,  camp,  fort,  battery,  torpedo  station,  arsenal,  munition  factory,  navy  yard, 
naval  station,  coaling  station,  telephone  or  wireless  or  signal  station,  or  any  building  or 
of!ice  connected  with  the  National  Defense,  or  any  place  or  region  within  the  juris- 
diction or  occupation  of  the  United  States  which  may  be  designated  by  the  President 
as  a  zone  of  war-like  operations  or  of  war-like  preparation. 

II.  The  license  will  specify  the  person  to  whom  it  is  issued,  the  machine  to  be  used, 
the  persons  to  operate  the  machine  and  all  other  persons  to  be  carried  therein,  the  mode 
of  marking  or  otherwise  identifying  the  machine,  and  other  details  intended  to  assure 
the  military  and  naval  forces  of  the  peacefulness  of  the  errand. 

III.  The  license  will  also  specify  the  territory  and  the  time  wherein  it  shall  be 
available. 

IV.  In  case  any  aircraft  shall  disregard  this  proclamation  or  the  terms  of  the 
license,  it  shall  be  the  right  and  duty  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  to  treat  the  air- 
craft as  hostile  and  to  fire  upon  it  or  otherwise  destroy  it,  notwithstanding  the  result- 
ant danger  to  human  life. 

V.  For  the  present,  the  President  designates  as  a  zone  of  military  operations  and  of 
military  preparation  the  whole  of  the  United  States  and  its  territorial  waters  and  of 
the  insular  possessions  and  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

VI.  The  provisions  of  this  proclamation  do  not  apply  to  aircraft  operated  by  the 
Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States. 

VII.  No  private  flying  without  a  license  will  be  permitted  after  the  expiration  of 
thirty  days  from  the  date  of  this  proclamation. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  28th  day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our 
r  ,  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  of  the  independence  of 
'     *    ^    the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  forty-second. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
By  the  President: 

Robert  Lansing, 

Secretary  of  State, 

[No.  1432.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Mar.  25,  1918,  establishing  Fort  Sherman  Military  Reservation. s'' 

Whereas,  by  the  treaty  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama,  to  insure  the  construction  of  a  ship  canal  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama 
to  connect  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  ratified  under  date  of  February  26, 
1904,5'^  the  Republic  of  Panama  granted  to  the  United  States  in  perpetuity,  the  use, 
occupation  and  control  of  a  zone  of  land  and  land  under  water  ten  miles  in  width  for 
the  cbnstruction,  maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  said  canal, 
and  the  use,  occupation  and  control  in  perpetuity  of  any  other  lands  and  waters  out- 
side of  the  said  zone  which  may  be  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  construction, 
maintenance,  operation,  sanitation  and  protection  of  the  said  canal. 

And  whereas,  the  use,  occupation  and  control  of  the  lands  hereinafter  described, 
a  part  thereof  being  within  the  limits  of  the  said  ten  mile  zone  and  a  part  within  the 
Republic  of  Panama  adjacent  thereto  but  outside  of  the  said  zone,  are  deemed 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  said  canal. 

5S9  See  Execute  Order  of  Aug.  7,  1913,  p.  150,  requiring  written  authority  from  the  Chief  Executive 
of  the  Canal  ZoVie  to  operate  aircraft  in  Canal  Zone. 

5'»  This  Proclamation  abrogated  by  Proclamation  of  July  31,  1919,  p.  254. 

s'^Art.  2  (T.  &A.  18). 

t''  See  order  of  Nov.  6,  1920,  p.  276,  defining  enlarged  limits. 


238  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Now,  Therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States,  by  virtue 
of  the  authority  granted  by  the  said  treaty  and  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  made  and  provided,  do  hereby  set  apart  for  the  protection 
of  the  said  canal  and  for  use  as  a  military'  reservation  in  connection  therewith,  subject 
to  private  rights,  if  any  there  be,  lands  and  land  under  water,  the  same  being  de- 
scribed as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  southwest  end  of  the  Toro  Point  Breakwater,  Latitude  X. 
9°  22'  26.29"  Longitude  79°  57'  06.49"  W.,  the  boundary  follows  the  low  water 
line  of  Limon  Bay  to  a  concrete  monument  on  right  bank  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Rio  Pilibio,  Latitude  N.  9°  19'  15.48"  Longitude  79°  57'  14.48"  W.;  thence  S. 
49°  15'  W.,  12,300  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  on  the  left  bank  of  the  mouth 
of  the  Rio  Mojinga;  thence  northwest  along  the  right  bank  of  the  Rio  Chagres 
to  its  mouth;  thence  northeast  along  the  low  water  line  of  the  Carribeans*! 
Sea  to  the  initial  point. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  25  March,  1918. 

[No   2825.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Apr.  5.  1918,  to  amend  Civil  Service  Rule  as  to  Exempt  Positions. 

Schedule  A  of  classified  positions  excepted  from  examination  under  the  civil  service 
rules  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  to  Subdivision  I,  applying  to  the  entire  classified 
service,  a  paragraph  to  be  numbered  15,  as  follows: 

15.  All  officers  and  employees  in  the  Federal  service  upon  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama,  except  those  who  are  to  perform  the  duties  of  clerk,  bookkeeper,  sten- 
ographer, typewriter,  surgeon,  physician,  trained  nurse,  or  draftsman.    Appoint- 
ments to  clerical  positions  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  not  more  than  $75 
in  gold  per  month  may  be  made  without  examination  under  the  civil  service 
rules,  s*'' 
The  similar  provision  contained  in  paragraph  1  of  Subdivision  X  of  Schedule  A 
applying  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  is  revoked  as  no  longer  necessary,  by 
reason  of  being  included  in  the  general  provision. 

This  order  is  recommended  by  the  War  Department,  with  the  concurrence  of  the 
Civil  Service  Commission,  because  of  the  difificulty  in  many  cases  of  obtaining  persons 
who  are  citizens. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  5  April,  1918. 

[No.  2834.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  May  18,  1918,  to  enable  The  Panama  Canal  to  coordinate  Purchases  with  War 

Industries  Board. 

By  direction  of  the  President  it  is  hereby  declared  that  on  account  of  the  war 
with  Germany  an  emergency  exists  within  the  meaning  of  Section  3709  of  the 
Revised  Statutes  and  amendments  thereto  and  other  statutes  as  to  purchases  to  be 
made  for  the  Government  by  The  Panama  Canal. 

It  is  therefore  ordered  that,  in  view  of  such  emergency  and  the  necessity  of  cooper- 
ating with  the  War  Industries  Board  in  the  manner  outlined  by  the  President  in  his 
letter  to  Mr.  Bernard  M.  Baruch  of  March  4,  1918,  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby 
authorized  to  make  purchases  without  advertising  for  bids  for  the  material  and  sup- 
plies to  be  procured  which  are  on  the  clearance  list  as  announced  and  supplemented 
from  time  to  tirne  by  the  War  Industries  Board:  Provided,  however,  that  such  ma- 
terial and  supplies  as  are  not  on  the  clearance  list  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the 
War  Industries  Board  shall  be  purchased  by  The  Panama  Canal  in  the  usual  way  and 
under  the  usual  requirements  now  applicable  to  The  Panama  Canal. 

s'3  Should  read  "Caribbean." 

s««  Sec.  4  of  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158,  has  this  provision.  See  order  of  Nov.  16.  1918, 
p.  249,  amending  both  orders  so  as  to  permit  appointments  to  clerical  positions  in  the  Federal  Service 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  not  more  than  $106  a  month,  without  examination  under  the  civil 
service  rules.    That  order,  however,  not  to  be  in  effect  longer  than  6  months  from  the  end  of  the  war. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  239 

The  Panama  Canal  shall  use  every  effort  to  procure  material  and  supplies  at  the 
lowest  price  obtainable,  taking  into  consideration  the  necessity  of  cooperating  with 
and  being  governed  by  the  advice  of  the  War  Industries  Board  as  to  prices,  priorities, 
and  deliveries  of  material. 

This  order  is  issued  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  The  Panama  Canal  to  legally 
cooperate  with  and  coordinate  its  purchases  with  the  operations  of  the  War  Industries 
Board  and  to  meet  the  emergency  created  by  the  War  with  Germany,  so  far  as  it 
affects  purchases  to  be  made  by  The  Panama  Canal. 

Newton  D.  Baker, 

Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  May  18,  1918. 


Order  of  the  President  of  May  28,  1918,  establishing  Balboa  Naval  Radio  Station. 

The  following  described  portion  of  that  certain  tract  of  land  situated  at  Balboa, 
Canal  Zone,  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  by  the 
Executive  Order  of  May  26,  1914,  No.  1948,  is  hereby  transferred  from  the  control 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  military  purposes  :s*s 

Beginning  at  Monument  V  in  the  present  boundary  line  of  the  Naval  Reserva- 
tion, Balboa;   thence  on  a  line  connecting  the  said  monument  V  with  the  center 
of  the  most  southerly  foot  of  the  south  radio  tower  to  its  intersection  with  the 
top  of  the  slope  a  distance  of  63  feet  more  or  less;   thence  a  distance  of  554  feet 
more  or  less  on  a  line  having  an  azimuth  of  260°  44'  to  a  point  immediately  west 
of  the  main  road  to  Fort  Amador;    thence  a  distance  of  408.6  feet  more  or  less 
on  a  line  having  an    azimuth  of  250°  0'   to  the  intersection  with  the   present 
southerly  boundary  line  of  the  Naval  Station,  marked  W.  Z.;  thence  in  a  south- 
easterly direction  along  said  line  W.  Z.,  that  has  an  azimuth  of  307°  40',  a  dis- 
tance of  630  feet  more  or  less  to  the  Monument  Z;    thence  in  a  northeasterly 
direction  along  the  line  marked  V,  that  has  an  azimuth  of  217°  40'  a  distance  of 
765  feet  more  or  less  to  the  point  of  beginning,  all  as  shown  on  blueprint  marked 
"United  States  Navy  Radio  Station,  Balboa,  C.  Z.,  March  17,  1915,  F.  H.  Cook, 
Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N.,"  which  plan  is  on  file  in  the  Navy  Department. 
The  transfer  of  the  above  described  tract  of  land  is  made  subject  to  the  continued 
right  of  the  Navy  Department  to  lay  and  maintain  therein,  underground  antennae 
receiving  wires  needed  in  connection  with  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the 
Naval  Radio  Station  at  Balboa,  C.  Z. 

Woodrow  Wilsox. 
The  White  House,  28  May,  1918. 

[No.  2869.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  May  2?,  1918,  Relating  to  Anchorage  and  Movement  of  Vessels. 

Whereas  a  national  emergency  exists  of  the  character  contemplated  in  Section  1 
under  Title  II  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  June  15,  1917,  commonly  known  as 
the  Espionage  Act  rs**" 

Therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
by  virtue  of  the  powers  conferred  upon  me  by  the  said  Act  of  Congress,  do  hereby 
authorize  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  to  exercise,  within  the  territory  and 
waters  of  the  Canal  Zone,5^'  all  the  powers  mentioned  in  said  Section  1,  Title  II, 
of  said  Act,  to  the  same  extent  as  is  conferred  therein  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
with  regard  to  the  territorial  waters  of  the  United  States,  and  all  acts  heretofore 
done  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  under  his  authority  pursuant  to 
said  section  of  said  act  are  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. s^s 

Woodrow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  28  May,  1918. 

s's  Executive  Order  of  July  25.  1919,  p.  252,  rescinds  above  order. 

s"T.  &  A.  163. 

s"  Reads  as  amended  by  Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1918. 

5««  See  Governor's  Circular  No.  721,  rules  and  regulations  on  this  subject  for  the  Canal  Zone. 


240  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATINCi  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President  of  July  9.  1918,  Relating  to  Anchorage  and  Movement  of  Vessels. 
(Superseding  Order  of  May  28,  1918.) 

Whereas  a  national  emergency  exists  of  the  character  contemplated  in  Section  1 
under  Title  II  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  June  15,  1917,  commonly  known  as 
the  Espionage  Act; 

Therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  by 
virtue  of  the  powers  conferred  upon  me  by  the  said  Act  of  Congress,  do  hereby  author- 
ize the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  to  exercise,  within  the  territory  and  waters 
of  the  Canal  Zone,  all  the  powers  mentioned  in  said  Section  1,  Title  II,  of  said  Act, 
to  the  same  extent  as  is  conferred  therein  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  with  regard 
to  the  territorial  waters  of  the  United  States,  and  all  acts  heretofore  done  by  the 
Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  or  under  his  authority  pursuant  to  said  section  of  said 
act  are  hereby  ratified  and  confirmed. s*"'  » 

This  order  supersedes  Executive  Order  No.  2867  dated  May  28,  1918.s7» 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

9  July,  1918. 

[No.  2907.) 


Amending  paragraph  20  of  the  navigation  rules  and  regulations  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  Paragraph  20  S7i  of  the  Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1914,  entitled 
"Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  The  Panama  Canal  and 
approaches  thereto,  including  all  waters  under  its  jurisdiction,"  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

"20.  The  captain  or  master  of  a  vessel  in  Canal  waters,  except  while  the  vessel  is 
being  passed  through  the  locks,  shall  be  charged  with  the  safe  handling  and  proper 
navigation  of  the  vessel;  the  pilot  is  to  be  considered  as  being  on  board  solely  in  an 
advisory  capacity,  but  masters  of  vessels  must  abide  by  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Canal  as  interpreted  by  the  pilot.  No  claim  against  The  Panama  Canal  for  damages 
on  account  of  injury  to  a  vessel  or  its  cargo  while  in  Canal  Zone  waters,  arising  from 
the  operation  of  the  Canal  (other  than  the  passing  of  vessels  through  the  locks)  shall 
be  allowed  unless  it  shall  be  determined  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  that 
such  injury  was  due  to  the  negligence  or  want  of  care  on  the  part  of  agents  or  em- 
ployees of  The  Panama  Canal  and  there  shall  be  an  appropriation  available  for  the 
payment  of  such  claim." 

Section  2.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  26  July,  1918. 

[No.  2926.] 


Entrance  or  Departure  of  Persons  During  Hostilities. 

Proclam.^tion. 

Whereas  by  Act  of  Congress  approved  the  twenty-second  day  of  May,  one  thou- 
sand nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  entitled  "An  Act  to  prevent  in  time  of  war  departure 
from  and  entry  into  the  United  States  contrary  to  the  public  safety,"'"  it  is  pro- 
vided as  follows: 

4=  *  *  *  «  * 

And  whereas  other  provisions  relating  to  departure  from  and  entry  into  the 
United  States  are  contained  in  section  3,  sub-section  {h),  of  the  Trading  with  the 
Enemy  Act,  approved  October  6,  1917,  and  in  section  four  thousand  and  sixty-seven 
of  the  Revised  Statutes  as  amended  by  the  Act  of  April  16,  1918,  and  sections  four 

s"  See  Circular  No.  721  of  the  Governor  providing  certain  rules  and  regulations  under  this  order. 
s'*  p.  239.     That  order  reads  as  amended  by  this  order.    See  notes  thereunder. 
s"p.  178. 
"'T.  &  A.  193. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  241 

thousand  and  sixty-eight,  four  thousand  and  sixty-nine,  and  four  thousand  and 
seventy  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  and  in  the  regulations  prescribed  in  the  President's 
proclamations  of  April  6,  1917,  November  16,  1917,  December  11,  1917,  and  April 
19,1918; 

And  whereas  the  Act  of  May  20,  1918,  authorizes  me  to  coordinate  and  consoli- 
date executive  agencies  and  bureaus  in  the  interest  of  economy  and  n  ore  efficient 
concentration  of  the  Government; 

Now,  THEREFORE,  I,  WooDROW  WiLSON,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
acting  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  aforesaid  authority  vested  in  me,  do  hereby  find 
and  publicly  proclaim  and  declare  that  the  public  safety  requires  that  restrictions  and 
prohibitions  in  addition  to  those  provided  otherwise  than  by  the  Act  of  May  22, 
1918,  above  mentioned,  shall  be  imposed  upon  the  departure  of  persons  from  and 
their  entry  into  the  United  States;   and  I  make  the  following  orders  thereunder: 

1.  No  citizen  of  the  United  States  shall  receive  a  passport  entitling  him  to  leave 
or  enter  the  United  States, -unless  it  shall  affirmatively  appear  that  there  are  ade- 
quate reasons  for  such  departure  or  entry  and  that  such  departure  or  entry  is  not 
prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the  United  States. 

2.  No  alien  shall  receive  permission  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States 
unless  it  shall  affirmatively  appear  that  there  is  reasonable  necessity  for  such  de- 
parture or  entry  and  that  such  departure  or  entry  is  not  prejudicial  to  the  interests 
of  the  United  States. 

3.  The  provisions  of  this  proclamation  and  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated 
in  pursuance  hereof,  shall  not  be  held  to  suspend  or  supersede  in  any  respect,  except 
as  herein  expressly  provided  the  President's  proclamations  of  April  6,  1917,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1917,  December  11,  1917,  and  April  19,  1918,  above  referred  to;  nor  shall 
anything  contained  herein  be  construed  to  suspend  or  supersede  any  rules  or  regula- 
tions issued  under  the  Chinese  Exclusion  law  or  the  immigration  laws  except  as  herein 
expressly  provided;  but  the  provisions  hereof  shall,  subject  to  the  provisos  above 
mentioned,  be  regarded  as  addition  to  such  rules  and  regulations.  Compliance  with 
this  Proclamation  and  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated  in  pursuance  hereof 
shall  not  exempt  any  individual  from  the  duty  of  complying  with  any  statute,  procla- 
mation, order,  rule  or  regulations  not  referred  to  herein. sjs 

4.  I  hereby  designate  the  Secretary  of  State  as  the  official  who  shall  grant,  or  in 
whose  name  shall  be  granted,  permission  to  aliens  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United 
States;  I  reaffirm  sections  25,  26,  and  27  of  the  Executive  Order  of  October  12,  1917, 
vesting  in  the  Secretary  of  State  the  administration  of  the  provisions  of  Section  3, 
sub-section  (b),  of  the  Trading  with  the  Enemy  Act;  I  transfer  to  the  Secretary  of 
State  the  executive  administration  of  Regulations  9  and  10  of  the  President's  Procla- 
mation of  April  6,  1917,  of  Regulation  15  of  the  President's  Proclamation  of  Novem- 
ber 16,  1917,  and  of  Regulations  1  and  2  of  the  President's  Proclamation  of  Decem- 
ber 11,  1917,  and  the  executive  administration  of  the  aforesaid  regulations  as  extended 
by  the  President's  Proclamation  of  April  19,  1918,  said  executive  administration  here- 
tofore having  been  delegated  to  the  Attorney  General  under  dates  of  April  6,  1917, 
November  16,  1917,  December  11,  1917,  and  April  19,  1918.  The  Rules  and  Regula- 
tions made  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as  authorized  by  Title  II,  Section  1,  of 
the  Espionage  Act,  approved  June  15,  1917,  and  by  the  Executive  Order  of  December 
3,  1917,  shall  be  superseded  by  this  Proclamation  and  the  rules  and  regulations  pro- 
mulgated in  pursuance  hereof  in  so  far  as  they  are  inconsistent  therewith. 

I  hereby  direct  all  departments  of  the  Government  to  cooperate  with  the  Secretary 
of  State  in  the  execution  of  his  duties  under  this  Proclamation  and  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations promulgated  in  pursuance  hereof.  They  shall  upon  his  request  make  available 
to  him  for  that  purpose  the  services  of  their  respective  officials  and  agents.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Attorney  General,  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy,  the  Secretary  of  Commerce,  and  the  Secretary  of  Labor  shall,  at  the 
request  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  each  appoint  a  representative  to  render  to  the 
Secretary  of  State,  or  his  representative,  such  assistance  and  advice  as  he  may  desire 
respecting  the  administration  of  this  Proclamation  and  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
.aforeseaid. 

s"  See  act  of  Congress  of  Nov.  10,  1918  (T.  &  A.  222),  regulating  entry  of  aliens  into  the  United 
States,  sec.  5  of  which  provides  that  said  act  fakes  effect  when  the  provisions  of  the  above-mentioned 
act  of  May  22,  1918,  shall  cease  to  be  operative,  and  shall  continue  in  effect  until  and  including  the  4th 
day  of  March,  1921.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  8,  1918,  pp.  240-245,  supplemental  to  above 
Proclamation  of  same  date.  p.  240,  prescribing  rules  and  regulations  governing  departure  from  and 
entry  into  the  United  States;  and  order  of  Sept.  4,  1918,  p.  246,  making  those  regulations  effective 
in  the  Canal  Zone  as  of  Nov.  15,  1918,  at  6  a.  m.  See  also  Cong.  J  t.  Res.,  Mar.  3,  1921  (T.  &  A.  238). 
providing  that  the  "termination  of  the  present  war"  shall  be  construed  as  of  Mar.  3,  1921. 

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242  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal 
of  the  United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  8th  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the  United 
States  the  one  hundred  and  forty-third. 

WOODROW   WILSON. 
By  the  President: 

Robert  Lansing, 
Secretary  of  Stale. 

[No.  1473.] 


Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Issuance  of  Permits  to  Enter  and  Leave  the  United  States. 

Supplemental  to  the  Presidential  Proclamation  of  August  8,  1918,  and  by  virtui; 
of  the  authority  set  forth  therein,  I  hereby  prescribe  the  following  rules  and  regula- 
tions governing  departure  from  and  entry  into  the  United  States. 

Section  1.  The  present  system  of  controlling  entry  into  and  departure  from 
the  United  States  by  alien  enemies  and  other  persons,  as  administered  by  the  De- 
partment of  State,  the  Department  of  the  Treasury,  the  Department  of  Justice,  the 
Department  of  Commerce,  and  the  Department  of  Labor,  is  hereby  confirmed  and 
established  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  as  aforesaid  and  shall  continue  in 
full  force  and  effect  in  the  continental  United  States  as  defined  herein  until  6  o'clock 
in  the  forenoon  of  September  15,  1918,  and  in  the  outlying  possessions  of  the  United 
States  until  such  time  or  times  as  the  Secretary  of  State  shall  designate;  when  the 
following  rules  and  regulations  shall  become  operative  and  shall  supersede  all  rules, 
regulations,  and  orders  of  the  present  system  inconsistent  with  them;  but  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  may  direct  at  any  time  subsequent  to  the  date  thereof  that  seamen  be 
kept  on  their  vessels.  (See  sec.  10  {c),  infra.)  The  Secretary  of  State  is  hereby 
authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  prescribe  exceptions  to  these  rules  and  regulations 
governing  the  entry  into  and  departure  from  the  United  States  of  citizens  and  subjects 
of  the  nations  associated  with  the  United  States  in  the  prosecution  of  the  war. 

Title  1 . — Definitions. 

Sec.  2.  The  term  "United  States"  as  defined  in  the  Act  of  May  22,  1918,57-)  and 
as  used  herein  includes  the  Canal  Zone  and  all  territory  and  waters,  continental  and 
insular,  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  3.  The  term  "continental  United  States"  as  used  herein  includes  the  territory 
of  the  several  States  of  the  LTnited  States  and  Alaska. 

Se(  .  4.  The  term  "departure  from  the  United  States"  as  used  herein  includes,  in 
addition  to  any  entry  whatever  upon  foreign  territory  or  waters,  any  trip  or  journey 
on  or  over  (1)  the  Great  Lakes  or  their  connecting  waters,  (2)  any  rivers  or  other 
waters  coinciding  with  or  covering  the  boundary  of  the  United  States,  or  (3)  tidal 
waters  beyond  the  shore  line  of  the  United  States,  said  shore  line  being  hereby  defined 
as  the  line  of  seacoast  and  the  shores  of  all  waters  of  the  United  States  and  its  terri- 
torial possessions  connected  with  the  high  seas  and  navigable  by  oceaii-going  vessels. 
Provided,  however.  That  no  trip  or  journey  upon  a  public  ferry  having  both  termini 
in  the  United  States  and  not  touching  foreign  territory  or  waters  shall  be  deemed  a 
departure  from  the  United  States. 

Sec.  5.  The  term  "passport"  as  used  herein  includes  any  document  in  the  nature  of 
a  passport  issued  by  the  United  States  or  by  a  foreign  government,  which  shows  the 
identity  and  nationality  of  the  individual  for  whose  use  it  was  issued  and  bears  his 
signed  and  certified  photograph. 

Sec.  6.  The  granting  of  a  "permit"  or  "permission"  to  leave  or  enter  the  United 
States  as  the  terms  are  used  herein,  shall  be  construed  to  include  the  granting  of  a 
license  under  section  3  {b)  of  the  "Trading  with  the  EnemyAct"  whenever  such  license 
is  essential  to  the  lawful  transportation  of  the  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  granted. 
Wherever  it  is  provided  explicitly  or  by  implication  that  any  person  may  depart  from 
or  enter  the  United  States  without  a  permit  or  permission  under  these  regulations, 
such  provision  of  itself  shall  be  construed  as  a  license  under  said  section  3  {h)  authoriz- 
ing the  transportation  of  such  persons  within  the  limits  covered  by  the  provision. 

5"  p.  240. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  243 

Sec.  7.  The  term  "seaman"  as  used  herein  includes,  in  addition  to  the  persons 
ordinarily  described  thereby,  sea-going  fishermen  and  all  owners,  masters,  officers, 
and  members  of  crews  and  other  persons  employed  on  vessels  which  for  purposes  of 
business  or  pleasure  cruise  on  tidal  waters  beyond  the  shore  line  or  on  the  Great  Lakes. 

Sec.  8.  The  term  "hostile  aliens"  includes  (a)  all  persons  who  are  alien  enemies  as 
now  or  hereafter  defined  by  statute,  or  by  proclamation  of  the  President;  and  (b) 
all  subjects  or  citizens  of  enemy  or  ally  of  enemy  nations. 

Title  2. 

Limitations  upon  and  Exceptions  to  the  Application  of  the  Act  of  May  22,  1918.^^* 

Sec.  9.  The  following  general  limitations  upon  and  exceptions  to  the  applica- 
tion of , the  Act  of  May  22,  1918,  are  authorized  and  prescribed: 

(c)  No  passports  or  permits  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States  shall  be 

required  of  persons  other  than  hostile  aliens  traveling  between  ports  of  the  continental 

United  States  on  vessels  making  no  intermediate  calls  at  foreign  or  non-continental 

ports.     Hostile  aliens  must  obtain  permits  for  all  departures  from,  and  entries,  into  the 

United  States. 

{b)  No  passports  or  permits  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States  shall  be 
required  of  persons  other  than  hostile  aliens  traveling  between  points  in  the  continental 
United  States  and  points  in  Canada  or  Bermuda,  or  passing  through  Canada  on  a 
trip  between  two  points  in  the  continental  United  States,  except  as  provided  and 
required  by  Title  3  of  these  regulations.  This  exception  is  not  applicable  to  persons 
going  from  the  continental  United  States  via  Canada  to  other  places  outside  of  the 
continental  United  States.  Persons  other  than  hostile  aliens  starting  from  Newfound- 
land for  the  United  States  shall  not  be  required  to  obtain  visas  or  verifications  from 
the  American  consul  in  Newfoundland.     (As  to  hostile  aliens,  see  9  (a),  supra.) 

(c)  No  passports  or  permits  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States  shall  be 
required  of  persons  in  or  attached  to  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States 
or  of  any  nation  associated  with  the  United  States  in  the  prosecution  of  the  war,  pro- 
vided that  such  persons  when  in  or  attached  to  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  a  nation 
so  associated  with  the  United  States  shall  be  identified  and  vouched  for  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  by  a  duly  authorized  representative  of  such  nation,  and  provided  fur- 
ther that  when  persons  in  or  attached  to  such  military  or  naval  forces  travel  separate- 
ly or  otherwise  than  in  regular  commands  they  shall  bear  certificates  issued  by  the 
War  or  Navy  Department  of  the  United  States  or  by  a  duly  authorized  representative 
of  an  associated  nation,  adequately  establishing  the  identity  of  the  bearers  and  their 
connection  with  the  military  and  naval  forces  aforesaid.  Nothing  herein  shall  be 
construed  to  prevent  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  if  a  member  of  or  attached  to  the 
military  or  naval  forces  of  any  country,  from  entering  or  leaving  the  United  States 
provided  he  bears  a  valid  passport  in  lieu  of  the  certificate  of  identification  above 
described.  All  such  departures  shall,  however,  be  subject  to  the  requirements  of 
Title  3  of  these  regulations.  The  limitations  and  exceptions  aforesaid  are  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  section  38  hereof. 

Sec.  10.  *  *  *  (c)  Aliens  who  are  seamen  on  vessels  arriving  at  ports  of  the 
United  States  and  who  desire  to  land  in  the  country  shall  apply  to  an  immigrant 
inspector.  They  shall  submit  to  such  immigrant  inspector  satisfactory  evidence  of 
their  nationality  and  furnish  such  photographs  and  execute  such  forms  and  applica- 
tions as  the  immigrant  inspector  shall  require.  The  immigrant  inspector  may  there- 
upon issue  identity  cards  authorizing  such  seamen  to  land  in  the  United  States, 
unless  the  Secretary  of  State  directs  that  they  be  kept  on  their  vessels. 

[d)  Alien  seamen  desiring  to  sail  from  the  United  States  shall  submit  satisfactory 
evidence  of  nationality  to  the  United  States  customs  inspectors  stationed  at  the  port 
of  departure.  If  such  applicants  have  landed  in  the  United  States  since  the  date  on 
which  these  regulations  became  eff^ective  at  their  port  of  arrival  they  shall  further 
submit  the  identity  cards  issued  by  the  immigrant  inspector  permitting  them  to  land 
in  the  country.  Said  identity  cards  shall  be  stamped  by  the  customs  officials,  if 
permission  is  given  the  applicants  to  depart,  and  such  cards  so  stamped  shall  be  the 
evidence  of  such  permission.  In  case  an  applicant  for  permission  to  sail  under  this 
paragraph  has  not  entered  the  United  States  since  these  regulations  became  effective, 
he  shall  apply  to  a  collector  of  customs  for  an  identity  card  and  permission  to  sail. 
In  making  such  application  he  shall  submit  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  nationality 
and  furnish  such  photographs  and  execute  such  forms  and  applications  as  the  collector 
-of  customs  shall  require. 

s'sT.  &  A.  193. 


244  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

(e)  Identity  cards  issued  to  alien  seamen  as  provided  by  the  foregoing  paragraphs 
(c)  and  (d)  shall  be  retained  by  the  seamen  to  whom  they  are  issued  and  used  by  the 
holders  from  time  to  time  as  they  land  in  and  sail  from  the  United  States.  An  alien 
seaman  bearing  such  card  shall  have  the  same  validated  for  landing  or  sailing  by  the 
immigration  or  customs  authorities  respectively  on  each  occasion  when  he  applies  for 
permission  to  land  at  or  sail  from  a  United  States  port. 

(/)  Aliens  passing  through  the  United  States  en  route  between  two  foreign  pomts 
and  not  remaining  in  the  United  States  more  than  30  days  shall  make  application  for 
permission  to  depart  through  the  immigration  official  acting  as  control  officer  at  the 
point  where  they  enter  the  United  States.  Such  permission,  if  granted,  will  be  given 
by  the  official  acting  as  control  officer  at  the  designated  point  of  departure.  Nothing 
herein  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  a  permit  for  departure  from  a  transient  alien 
in  case  such  permit  would  not  have  been  necessary  if  the  journey  to  his  final  destina- 
tion had  commenced  in  the  United  States.  A  transient  will  be  required  to  depart 
from  the  United  States  at  the  earliest  date  practicable.  He  shall  submit  to  the  immi- 
grant inspector  his  itinerary  to  the  port  of  departure,  which  shall  be  by  the  most 
direct  route  reasonably  available,  and  upon  obtaining  approval  of  the  same  he 
shall  proceed  immediately  to  the  port  of  departure.  Upon  arrival  at  said  port  he 
shall  report  forthwith  to  the  customs  officers.  For  all  deviations  and  delays  special 
permission  must  be  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  State. 

(g)  No  permits  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States  shall  be_  required  of 
officials  or  representatives  of  foreign  countries  duly  accredited  to  the  United  States 
or  a  friendly  country  provided  that  such  persons  bear  valid  passports  and  pro- 
vided further  that  the  Department  of  State  is  notified  in  advance  of  their  intended 
entry  or  departure  and  consents  thereto.  Such  officials,  however,  when  desiring  to 
enter  the  United  States  shall  have  their  passports  visaed  by  a  diplomatic  or  consular 
officer  of  the  United  States  in  the  country  from  which  they  come  and  in  the  country 
from  which  they  embark  for  or  enter  the  United  States;  and  such  officials  desiring  to 
depart  from  the  United  States  shall  have  their  passports  visaed  by  the  Department  of 
State. 

Nothing  in  the  foregoing  paragraphs  (a)  to  (g),  inclusive,  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  entry  or  departure  of  an  alien  at  the  Mexican  or  Canadian  border,  of  an 
alien  seaman  at  a  United  States  port,  or  of  a  transient  alien  at  any  point,  provided  he 
bears  a  valid  permit  for  such  entry  or  departure  issued  in  accordance  with  Title  6 
or  Title  7  hereof. 

Sec.  1 1 .  The  following  limitations  upon  and  exceptions  to  the  application  of  section 
2  of  the  Act  of  May  22,  1918,  are  authorized  and  prescribed: 

(a)  Citizens  of  the  United  States  traveling  between  United  States  ports  not 
within  the  continental  United  States,  or  between  such  ports  and  ports  within  the 
continental  United  States,  on  vessels  making  no  intermediate  calls  at  foreign  ports 
other  than  those  of  Canada  or  Bermuda,  shall  not  be  required  to  bear  passports  pro- 
vided that  thev  have  received  from  the  immigrant  inspector  at  the  port  of  departure 
United  States  citizens'  identity  cards.  Applicants  for  such  cards  shall  supply  such 
photographs  and  execute  such  forms  and  applications  as  the  immigrant  inspectors 
require.  When  applications  for  such  cards  are  made  in  dependencies  of  the  United 
States  where  no  immigrant  inspectors  are  stationed  they  shall  be  made  to  the  gover- 
nors of  such  dependencies  or  their  representatives  duly  appointed  for  the  purpose: 
provided,  that  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Company, 
and  members  of  their  families,  civilian  employees  of  the  United  States  and  members 
of  their  families,  and  the  families  of  members  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  traveling  be- 
tween the  continental  United  States  and  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  may  carry  identity 
certificates  issued  by  The  Panama  Canal  in  lieu  of  passports  or  identity  cards  issued 

by  immigration  officials. 57" 
^     ^      "  *  *  *  *  *  * 

(c)  Citizens  of  the  United  States  who  are  seamen  upon  vessels  entering  or  leaving 
ports  of  the  United  States  shall  not  be  required  to  bear  passports  provided  that 
they  bear  seamen's  certificates  of  American  citizenship  issued  by  collectors  of  the 
ports  of  the  United  States  as  provided  for  in  section  4588  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 
Citizens  applying  for  such  certificates  shall  supply  such  photographs  and  execute 
such  forms  and  applications  as  the  collectors  shall  require.  No  identity  card  other 
than  a  passport  or  a  seamen's  certificate  shall  be  issued  to  a  seaman  who  is  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States.  

5"  Executive  Order  of  July  12,  1919,  p.  252,  provides  that  citizens  of  the  United  States  will  not  be 
required  to  have  passports  for  travel  between  the  United  States  and  the  Canal  Zone.  Hostile  alens. 
however,  to  continue  to  bear  passports  and  departure  permits.  See  also  order  of  .A.pr.  7,  1921.  p.  282, 
amending  above  order  as  to  entry  of  aliens  into  Canal  Zone  with  passports  visaed  by  consular  omcers 
of  United  States,  and  order  of  Oct.  18,  1921.  p.  291. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  245 

Nothing  in  the  foregoing  paragraphs  (a),  (b),  and  (c)  shall  be  construed  to  pre- 
vent the  use  of  a  valid  passport  by  any  seaman  or  other  citizen  referred  to  in  said 
paragraphs  in  lieu  of  a  seamen's  certificate  or  identity  card  as  described  therein. 

Title  3. — General  regulations — Persons  liable  to  military  service. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  registered  or  enrolled  or  subject  to  registry  or  enrollment  for 
military  service  in  the  United  States  shall  depart  from  the  United  States  without  the 
previous  consent  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  such  person  or  persons  as  he  may  appoint 
to  give  such  consent.  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  no  passport  or  permit  en- 
titling such  person  to  depart  without  securing  satisfactory  evidence  of  such  consent. 
Reference  should  be  had  to  Section  156,  Selective  Service  Regulations,  and  amend- 
ments thereto. 

Title  4. — American  citizens — Departure  and  entry. 

ISSUE    OF    PASSPORTS.- 

Sec.  13.  The  "Rules  Governing  the  Granting  and  Issuing  of  Passports  in  the 
United  States"  as  established  on  January  24,  1917,  are  continued  in  force  without 
change. 

VERIFICATION    OF    PASSPORTS   IN   FOREIGN   COUNTRIES. 

Sec.  14.  Passports  are  not  valid  for  return  to  the  United  States  unless  verified  in 
the  country  from  which  the  holder  starts  on  his  journey  to  the  United  States  and  fur- 
ther verified  in  the  foreign  country  from  which  he  embarks  for  or  enters  the  United 
States.  No  fee  shall  be  collected  by  diplomatic  or  consular  officers  of  the  United 
States  for  or  in  connection  with  such  verification. 


\ 


Title  8. — Control  at  point  of  entry  and  departure. 


Sec.  36.  The  actual  control  of  persons  departing  from  the  United  States  at  all 
seaboard  and  lake  ports  shall  be  exercised  by  the  representatives  of  the  customs 
service  of  the  Department  of  the  Treasury,  who  shall  act  as  control  officers  for  this 
purpose.  The  actual  control  of  persons  departing  from  the  United  States  by  land  and 
of  all  persons  entering  the  United  States  shall  be  exercised  by  the  representatives  of 
the  Bureau  of  Immigration  of  the  Department  of  Labor,  who  shall  act  as  control 
officers  for  this  pur  se.  The  Secretary  of  State  may  from  time  to  time  designate 
other  persons  to  act  as  control  officers  at  any  place.  In  all  cases  where  passports 
or/and  permits  to  enter  or  depart  are  required  under  these  regulations  each  traveler 
before  entering  or  departing  from  the  United  States  shall  present  his  passport  or/and 
permit  to  the  Control  Officer  at  the  point  of  entry  or  departure.  He  shall  also  answer 
such  questions  and  undergo  such  examination  as  the  Control  Officer  shall  direct. 
If,  as  the  result  of  such  questioning  and  examinations,  the  Control  Officer  decides 
that  the  entry  or  departure  of  the  holder  of  the  passport  or  permit  would  be  preju- 
dicial to  the  interests  of  the  United  States,  such  person  shall  not  be  allowed  to 
enter  or  depart.  Under  such  circumstances  the  Control  Officer  shall  immediately 
notify  the  Secretary  of  State  by  telegraph  of  his  decision  and  shall  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable, and  in  no  case  later  than  two  days  after  such  decision,  forward  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  a  full  report  giving  the  reasons  for  detention  and  a  full  transcript  of 
any  testimony  or  information  bearing  on  such  decision. 

Sec.  37.  If  the  Control  Officer  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  permit  and  passport  are 
valid  and  regular  and  have  been  properly  visaed  and  that  the  holder  presenting  them 
is  the  person  described  therein,  that  neither  of  them  has  been  altered  or  tampered  with 
and  that  the  holder's  departure  or  entry  is  not  prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the  United 
States,  he  shall  allow  the  holder  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States. 

Sec.  38.  In  addition  to  the  control  as  above  set  forth  of  persons  generally  required 
to  secure  permission  to  depart  from  or  enter  the  United  States,  control  may  be 
exercised  over  individuals  belonging  to  classes  of  persons  generally  allowed  to  depart 
or  enter  without  permits  or  passports.  A  Control  Officer  may  temporarily  prevent 
the  departure  or  entry  of  any  such  individual,  in  case  he  considers  such  departure  or 
entry  prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  United  States.    Such  action  shall  be  immediately 


246  EXECUTR^E  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

reported  to  the  Secretary  of  State  with  a  full  statement  of  the  reasons  therefor.  An 
individual  so  prevented  from  departing  or  entering  shall  not  be  entitled  to  the  benefit 
of  any  of  the  limitations  or  exceptions  contained  in  Section  9  hereof  and  his  departure, 
or  entry  is  forbidden  unless,  if  an  alien,  he  obtains  permission  from  the  Secretary  of 
State,  or,  if  a  United  States  citizen,  he  obtains  a  valid  passport. 

Title  9. — Additional  regulations. 

Sec.  39.  The  Secretary  of  State  is  authorized  to  make  regulations  on  the  subject 
of  departure  from  and  entry  into  the  United  States  additional  to  these  rules  and  regu- 
lations and  not  inconsistent  with  them.s" 

WOODROW  WILSON. 
The  White  House, 

8  August,  1918. 

[No.  2932.] 


To  designate  effective  date  of  operation  of  preceding  Order. 

Whereas,  by  an  Executive  Order  dated  August  8,  1918,  and  supplemental  to 
the  Presidential  Proclamation  of  the  same  date,  rules  and  regulations  governing 
the  issuance  of  permits  to  enter  and  leave  the  United  States  were  promulgated  in 
pursuance  of  an  Act  of  Congress  approved  the  twenty-second  day  of  May,  1918, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  From  and  Entry  Into  the 
United  States  Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety;"  and 

Whereas,  said  Executive  Order  provides  that  said  law  and  said  rules  and  regula- 
tions shall  become  operative  at  six  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  September  15,  1918, 
for  the  continental  United  States,  and  for  the  outlying  possessions  of  the  United 
States  at  such  time  or  times  as  the  Secretary  of  State  shall  designate; 

Now,  Therefore,  I,  Robert  Lansing,  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  acting  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  do  hereby  desig- 
nate the  following  dates  when  said  rules  and  regulations  shall  become  operative  in  the 
outlying  possessions  of  the  LTnited  States,  to  wit:  October  15,  1918,  at  six  o'clock  in 
the  forenoon  for  Porto  Rico  and  the  Virgin  Islands;  October  30,  1918,  at  six  o'clock 
in  the  forenoon  for  the  territory  of  Hawaii;  November  15,  1918,  at  six  o'clock  in  the 
forenoon  for  the  Panama  Canal  Zone;  November  30,  1918,  at  six  o'clock  in  the  fore- 
noon for  the  Philippine  Isl,ands. 

Robert  Lansing, 

Secretary  of  State. 

Department  of  State, 

Washington,  D.  C, 
September  4,  1918. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Oct.  3,  1918,  providing  funds  for  censorship  of  mails  in  Canal  Zone. 

Under  authority  conferred  by  "An  Act  authorizing  the  President  to  coordinate  or 
consolidate  executive  bureaus,  agencies,  and  offices,  and  for  other  purposes,  in  the 
interest  of  economy  and  the  more  efficient  concentration  of  the  Government,  approved 
May  20,  1918,  it  is  hereby  directed  that  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars 
($120,000)  be  transferred  from  the  appropriation  of  $1,620,000,  for  the  Censorship 
of  Foreign  Mails  under  the  Post  Office  Department  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
30,  1919,  and  allotted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  conduct  of  the  censorship  of 
the  mails  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  during  said  fiscal  year. 

This  sum  will  be  deducted  from  the  appropriations  made  for  the  Post  Office  Depart- 
ment for  the  current  fiscal  year  and  charged  to  the  War  Department. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  3  October,  1918. 

[No.    2968-A.] 

»"  See  Executive  Order  of  May  12,  1921,  p.  287,  amending  above  order  so  as  to  permit  temijorary 
stop-overs  at  ports  of  the  United  States  without  the  requirement  of  visaed  passports. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       247 

Providing  for  the  licensing  of  chauffeurs.!'* 

By  virtue  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges 
of  canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President 
to  make  rules  and  regulations  affecting  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation, 
public  roads,  self-propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for 
other  purposes,  including  provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders  and  interest 
deposits,"  approved  August  21,  1916,s"»  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  That  hereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  operate  any  auto- 
mobile s*"  over  the  streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone  without  first  having  obtained 
a  license  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  2.  Each  person  desiring  to  obtain  a  license  to  operate  an  automobile  over 
the  streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  make  written  application  to  the  Execu- 
tive Secretary  of  The  Panama  Canal,  stating  therein  his  nationality,  age,  and  experi- 
ence in  the  operation  of  automobiles,  whether  operated  by  gasoline,  electricity,  or 
other  motive  power;  and  his  application  must  be  endorsed  by  two  reputable  citizens 
of  the  Canal  Zone  or  of  the  city  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  vouching 
for  his  sobriety  and  trustworthiness.  The  Executive  Secretary  shall  thereupon  cause 
the  applicant  to  be  examined  touching  his  knowledge  of  gasoline  and  electric  motors 
and  machinery,  and  of  the  mechanism  and  operation  of  automobiles,  as  well  as  in 
respect  to  the  road  laws  and  regulations  of  the  Canal  Zone;  and  the  applicant  may 
be  required  to  make  a  practical  demonstration  of  his  ability  to  operate  an  automobile. 

Section  3.  No  person  shall  be  granted  a  chauffeur's  license  unless  he  is  eighteen 
years  of  age  or  more,  is  of  sober  habits,  and  is  able  to  read  either  the  English  or 
Spanish  language,  and  shall  prove  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  examiners  that  he  has 
the  knowledge,  skill,  and  judgment  necessary  for  the  safe  and  skilful  driving  and 
handling  of  automobiles. 

Section  4.  The  persons  detailed  by  the  Executive  Secretary  to  examine  appli- 
cants under  this  order  shall  meet  at  Balboa  Heights  or  Cristobal,  or  at  such  other 
points  in  the  Canal  Zone  as  the  Executive  Secretary  may  from  time  to  time  designate 
and  shall  examine  all  applicants  whose  applications  have  been  referred  to  them, 
and  shall  make  a  report  upon  such  examinations  to  the  Executive  Secretary  with 
their  recommendations  as  to  the  fitness  of  the  applicants  to  operate  automobiles  over 
the  streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone.  The  Executive  Secretary  shall  cause  a 
record  to  be  kept  of  all  applications,  together  with  the  reports  of  the  examiners  in 
each  case  and  any  other  papers  relating  thereto.  If  the  report  of  the  examiners  is 
favorable  to  the  applicant,  the  Executive  Secretary  may  issue  to  such  applicant  a 
chauffeur's  license  in  form  substantially  as  follows: 

The  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

license  to  chauffeurs. 

No 

Whereas,  it  has  been  reported  to  me  by  the  duly    appointed    examiners    that 

has  given  satisfactory  evidence  to  said  examiners  that 

he  is  a  skilful  chauffeur  or  operator  of  automobiles,  and  can  be  entrusted  to  perform 
the  duties  of  chauffeur  upon  the  streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone,  he  is,  therefore, 
licensed  to  act  as  such  chauffeur  until  such  time  as  this  license  may,  for  cause,  be 
revoked. 

Witness  my  hand  this day  of ....,  191 

Executive  Secretary,  The  Panama  Canal. 

The  license  issued  hereunder  shall  continue  in  force  until  revoked  for  cause,  as 
hereinafter  provided  for. 

Section  5.  When  the  Executive  Secretary  issues  a  chauffeur's  license  he  shall 
thereupon  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  licensee  either  a  card,  check  or  badge,  as  may 
be  determined  from  time  to  time  by  regulations  of  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal,  and  in  such  form  as  the  latter  may  designate.  The  licensee  shall  be  charged  a 
fee  of  one  dollar  ($1 )  for  such  license,  to  be  paid  to  the  Collector  of  The  Panama  Canal ; 

5'*  See  also  order  of  Feb.  26.  1921,  p.  277,  relating  to  rates  of  fare  and  transportation  of  passengers 
for  hire  in  the  Canal  Zone;   and  order  of  April  14,  1921,  p.  283,  relating  to  operation  of  vehicles. 

!"T.  &  A.  130. 

s'o  Executive  Order  of  Oct.  30,  1920,  p.  276,  requires  operators  of  motorcycles  to  be  licensed  as  chauf- 
feurs in  accordance  with  above  order. 


248  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

provided,  that  no  fee  shall  be  charged  for  licenses  issued  to  chauffeurs  who  only  oper- 
ate automobiles  belonging  to  or  controlled  by  The  Panama  Canal  or  other  agency 
of  the  United  States  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company. 

Applicants  for  licenses  to  operate  automobiles  belonging  to  or  controlled  by  any 
government  agency  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  need  not  be  endorsed  by 
two  citizens  as  provided  in  Section  2  hereof  for  other  applicants,  but  such  applica- 
tions shall  be  endorsed  by  the  chief  of  the  office,  division,  or  unit  in  which  the  appli- 
cant is  employed. 

Upon  the  request  of  any  Canal  Zone  police  officer  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
licensee  hereunder,  while  in  charge  of  any  automobile  on  the  Canal  Zone  streets  or 
roads,  to  exhibit  to  such  officer  the  card,  check  or  badge  so  issued  to  him. 

Section  6.  The  Executive  Secretary  is  hereby  authorized  to  revoke  for  cause 
any  license  issued  hereunder  or  heretofore  issued. 

Section  7.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  promul- 
gate rules  and  regulations  from  time  to  time  to  carry  out  this  order.s^'  The  licenses, 
cards,  checks  and  badges  heretofore  issued  in  conformity  with  preexisting  laws,  shall 
continue  to  be  effective  unless  revoked  for  cause. 

Section  8.  Any  person  who  operates  an  automobile  over  the  streets  and  roads  of 
■  the  Canal  Zone  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  as  provided  for  under  this 
order,  or  who  fails  to  comply  with  the  other  requirements  of  this  order  or  of  the  regu- 
lations of  the  Governor  issued  pursuant  to  this  order,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  to  exceed  $25 
or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, in  the  court's  discretion,  as  authorized  by  the  above-mentioned  Act  of 
Congress. 

Section  9.  The  ordinance  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  April  15, 
1911,  entitled  "Ordinance  providing  for  the  licensing  of  chauffeurs  for  automobiles", s'' 
the  ordinance  enacted  by  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  dated  February  3,  1914, 
"Amending  Section  8  of  Ordinance  providing  for  the  licensing  of  Chauffeurs  for 
automobiles", 5*3  and  all  other  ordinances,  orders  and  regulations,  or  parts  thereof, 
in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  10.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  The  Panama  Canal  Record. s^i 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House,  9  October,  1918. 

[No.  2971.] 


Guarapo  Naval  Air  Station. 

1.  The  areas  hereinafter  described  situated  within  the  Canal  Zone  are  hereby 
set  apart  and  assigned  for  the  uses  of  a  naval  air  station,  and  other  naval  purposes, 
under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy;  but  the  said  areas  shall  be  subject  to 
the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with  the  Panama 
Canal  Act. 

2.  The  said  areas  are  described  as  follows: 

I.  That  island  named  Guarapo  Island,  in  its  entirety  and  shown  on  Hydro- 
graphic  Office  Chart  No.  5000,  dated  December,  1914,  lying  to  the  westward 
of  and  approximately  parallel  to  the  Canal  prism,  and  directly  to  the  southward 
of  Gatun  Dam,  between  latitudes  approximately  9°  14'  50"  north  and  9°  15'  40" 
north,  and  longitudes  approximately  79°  55'  44"  west,  and  79°  56'  04"  west; 
together  with  the  small  islets  immediately  adjacent  to  the  westward. 

II.  The  water  area  lying  between  the  Canal  prism  and  the  Island  of  Guarapo, 
also  the  water  areas  off  of  the  northerly,  westerly  and  southerly  shores  of  said 
island,  to  a  distance  of  two  hundred  (200)  yards. 

3.  The  said  areas  are  more  particularly  described  on  blueprint  No.  4301-16, 
dated  the  27th  day  of  September,  1918,  issued  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House,  4  November,  1918. 

[No.  2987.]  ■ 

5»'  See  the  723  series  of  Governor's  Circulars. 

J«'L.  C.  Z.  281. 

5'Jlbid,  281. 

»•«  Published  in  The  Panama  Canal  Record  of  Nov.  13.  1918. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  249 

Authorizing  the  Granting  of  Sick  Leave  to  Alien  Employees  in  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad 

Service. 

By  virtue  df  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal  is  authorized  to  grant  to  alien  employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  who  are  not  entitled  to  leave  privileges  under  the  conditions  of 
employment  now  in  effect, s^5  compensation  for  time  lost  due  to  illness,  with  such  re- 
strictions as  to  time  and  rates  of  pay  as  may  be  prescribed  by  him  in  regulations  in 
regard  thereto,  which  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

14  November,  1918. 

[No.  2993.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Nov.  16,  1918,  Amending  Rules  for  Maximum  Pay  for  Non-Civil  Service 

Clerks. 

.  Section  4  of  the  Executive  Order  dated  February  2,  1914, ss*  providing  conditions 
of  employment  for  the  permanent  force  for  The  Panama  Canal,  and  paragraph  IS, 
subdivision  I,  schedule  A,  of  the  civil  service  rules,  as  amended  by  the  Executive 
Order  of  April  5,  1918,5*7  are  hereby  amended  so  as  to  permit  appointments  to  clerical 
positions  in  the  Federal  Service  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  paying  not  more  than 
$106  a  month,  without  examination  under  the  civil  service  rules.  This  order  shall 
remain  in  effect  only  so  long  as  the  unusual  conditions  due  to  the  present  war  exist 
and  no  longer  than  six  months  from  the  end  of  the  war.s*' 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 

16  November,  1918. 

[No.  2996.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Nov.  27,  1918,  transferring  War  Trade  Funds  for  Expenditure  in  the  Canal 

Zone. 

Under  authority  conferred  by  "An  Act  authorizing  the  President  to  coordinate 
or  consolidate  executive  bureaus,  agencies,  and  offices,  and  for  other  purposes,  in  the 
interest  of  economy  and  the  more  efficient  concentration  of  the  Government," 
approved  May  20,  1918,  it  is  hereby  directed  that  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  ($50,000) 
appropriated  by  "An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the 
Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen, 
and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  July  1,  1918,  "For  expenses  of  the  War  Trade 
Board  created  under  authority  contained  in  the  Act  entitled  'An  Act  to  punish  acts 
of  interference  with  the  foreign  relations,  the  neutrality,  and  the  foreign  commerce  of 
the  United  States,  to  punish  espionage,  and  better  to  enforce  the  criminal  laws  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,'  approved  June  fifteen,  nineteen  hundred  and 
seventeen,  and  the  'Trading  with  the  enemy  Act,'  approved  October  sixth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  seventeen,  including  personal  and  other  services  and  rent  of  offices  in 
the  District  of  Columbia  and  elsewhere,  traveling  expenses,  per  diem  in  lieu  of  sub- 
sistence not  exceeding  $4,  law  books,  books  of  reference,  periodicals,  rent  of  grounds, 
supplies  and  equipment,  printing  and  binding,  maintenance,  operation  and  repair  of 
motor  propelled  vehicles,  $3^500,000,"  be  transferred  from  said  appropriation  and 
allotted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  expenditure  in  the  Canal  Zone  during  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30,  1919,  under  the  direction  of  said  Secretary  of  War  for  the  pur- 
pose for  which  it  was  appropriated. 

This  sum  will  be  deducted  from  the  appropriations  made  for  the  War  Trade  Board 
for  the  current  fiscal  year  and  charged  to  the  War  Department. 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 

27  November,  1918. 

«»s  See  par.  20,  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158. 

«"p.  158. 

J"  p.  238. 

s'»  Cong.  Jt.  Res.  of  Mar.  3,  1921  (T.  &  A.  238),  having  construed  the  termination  of  the  war  as  of 
Mar.  3,  1921,  the  above  Executive  Order  was  revoked  by  provisions  of  Executive  Order  of  May  16, 
1921.  p.  288. 


250  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Abrogating,  Annulling,  and  Rescinding  Certain  Regulations  Prescribing  the  Conduct  of  Alien  Enemies. 

PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States  and  by  Sections  four  thousand  and  sixty  seven,  four  thousand  and 
sixty  e}g;ht,  four  thousand  and  sixty  nine,  and  four  thousand  and  seventy,  of  the  Re- 
vised Statutes,  I  declared  and  established  by  Proclamations  s"'  dated  April  6th, 
1917,  November  16th,  1917,  December  Uth,  1917,  and  April  19th,  1918,  certain 
regulations  prescribing  the  conduct  of  alien  enemies; 

I,  WoODROW  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  do  hereby  pro- 
claim to  all  whom  it  may  concern  that  as  of  Christmas  Day,  December  25,  1918, 
Regulations  numbered  one  to  eight  inclusive  and  Regulation  eleven  of  the  Proclama- 
tion of  April  6th,  1917;  Regulations  numbered  thirteen  to  twenty  inclusive  of  the 
Proclamation  of  November  16th,  1917;  and  all  of  said  Regulations  as  extended  to 
women  by  the  Proclamation  of  April  19th,  1918,  shall  be  and  they  are  herebyabro- 
gated,  annulled,  and  rescinded. 

Provided  that  the  abrogation,  annullment,  and  recission  of  the  Regulations 
aforesaid  shall  not  afTect  the  disposition  of  the  case  of  any  alien  enemy  detained, 
arrested,  confined,  or  interned  for  the  violation  of  any  of  said  regulations,  or  release 
any  alien  enemy  from  the  obligations  of  a  parole  imposed  upon  him  by  or  with  the 
authorization  of  the  Attorney  General. s'" 

This  Proclamation  shall  extend  and  apply  to  all  land  and  water,  continental  or 
insular,  to  which  the  above  mentioned  sections  of  the  Revised  Statutes  extend  and 
apply. 

In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  United 
States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Paris  in  the  Republic  of  France,  this  23rd  day  of 
December,  in  the  year  of  oui  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen 

[seal]     and  of  the  independence  of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  forty- 
third. 

WooDROW  Wilson 

By  the  President: 

Frank  L.  Polk, 

Acting  Secretary  oj  State. 

[No.  1506.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Jan.  25,  1919,  relating  to  Leave  Due  Employees  Returning  from  Military  or 

Naval  Service. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  I  do  hereby  establish  the  following  Execu- 
tive Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  or  Panama  Railroad  Company  who  have  entered 
the  Military  or  Naval  Service  of  the  United  States  or  Service  overseas  directly  con- 
nected with  the  present  war,  including  those  who  resigned  to  enter  any  of  such  serv- 
ices and  failed  to  do  so  only  because  of  the  cessation  of  hostilities  or  on  account  of 
physical  disability,  and  who  were  promised  that  they  would  be  reinstated  in  the  same 
or  like  positions  within  a  period  of  ninety  days  after  their  honorable  discharge  from, 
such  service  or  within  a  period  of  120  days  after  their  resignation  from  The  Panama 
Canal  or  Panama  Railroad  Company  if  unable  to  enter  such  service,  shall,  upon  re- 
turn to  duty  with  The  Panama  Canal  or  Panama  Railroad  Company  within  the 
periods  designated,  be  credited  with  leave  at  the  rate  of  l/12th  of  the  year's  allow- 
ance of  leave,  for  each  full  month  served  prior  to  their  separation  from  the  service  of 
The  Panama  Canal  or  Panama  Railroad  Company,  where  a  loss  of  such  leave  resulted 
from  the  employees'  separation  from  that  service  for  the  purposes  named.s" 

WooDROW  Wilson 
The  White  House, 

25  Januaiy,  1919. 

[No.  3031.] 

s*»  See  Proclamation  of  Nov.  16,  1917,  p.  230;  the  others  mentioned  did  not  apply  to  the  Canal 
Zone. 

s">Seeact  of  Congress  of  May  10.  1920  (T.&  A.  217),  providingfordeportation  of  certain  undesirable 
aliens  and  to  deny  readmission  to  those  deported. 

s"  See  generally  conditions  of  employment  in  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  2,  1914,  p.  158,  and  amend- 
ment thereto  of  Jan.  15,  1917,  p.  218.  See  also  Governor's  Circular  No.  627-23  relating  to  quarters 
assignment  of  persons  reinstated  after  military  or  naval  service. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  251 

Order  of  the  President  of  Jan.  25.  1919,  Terminating  Control  of  Canal  and  Canal  Zone  by  Army  Officer 
Designated  by  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  9,  1917. 

By  virtue  of  the  power  and  authority  vested  in  and  conferred  upon  me  by  the 
Panama  Canal  Act  approved  August  24,  1912  s?^  (37  Statutes  at  Large,  560,  569), 
the  Executive  Order,  dated  April  9,  1917,^"  placing  the  Panama  Canal  and  all  its 
adjuncts,  appendants,  and  appurtenances,  including  the  entire  control  and  govern- 
ment of  the  Canal  Zone,  under  the  jurisdiction  and  authority  of  the  Officer  of  the 
Army  commanding  the  United  States  Troops  stationed  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  here- 
by terminated  and  shall  be  no  longer  in  force 

WOODROW   WILSON 

The  White  House, 

25  January,  1919. 

[No.  3032.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Jan.  29,  1919,  revoking  orders  issued  for  the  Establishment  of  Defensive  Sea 

.Areas. 

All  Execytive  Orders  heretofore  issued  for  the  establishment  of  Defensive  Sea 
Areas  5»4  are  hereby  revoked. 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 

25  January,  1919. 

[No.  3027.] 


To  Amend  the  Form  of  Panama  Canal  Tonnage  Certificate. 

The  form  of  Panama  Canal  tonnage  certificates  heretofore  provided  for  under 
Article  XVIII  of  the  rules  for  the  measurement  of  vessels  for  The  Panama  Canal  59» 
is  hereby  amended  to  correspond  in  form  and  substance  to  the  sample  certificate 
appended  to  this  order. 

This  order  shall  be  effective  sixty  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 

4  March,  1919. 

[No.  3062.] 


Tariff  and  Regulations  Governing  Public  Passenger  Conveyances  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  the  President  by  Act  of  Congress  approved 
August  21,  1916,  the  following  regulation  modifying  the  Executive  Order  of  January 
12,  1918,  establishing  maximum  rates  of  fare  and  governing  transportation  of  pas- 
sengers for  hire  in  the  Canal  Zone,s'^  is  established: 

Section  1.  The  rates  and  regulations  provided  in  Sections  5  and  8  S97  ©f  above- 
mentioned  Executive  Order  for  automobiles  intended  for  special  service  shall  here- 
after apply  only  when  cars  are  ordered  from  a  garage  for  special  service.  In  all 
other  cases  the  legal  rate  shall  be  that  provided  in  Sections  1,  2,  3  and  4  of  the  E.xe- 
cutive  Order  of  January  12,  1918. 

NEWTON  D.  BAKER, 
•  Secretary  of  War. 

May  29,  1919. 

By  the  President. 

«"  T.  &  A.  79. 

»"  p.  224. 

»'  Orders  of  Aug.  27,  1917,  p.  227,  and  of  Oct.  24,  1917,  p.  229,  applied  to  Panama  Canal.  See  also 
Governor's  Circular  No.  643-54  revoking  certain  circulars  issued  by  the  Governor  under  authority 
of  said  orders. 

«»s  Prescribed  by  Proclamation  of  Nov.  21,  1913,  p.  154. 

'»'  That  order,  together  with  this  amendment,  repealed  by  Executive  Order  of  Feb.  26,  1921,  p.  277. 

«"  p.  232. 


252  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President  of  May  31,  1919,  reinstating  Frank  H.  Wang  in  the  Panama  Canal  Service- 

as  postal  clerk. 

Mr.  Frank  H.  Wang  may  be  reinstated  in  the  Panama  Canal  Service  as  a  postal 
clerk  without  regard  to  the  year  limitation  upon  reinstatement  contained  in  Civil 
Service  Rule  IX.  Mr.  Wang  entered  the  service  as  a  postal  clerk  on  June  10,  1910, 
and  on  May  20,  1917,  was  granted  leave  of  absence  to  go  to  France  as  a  volunteer 
ambulance  driver.  After  the  expiration  of  his  leave  he  resigned  from  the  Red  Cross, 
enlisted  in  the  Foreign  Legion  of  the  French  Army,  completed  the  course  at  the" 
French  Ofiicers'  training  school  at  Fontalnebleau,  heM  the  grade  of  aspirant,  and 
was  demobilized  on  February  17,  1919.  In  view  of  his  experience  on  the  Panama 
Canal  and  his  services  in  the  cause  of  the  allies,  the  Civil  Service  Commission  recom- 
mends the  waiver  of  the  one-year  limitation. 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 
31  May,  1919. 

[No.  3093.) 


Order  of  July  12,  1919,  amending  Rules  and  Regulations  Promulgated  under  the  Executive  Order  of 
August  8,  1918,  issued  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  Congress  approved  the  22nd  day  of  May,  1918, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  from  and  Entry  into  the  United  States 
Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety,"  with  special  reference  to  the  waiver  of  United  States  Citizens' 
Identity  Cards  and  Permits  to  Depart  for  Certain  Citizens  and  Aliens  who  wish  to  Travel  between 
tiie  Continental  United  States  and  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

I,  Frank  L.  Polk,  Acting  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States  of  America,  act- 
ing under  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Sections  1  and  39,  of  the 
above  mentioned  rules  and  regulations  as  amended  by  Paragraph  III  of  the  Execu- 
tive Order  of  March  3,  1919,  do  hereby  prescribe  the  following  exceptions  and  addi- 
tions to  the  said  rules  and  regulations,  with  special  reference  to  Title  2,  Section 

11-A.598 

Section  1.  Citizens  of  the  United  States  and  other  persons  owing  allegiance  to 
the  United  States,  including  employees  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad, 
traveling  between  the  continental  United  States  and  the  Canal  Zone  or  between  the 
insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  and  the  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to 
bear  passports,  identity  cards,  or  permits.  Co-belligerents  and  neutrals  may  make 
the  same  journeys  on  passports  issued,  renewed,  or  visaed,  by  their  respective  Gov- 
ernment authorities  within  sixty  days  of  the  date  of  departure,  without  permits. 
Hostile  aliens  shall  continue  to  bear  passports  and  permits  to  depart. 

Section  2.  The  foregoing  amendments  supersede  all  existing  rules  and  regulations 
in  conflict  therewith. 

Frank  L.  Polk, 
Acting  Secretary  of  State. 
Department  of  State, 

Washhigton,  July  12,  1919. 


Order  of  the  President  of  July  25, 1919,  establishing  Fort  .'\mador  and  Fort  Grant  Military  Reservations. 

1 .  The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described  as  Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant  Reser- 
vations, situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set  apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  a  Military  Reservation  and  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary 
of  War;  but  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone 
authorities  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

2.  The  said  area  is  described  as  follows: 

Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant  Reservations. 

Starting  at  monument  "V"  which  is  a  concrete  monument  whose  location  is  lati- 
tude 8°  56'  plus  3602.8  feet,  longitude  79°  iV  plus  1556.9  feet,  shown  on  a  map  on 
file  in  the  District  Engineer  Office,  Balboa  Heights,  C.  Z.,  entitled  "Reservations  of 
Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant,  C.  Z."  File  No.  GP-2308,  dated  December  28,  1918,; 
thence  on  a  line  (azimuth  97°  06')  connecting  the  said  monument  "V"  with  the  center, 

«««  p.  242.  See  also  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  7,  1921,  p.  282,  concerning  passport  control  so  far  as  it 
applies  to  entry  of  aliens  into  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  253 

of  the  most  southerly  foot  of  the  south  radio  tower,  to  the  intersection  of  said  line 
with  the  top  of  slope,  a  distance  of  63  feet,  more  or  less,  which  intersection  is  marked 
by  a  monument,  marked  "Mon.  A"  on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  534  feet  on  a 
line  making  an  azimuth  of  80°  44'  to  a  point  just  west  of  the  main  road  to  Fort 
Amador  and  marked  by  a  peg  set  into  a  concrete  pad  in  the  gutter,  marked  "Mon. 
B"  on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  405.3  feet  on  a  line  making  an  azimuth  70" 
0'  to  the  intersection  with  the  present  boundary  line  at  Balboa  Radio  Station  WZ 
(Shown  on  a  plan  dated  March  17,  1915,  scale  1  to  600,  entitled  "U.  S.  Naval  Radio 
Station,  Balboa,  C.  Z."  submitted  by  F.  H.  Cooke)  marked  by  a  monument  called 
"Mon.  C"  on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  635.4  feet,  more  or  less,  on  a  line  making 
a-n  azimuth  of  307°  40'  to  a  point  marked  by  a  monument  known  as  "Monument 
Z";  thence  a  distance  of  652.4  feet,  more  or  less,  on  a  line  making  an  azimuth  of  37° 
40'  to  a  concrete  monument,  marked  "Mon.  D"  on  the  map,  which  monument  is 
on  the  extreme  high  water  line  on  the  shore  of  Balboa  Harbor;  thence  along  the 
extreme  high  water  line  iri  a  general  southeasterly  direction  along  the  west  bank  of 
the  breakwater,  around  the  former  islands  of  Naos,  Culebra,  Perico  and  Flamenco 
back  on  the  east  bank  of  the  breakwater  and  around  the  east  bank  of  the  present 
Fort  Amador  post  site,  on  the  extreme  high  water  line  to  a  concrete  monument 
marked  "Mon.  G"  on  the  map;  thence  on  a  line  the  azimuth  of  which  is  37°  40'  for 
a  distance  of  63.8  feet  to  the  concrete  monument  marked  "V"  on  the  map  which  is 
the  point  of  beginning.  Besides  the  area  included  in  this  boundary,  the  islands  of 
San  Jose,  Penamarca,  Changarmi,  Tortolita,  Tortola,  Cocoviceta,  Cocovi  and  Vena- 
do,  are  also  within  the  reservation  of  Fort  Grant. 
All  Azimuths  are  true  and  read  from  south. 

3.  All  land  in  this  area,  north  of  latitude  8°  56'  will  be  known  as  Fort  Amador 
Reservation  and  all  land  South,  including  the  islands  of  San  Jose,  Panamarca,  Chan- 
garmi, Tortolita,  Tortola,  Cocoviceta.  Cocovi  and  Venado,  will  be  known  as  Fort 
Grant  Reservation.  The  monuments,  marked  "Mon.  E."  and  "Mon.  F."  on  the  map 
locating  this  east  and  west  line  (Lat.  8°  56')  are  placed  on  the  extreme  high  water 
mark  about  730  feet  south  of  gun  No.  1,  Battery  Birney. 

4.  Executive  Order  of  May  28,  1918,  relating  to  the  transferring  of  a  certain 
portion  of  land  within  the  Balboa  Radio  Station  Reservation  from  the  control  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  re- 
scinded. 59' 

5.  The  following  described  portion  of  that  certain  tract  of  land  situated  at  Balboa, 
Canal  Zone,  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  by  the  Exe- 
cutive Order  of  May  26,  1914,  No.  1948,  is  hereby  transferred  from  the  control  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  and  placed  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
military  purposes: 

Starting  at  monument  "V"  which  is  a  concrete  monument  whose  location  is  lati- 
tude 8°  56'  plus  3602.8  feet,  longitude  79°  33'  plus  1556.9  feet,  shown  on  a  map  on 
file  in  the  District  Engineer  Office,  Balboa  Heights,  C.  Z.,  entitled  "Reservations 
of  Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant,  C.  Z.,  File  No.  GP-2308  dated  December  28,  1918; 
thence  on  a  line  (azimuth  97°  06')  connecting  the  said  monument  "V"  with  the  center 
of  the  most  southerly  foot  of  the  south  radio  tower,  to  the  intersection  of  said  line 
with  the  top  of  slope,  a  distance  of  53  feet,  more  or  less,  which  intersection  is  marked 
by  a  monument,  marked  "Mon.  A"  on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  534  feet  on  a 
line  making  an  azimuth  of  80°  44'  to  a  point  just  west  of  the  main  road  to  Fort  Ama- 
dor and  marked  by  a  peg  set  into  a  concrete  pad  in  the  gutter,  marked  "Mon.  B" 
on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  405.3  feet  on  a  line  making  an  azimuth  of  70" 
0'  to  the  intersection  with  the  present  boundary  line  at  Balboa  Radio  Station  WZ 
(shown  on  a  plan  dated  March  17,  1915,  scale  1  to600  entitled  "U.  S.  Naval  Radio 
Station,  Balboa,  C.  Z."  submitted  by  F.  H.  Cooke)  marked  by  a  monument  called 
"Mon.  C",  on  the  map;  thence  a  distance  of  635.4  feet  on  a  line  making  anazimuth 
of  307°  40'  to  a  point  marked  by  a  monument  known  as  "Monument  Z"  thence  a 
distance  of  765  feet,  more  or  less  on  a  line  making  an  azimuth  of  217°  40'  to 
Monument  "V"  which  is  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  azimuths  are  true  and  read  from  south. 

6.  The  transfer  of  the  above  described  tract  of  land  is  made  subject  to  the  contin- 
ued right  of  the  Navy  Department  to  lay  and  maintain  therein  underground  an- 
tennae receiving  wires  needed  in  connection  with  the  maintenance  and  operation  of 
the  Naval  Radio  Station  at  Balboa,  C.  Z. 

7.  This  portion  of  land  herein  transferred  is  included  in  the  above  description  of 
Fort  Amador. 

"»  p.  239. 


254  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

8.  In  addition  to  the  above  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  have  control  of  all  lands 
and  water  for  a  distance  of  one  hundred  yards  out  to  sea  from  the  high  water  line 
on  ail  shores  of  Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant  Reservations,  terminating  at  the  pro- 
longation of  boundary  lines  towards  the  sea  from  points  marked  "Mon.  D"  aHd 
"Mon.  G"  on  the  map. 

WOODROW  WILSON 
The  White  House, 
25th  July,  1919. 

[No.  3130.] 


Abrogating  Regulations  Governing  the  Flying  of  Civilian  Aircraft. 

Proclamation 
Abrogating  Regulations  Governing  the'  Flying  of  Civilian  Aircraft. 

Whereas,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United 
States  and  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States  when  called  into  actual  service  of  the 
United  States,  I  declared  and  established  as  a  war  measure  by  proclamation  No.  1432 
of  February  28,  1918,'"''  rules  and  regulations  governing  flying  by  aircraft  within  the 
whole  of  the  United  States  and  its  territorial  waters  and  of  the  insular  possessions 
and  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  declaring  said  territory  a  zone  of  military  operation 
and  of  military  preparation; 

And  whereas,  the  necessity,  as  a  war  measure,  for  the  continuance  in  effect  of  said 
rules  and  regulations  has  come  to  an  end,  now  therefore; 

I,  W09DROW  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  do  hereby  pro- 
claim to  all  whom  it  may  concern  that  the  Presidential  proclamation  No.  1432  of 
February  28,  1918,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  therein  contained  and  the  power 
and  authority  therein  and  thereby  conferred  upon  military  and  naval  commanders 
and  forces  are  hereby  abrogated,  withdrawn  and  annulled  from  and  after  the  date 
hereof.'" 

In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia  this  thirty-first  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  nineteen  and  of  the  independence  of  the 

[seal.]     United  States  the  one  hundred  and  forty-fourth. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

By  the  President: 

Robert  Lansing, 

Secretary  of  State. 


Order  of  the  President  of  August  8,  1919,  relating  to  Registry  of  Foreign-built  Vessels. 

In  pursuance  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  President  of  the  United  States 
by  section  2  of  the  act  approved  August  18,  1914,'°^  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for 
the  admission  of  foreign-built  ships  to  American  registry  for  the  foreign  trade,  and 
for  other  purposes,"  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

That  the  provisions  of  law  requiring  survey,  inspection  and  measurement,  by 
officers  of  the  United  States,  of  foreign-built  ships  admitted  to  United  States  registry 
under  said  Act  are  hereby  suspended  so  far  and  for  such  length  of  time  as  is  herein 
provided,  namely:  The  said  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  any  such  foreign-built 
ship  during  the  period  of  eighteen  months  from  September  1,  1919,  provided  the  Sec- 
retary of  Commerce  is  satisfied  in  the  case  of  any  such  ship  that  the  ship  is  safe  and 
seaworthy  and  that  proper  effort  is  being  made  to  comply  with  the  said  provision. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 
8  August,  1919. 

«»°p.  237. 

'"  See  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  7,  1913,  p.  150,  relating  to  aircraft  operation  in  the  Canal  Zone, 
which  has  not  been  repealed. 
»"T.  &  A.  111. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  255 

Order  of  the  President  of  November  24,  1919,  relating  to  the  Acquisition  of  Vessels  of  Hostile  Nations. 

Whereas  the  following  Joint  Resolution  adopted  by  Congress  was  approved  by 
the  President  May  12,  1917:<^°.i 

"Joint  Resolution  Authorizing  the  President  to  take  over  for  the  United  States  the 
possession  and  title  of  any  vessel  within  its  jurisdiction,  which  at  the  time  of  coming 
therein  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation,  citizen,  or  subject  of  any 
nation  with  which  the  United  States  may  be  at  war,  or  was  under  register  of  any  such 
nation,  and  for  other  purposes. 

"Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America 
in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  take 
over  to  the  United  States  the  immediate  possession  and  title  of  any  vessel  within  the 
jurisdiction  thereof,  including  the  Canal  Zone  and  all  territories  and  insular  posses- 
sions of  the  United  States  except  the  American  Virgin  Islands,  which  at  the  time 
of  coming  into  such  jurisdiction  was  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  any  corporation, 
citizen,  or  subject  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  may  be  at  war  when 
such  vessel  shall  be  taken,  or  was  "flying  the  flag  of  or  was  under  register  of  any  such 
nation  or  any  political  subdivision  or  municipality  thereof;  and,  through  the  United 
States  Shipping  Board,  or  any  department  or  agency  of  the  Government,  to  operate, 
lease,  charter,  and  equip  such  vessel  in  any  service  of  the  United  States,  or  in  any 
commerce,  foreign  or  coastwise. 

"Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  appoint,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  President,  a  board  of  survey,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  ascertain  the  actual  value  of  the  vessel,  its  equipment,  appurte- 
nances and  all  property  contained  therein,  at  the  time  of  its  taking,  and  to  make  a 
written  report  of  their  findings  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  who  shall  preserve  such 
report  with  the  records  of  his  department.  These  findings  shall  be  considered  as 
competent  evidence  in  all  proceedings  on  any  claim  for  compensation." 

And  Whereas  from  time  to  time  during  the  period  of  the  war,  vessels  which  were 
at  the  time  of  coming  into  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  owned  in  whole  or 
in  part  by  a  corporation,  citizen  or  subject  of  the  Empire  of  Germany,  a  nation  with 
which  the  United  States  is  now  at  war,  or  vessels  which  were  flying  the  flag  or  linder 
the  register  of  the  Empire  of  Germany  or  of  a  political  subdivision  or  municipality 
thereof,  or  of  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  have  been  taken 
over  and  operated  by  the  United  States  or  in  the  service  of  the  United  States.^'"' 

Now  Therefore,  the  possession  and  title  of  the  United  States  in  all  such  vessels 
is  taken  over  in  accordance  with  Joint  Resolution  adopted  by  Congress  and  approved 
by  the  President  May  12,  1917. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

Novem.ber  24,  1919. 

[No.  3176.]  •       i 


Amending  Section  3  of  the  Executive  Order  of  February  2,  1914,  Providing  Conditions  of  Employ- 
ment for  the  Permanent  Force  for  The  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  Section  3  of  an  Executive  Order 
providing  conditions  of  employment  for  the  permanent  force  of  the  Panama  Canal, 
issued  February  2,  1914,<^'>5  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

3.  The  compensation  and  conditions  of  employment  of  persons  em- 
ployed in  the  United  States  will  be  specified  in  the  appointments.  The 
compensation  of  such  persons  will  begin  upon  date  of  embarkation  at 
port  of  departure  from  the  United  States,  and  they  will  be  granted  free 
transportation  from  port  of  departure,  including  meals  on  the  steamer, 
but  no  compensation  or  expenses  for  the  journey  to  the  port;  but 
former  employees  from  the  United  States  whose  services  were  termi- 
nated other  than  on  account  of  reduction  of  force,  and  whose  next 
preceding  service  with  the  Panama  Canal  was  less  than  one  year,  shall 
be  paid  only  from  date  of  entry  into  the  service  on  the  Isthmus,  and 
will  be  allowed  only  such  reduced  rates  of  transportation  to  the  Isthmus 
as  may  be  available  for  government  employees.    Employees  appointed 

«»jT.  &  A.  154. 

'"  See  Executive  Order  of  June  30,  1917,  p.  226,  ordering  the  Shipping  Board  to  take  over  certain 
vessels  listed  in  that  order. 
"sp.  158. 


256  EXECUXrV^E  orders  relating  to  PANAMA  CANAL 

at  an  hourly  rate  will  be  paid  for  the  period  of  transit  to  the  Isthmus 
on  the  basis  of  an  eight-hour  day  exclusive  of  Sundays.  Except  in  case 
of  discharge  or  other  separation  from  the  service  beyond  the  employee's 
control,  payment  of  salary  from  date  of  embarkation  to  date  of  arrival 
on  the  Isthmus  will  not  be  made  unless  service  on  the  Isthmus  continues 
for  thirty  days. 

This  order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  this  date. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

25  November,  1919. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Dec.  22,  1919,  establishing  Quarry  Heights  Military  Reservation.'"' 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  to  be  known  as  Quarry  Heights  Reser- 
vation, situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set  apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  a  military  reservation  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Secretary  of  War;      , 
but  the  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil  control  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Gov- •  j 
ernor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal  Act.  \ 

The  boundaries  of  said  reservation  are  described  as  follows: 

The  point  of  beginning  is  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument  ^  10;  which  is  N. 
1°  51'  W.,  711.4  feet,  more  or  less,  from  Ancon  triangulation  station;  the  coordinates 
of  Ancon  station  are  Lat.  8°-57'  plus  2572.76  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  883.66  feet 
thence, 

1.  S.  76°-06'  E.,  833  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument  ^11 
thence, 

2.  S.  12°-40'  E.,  500  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument  #  1 
thence, 

3.  S.  55°-39'  E.,  546  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  copper  plug  in  concrete  monument 
)^2;   thence, 

4.  Along  a  line  parallel  with  and  5.60  feet  back  from  the  curb  line  of  the  westerly 
side  of  Fourth  of  July  Avenue,  to  a  copper  plug  in  concrete  monument  ^3;  direct 
bearing  and  distance,  ?^2  to  #3,  S.  38°-19'  W.,    1369  feet,  more  or  less;   thence, 

5.  Along  a  line  parallel  with  and  5.60  feet  back  from  the  curb  line  of  the  northerly 
side  of  the  continuation  of  Fourth  of  July  Avenue  towards  East  Balboa,  to  monu- 
ment #4,  which  is  a  copper  plug  set  in  the  concrete  roadway  leading  to  the  Truck 
Company  barracks;  direct  bearing  and  distance,  ^3  to  ^4,  S.  87°-03'  W.,  1080  feet, 
more  or  less;   thence, 

6.  N.  74°-03'  W.,  505  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument 
#5;    thence, 

7.  N.  18°-09'  E.,  214  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument  #6; 
thence, 

8.  Along  the  contour  of  150  feet  elevation  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument 
fil;  direct  bearing  and  distance,  j^6  to  #7,  N.  3°-27'  W.,  867  feet,  more  or  less; 
thence, 

9.  Along  the  contour  of  150  feet  elevation  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument 
#8;  direct  bearing  and  distance,  §1  to  fj>?>,  N.  48°-2r  W,,  569  feet,  more  or  less; 
thence, 

10.  Along  the  contour  of  150  feet  elevation  to  a  brass  plug  in  concrete  monument 
^9;  direct  bearing  and  distance,  #8  to  j^9,  N.  39°-36'  E.,  971  feet,  more  or  less; 
thence, 

11.  S.  75°-58'  E.,  861  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  point  of  beginning. 
All  bearings  refer  to  the  true  meridian. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

22  December,  1919. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Dec.  22,  1919,  establishing  the  Fort  William  D.  Davis  Military  Reservation. 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  to  be  known  as  Fort  William  D.  Davis 
Reservation,  consisting  of  two  parcels,  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set  apart 
and  assigned  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  military  reservation,  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War;  but  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil  control  and  jirris- 
diction  of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal 
Act. 

♦•'  See  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  8, 1921,  p.  283,  defining  an  addition  to  the  limits  of  this  reservation. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  257 

The  boundaries  of  said  reservation  are  described  as  follows: 
The  boundary  of  the  first  parcel  (east  of  the  Panama  Railroad)  begins  at  a  copper 
plug,  set  in  the  east  curb  of  the  New  Gatun  road,  100  feet  easterlj^  from  center  line 
of  the  Panama  Railroad,  the  coordinates  of  whose  position  are  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4519.0 
feet,  Long.  79°-55'  plus  207.7  feet;   thence, 

1.  Northeasterly  along  a  road  to  an  iron  rail  monument,  at  intersection  of  two 
roads,  in  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4661.3  feet,  Long.  79°-54'  plus  5819.2  feet;   thence, 

2.  N.  20°-25'  W.,  232.4  feet,  along  a  road  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°- 
16'  plus  4879.0  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  5900.3  feet;    thence, 

3.  Northeasterly  along  a  road  to  a  Ih"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  west  side  of  road, 
in  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  5028.0  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  5522.0  feet;   thence, 

4.  Easterly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  northerly  from  spur  track  to 
Agua  Clara  Reservoir  to  a  1^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  at  intersection  with  Agua  Clara 
boundary,  in  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4733.5  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  4806.6  feet;  thence, 

5.  N.  49°-54'  E.,  2044.0  feet  alqng  Agua  Clara  Reservoir  boundary  to  a  monu- 
ment, in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  2.6  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  3243.1  feet;    thence, 

6.  N.  50°-41'  E.,  542.6  feet,  to  a  monument,  on  the  boundary  of  Agua  Clara  Reser- 
voir, in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  356.4  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  2823. 2  feet;    thence, 

7.  S.  87°-57'  E.,  2517.8  feet,  to  a  monument,  on  the  boundary  of  Agua  Clara 
Reservoir,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  266.2  feet,  Long.  79°-54'  plus  307.0  feet;    thence, 

8.  S.  87°-10'  E.,  1873.3  feet,  to  a  monument,  on  the  boundary  of  Agua  Clara 
Reservoir,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  173.6  feet,  Long.  79°-53'  plus  4443.9  feet;   thence, 

9.  S.  87°-48'  E.,  719.8  feet,  to  a  monument,  on  the  boundary  of  Agua  Clara  Reser- 
voir, in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  146.0  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  3724.6  feet;    thence, 

10.  S.  87°-38'  E.,  478.9  feet,  to  a  monument,  on  the  boundary  of  Agua  Clara  Reser- 
voir, in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  126.2  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  3246.1  feet;   thence, 

11.  S.  87°-25'  E.,  1394.0  feet,  to  a  l§"g.  i.  pipe  monument,  100  feet  west  of  Panama 
Railroad  track  and  opposite  transmission  tower  10-5,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  63.2  feet, 
Long.  79°-53'  plus  1853.5  feet;   thence, 

12.  Northerly  and  easterly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  distant  from  Pan- 
ama Railroad  track,  to  the  shore  of  Gatun  Lake;  thence, 

13.  Northerly  along  the  shore  of  said  lake  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat. 
9°-17'  plus  4789.3  feet.  Long.  79°-52"  plus  4765.5  feet;  thence, 

14.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1377.2  feet,  to  a  1^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  cemented  into  rock 
bottom  of  small  stream,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  4790.6  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  135.1  feet; 
thence, 

15.  S.  89°-58'  W.,  1388.8  feet,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  west  bank  of 
a  small  stream,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  4789.7  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  1523.9  feet,  thence, 

16.  S.  89°-56'  W.,  518.1  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-17' 
plus  4789.1  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  2042.0  feet;    thence, 

17.  S.  89°-53'  W.,  553.9  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-17' 
plus  4788.0  feet.  Long.  79°-53'  plus  2595.9  feet;   thence, 

18.  S.  89°-10'  W.,  301.3  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus 
4783.2  feet,  Long.  79'=-53'  plus  2897.2  feet;   thence, 

19.  S.  75°-05'  W.,  4760.8  feet,toa  1§"  e.  i.  pipe  monument, on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-17' 
plus  3557.3  feet.  Long,  79°-54'  plus  1489.9  feet;  thence, 

20.  S.  75°-05'  W.,  728.6  feet,  to  a  bolt,  in  center  of  a  concrete  bridge  on  old  Gatun 
road,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  3370.0  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  2193.9  feet;  thence, 

21.  Due  west,  410.8  feet,  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  north  side  of  old  Gatun 
road,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  3370.0  feet.  Long.  79°-54'  plus  2604.7  feet;   thence, 

22.  Due  west,  1291.3  feet,  to  a  brass  plug,  set  in  new  concrete  road  one  foot  from 
west  edge,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  3370.0  feet,  Long.  79°-54'  plus  3896.0  feet;   thence, 

23.  N.  30°-26'  W.,  2074.1  feet,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  northeasterly 
end  of  the  north  levee  of  the  Mindi  hydraulic  fill,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  5158.3  feet, 
Long.  79°-54'  plus  4946.6  feet;    thence, 

24.  Southwesterly  along  said  levee  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  southwesterly 
end  of  the  levee  and  100  feet  from  center  line  of  Panama  Railroad  track  at  transmis- 
sion bridge,  4-16,  in  Lat.  9°-l7'  plus  4290.5  feet,  Long.  79°-55'  plus  531.6  feet;  thence, 

25.  Southerly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  easterly  from  center  line  of 
Panama  Railroad  track  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white  and  stenciled  in  black  "Mil.  Res."  where 
the  boundary  lines  intersect  the  sides  of  the  pipe. 

The  boundary  of  the  second  parcel  (west  of  the  Panama  Railroad)  begins  at  a  1|" 
g.  i.  pipe  monument  on  the  north  side  of  the  New  Gatun  road  and  100  feet  westerly 
from  center  line  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  in  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4596.2  feet,  Long.  79°-55' 
plus  395.3  feet;  thence, 

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258  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

1.  Northerly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  westerly  from  center  line  of 
Panama  Railroad  track  to  a  1^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  4290.5  feet, 
Long.  79°-55'  plus  731.6  feet;   thence, 

2.  N.  85°-58'  W.,  1000.5  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  500  feet  east  of  the 
center  line  of  the  Canal,  on  a  ridge,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  4360.9  feet.  Long.  79°-55' 
plus  1729.7  feet;    thence, 

3.  To  the  Canal  bank  opposite  Canal  Station  308  plus  10;   thence, 

4.  Southerly  along  the  Canal  to  a  point  opposite  the  next  monument;    thence, 

5.  Easterly  to  a  1^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  125  feet  east  of  the  bank  of  the  Canal,  in 
Lat.  9°-17'  plus  1290.6  feet.  Long.  79°-55'  plus  2205.9  feet  (said  monument  being 
1390  feet  north  of  the  north  end  of  the  north  approach  wall  of  Gatun  locks);  thence, 

6.  N.  89°-41'  E.,  537.7  feet,  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-17'  plus  1293.6 
feet.  Long.  79°-55'  plus  1668.2  feet;   thence, 

7.  S.  12°-10'  E.,  2705.4  feet,  to  a  bolt,  set  in  concrete  platform  of  an  oil  tank,  in 
Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4696.5  feet,  Long.  79°-55  plus  1098.0  feet;   thence, 

8.  Following  the  road  (direct  course  and  distance  S.  87°-02'  E.,  533.4  feet)  to  a  If" 
g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-16'  plus  4668.9  feet.  Long.  79°-55'  plus  565.6  feet; 
thence, 

9.  Following  the  road  (direct  course  and  distance  S.  66°-54'  E.,  185.3  feet)  to  the 
point  of  beginning. 

All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white. 

All  bearings  refer  to  the  true  meridian. 

No  structure  shall  be  constructed  by  the  military  authorities  within  two  hundred 
(200)  feet  of  the  present  banks  of  the  Canal. 

The  transfer  of  the  Fort  William  D.  Davis  Reservation  is  made  subject  to  the  con- 
tinued right  of  the  Supply  Department  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  use  areas  not  con- 
tiguous to  barracks  or  quarters  for  pasturage  of  cattle  for  the  supply  of  beef  to  the 
Canal  Zone;  the  pasturage  areas,  however,  to  be  available  for  use  by  the  troops  when 
required  for  military  maneuvers  or  for  target  practice. 

Wood  ROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

22  December,  1919. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Dec.  30,  1919,  Establishing  Military  Reservations  at  Fort  Clayton,  the 
Panama  Arsenal,  the  Engineer  Depot,  and  the  Post  of  Corozal. 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  consisting  of 
two  parcels,  which  include  Fort  Clayton,  The  Panama  Arsenal,  The  Engineer 
Depot,  and  the  Post  of  Corozal,  is  hereby  set  apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  a  military  reservation  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
but  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil  control  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Governor  of 
the  Panama  Canal,  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal  Act. 

The  boundaries  of  said  reservation  are  described  as  follows: 

The  boundary  of  the  first  parcel  begins  at  a  1^"  galvanized  iron  pipe  monument,  on 
the  Canal  Zone  boundary  line  between  monuments  No.  88  and  No.  89,  the  coordinates 
of  whose  position  are  Lat.  9°-01'  plus  6040.5  feet.  Long.  79°-31'  plus  3587.5  feet; 
thence, 

1.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  215.4  feet  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  west  side  of  a 
trail,  in  Lat.  9°-01'  plus  6040.7  feet,  Long.  79°-31'  plus  3802.9  feet;  thence, 

2.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  251.5  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  east  bank  of  a 
branch  of  the  Rio  Abajo,  in  Lat.  9°-01'  plus  6041.0  feet,  Long.  79°-31'  plus  4054.4 
feet;  thence, 

3.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1265.7  feet,  to  a  l\"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Porto  Bello  trail,  in  Lat.  9°-01'  plus  6042.1  feet.  Long.  79°-31'  plus  5320.1  feet; 
thence, 

4.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  838.4  feet,  to  a  \\"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Macambo  trail,  in  Lat.  9°-01'  plus  6042.8  feet,  Long.  79°-32'  plus  146.1  feet;  thence, 

5.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  2051.4  feet,  to  a  1  \"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  ridge  in  Lat.  9°-0r 
plus  6044.5  feet,  Long.  79°-32'  plus  2197.5  feet;   thence, 

6.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  2946.1  feet,  to  a  concrete  monument,  on  a  high  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-0r 
plus  6047.0  feet.  Long.  79°-32'  plus  5143.6  feet;   thence, 

7.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  2509.1  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-02' 
plus  1.7  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  1640.6  feet;   thence, 

8.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1363.1  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-02' 
plus  2.8  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  3003.7  feet;   thence, 


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9.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1267.7  feet,  to  a  IJ"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  east  side  of  a 
trail  running  along  the  east  bank  of  the  Rio  Cardenas,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  3.9  feet, 
Long.  79°-33'  plus  4271.4  feet;  thence, 

10.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  200.5  feet,  to  a  concrete  monument,  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Rio  Cardenas,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  4.0  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  4471.9  feet;   thence, 

11.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  392.6  feet,  to  a  IV  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-02' 
plus  4.4  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  4864.5  feet;   thence, 

12.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1255.2  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  5.5 
feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  107.6  feet;  thence, 

13.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  172.8  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  5.6 
feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  280.4  feet;   thence, 

14.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1222.2  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  concreted  into  the 
rock  bed  of  a  branch  of  the  Rio  Guanabano,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  6.6  feet.  Long.  79°-54' 
plus  1502.6  feet;   thence, 

15.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  885.8  feet,  to.a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  rocky  hill,  in  Lat. 
9°-02'  plus  7.3  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2388.4  feet;  thence, 

16.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  2139.5  feet,  to  a  concrete  monument,  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Rio  Guanabano,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  9.1  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  4527.9  feet;   thence, 

17.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1014.4  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Cruces  trail,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  9.9  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  5542.3  feet;   thence, 

18.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1417.8  feet,  to  a  1§"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  west  side  of  a 
military  trail,  in  Lat.  9''-02'  plus  11.1  feet.  Long.  79°-35'  plus  948.0  feet;  thence, 

19.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  965.0  feet,  to  a  concrete  monument,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Rid 
Cameron,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  11.9  feet.  Long.  79°-35'  plus  1913.0  feet;  thence, 

20.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  2384.9  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  nose  of  a  high 
hill,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  13.8  feet.  Long.  79°-35'  plus  4297.9  feet;  thence, 

21.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  1634.1  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  9°-02' 
plus  15.2  feet,  Long.  79°-35'  plus  5932.0  feet;   thence, 

22.  N.  89°-57'  W.,  796.5  feet,  to  a  1  J"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the  east  bank  of  the 
Rio  Caimitillo,  in  Lat.  9°-02'  plus  15.9  feet.  Long.  79°-36'  plus  716.4  feet;  thence, 

23.  Southerly  along  center  line  of  the  Rio  Caimitillo  and  the  center  line  of  an  arm 
of  Miraflores  Lake,  to  a  copper  plug,  set  in  the  north  curb  of  the  Pedro  Miguel- 
Corozal  road,  in  Lat.  9°-00'  plus  5429.6  feet,  Long.  79°-36'  plus  219.8  feet;  thence, 

24.  Southeasterly  along  this  curb  of  the  Pedro  Miguel-Corozal  road  to  a  copper 
plug,  in  the  east  curb  of  the  road  nearly  opposite  transmission  bridge  42.8  at  Mira- 
flores railroad  station,  in  Lat.  9°-00'  plus  1504.4  feet,  Long.  79°-35'  plus  2713.5  feet; 
thence, 

25.  S.  35°-38'  E.,  47.3  feet,  along  a  100-foot  offset  line  from  the  center  line  between 
main  track  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  copper  plug,  in  the  westerly  curb  of  the 
Pedro  Miguel-Corozal  road,  in  Lat.  9°-00'  plus  1465.9  feet,  Long.  79°-35'  plus  2685.9 
feet;  thence, 

26.  Southerly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  easterly  from  the  center  line 
between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  the 
boundary  of  the  Corozal  Hospital  Farm,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  2459.3  feet.  Long.  79°-34' 
plus  5080.9  feet;  thence, 

27.  N.  47°-14'  E.,  746.5  feet,  to  the  Corozal  Hospital  Farm  Monument  No.  10,  in 
Lat.  8°-59'  plus  2966.2  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  4532.8  feet;  thence, 

28.  N.  47°-14'  E.,  500.9  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  9  of  the  Hospital  Farm, on 
west  side  of  the  old  Corozal  road,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  3306.3  feet.  Long.  79°-34'plus 
4165.1  feet;  thence, 

29.  N.  47°-14'  E.,  41.1  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  8  of  the  Hospital  Farm,  on 
east  side  of  the  old  Corozal  road,  in  Lat.^8°-59'  plus  3334.2  feet,  Long.79°-34'  plus 
4134.9  feet;  thence, 

30.  Northerly  along  the  east  edge  of  the  old  Corozal  road  to  a  copper  plug,  set  in 
the  southeast  corner  of  a  concrete  bridge  over  the  Rio  Cardenas,  in  Lat.  9''-00'  plus 
212.8  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3425.2  feet;   thence, 

31.  S.  43°-32'  E.,  1666.3  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  7  of  the  Hospital  Farm, 
on  a  high  hill,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  5052.0  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2277.6  feet;   thence, 

32.  S.  74''-28'  E.,  1297.6  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  a  hill,  in  Lat.  8°-59' 
plus  4704.5  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  10*27.4  feet;   thence, 

33.  S.  8°-31'  E.,  2777.0  feet,  to  a  stone  slab  monument,  on  Cerro  Corozal,  No.  4  of 
the  Hospital  Farm,  in  Lat.  8''-59'  plus  1958.1  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  616.2  feet; 
thence, 

34.  S.  47°-14'  W.,  1453.7  feet,  to  a  concrete  monument,  "L  C.  C."  of  the  Hospital 
Farm,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  971.3  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1683.7  feet;  thence, 

35.  S.  85°-31'  W.,  450.7  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  936.1 
feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2133.0  feet;   thence, 


260  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

36.  N.  80°-42'  W.,  546.6  feet,  along  a  wire  fence  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  m  jnument,  in 
Lat.  8°-59'  plus  1024.4  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2672.4  feet;   thence, 

37.  S.  23°-ir  W.,  357.3  feet,  along  a  hedge,  to  a  point,  at  bend  of  hedge,  in  Lat.  8°- 
59'  plus  693.4  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2813.1  feet;   thence, 

38.  S.  47°-40'  W.,  151.1  feet,  along  a  hedge,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on 
easterly  edge  of  road  in  front  of  chapel,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  591.6  feet.  Long.  79°-34' 
plus  2924.8  feet;   thence, 

39.  N.  21°-04'  W.,  121.7  feet,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  west  side  of  road  to 
Hospital  Farm,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  705.2  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2968.5  feet;   thence, 

40.  N.  58°-29'  W.,  258.0  feet,  along  a  hedge,  to  a  1 1"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  on  west 
side  of  the  old  Corozal  road,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  840.1  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3188.5 
feet;   thence, 

41.  S.  35°-00'  W.,  202  feet,  to  a  U"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  674.5 
feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3304.4  feet;   thence, 

42.  N.  44°-06'  W.,  550  feet,  along  northeast  curb  of  the  Pedro  Migucl-Corozal 
road,  to  a  copper  plug,  in  curb,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  1069.5  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus 
3687.2  feet;   thence, 

43.  S.  37°-27'  W.,  192.9  feet,  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus 
916.4  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3804.5  feet;    thence, 

44.  Southeasterly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  northeasterly  from  the 
center  line  between  main  track  of  the  I^anama  Railroad,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monu- 
ment, at  north  corner  of  Army  Commissary,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  505.8  feet,  Long. 
79°-34' plus  3250.7  feet;   thence, 

45.  S.  39°-54'  W.,  70  feet,  to  a  IJ"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  at  west  corner  of  Army 
Commissary,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  452.8  feet.  Long.   79°-34'  plus  3295.6  feet;   thence, 

46.  S.  51°-18'  E.,  269  feet,  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  30  feet  distant  from  the 
center  line  between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  monu- 
ment, in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  284.6  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3085.7  feet;"  thence, 

47.  N.  40°-10'  E.,  70  feet,  to  a  1^"  pipe  monument,  on  easterly  side  of  Corozal 
road  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  338.1  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  3040.5  feet;   thence, 

48.  Southerly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  easterly  from  the  center  line 
between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  copper  plug,  set  in  south  curb  on 
concrete  road  to  Engineer  Supply  Depot,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4637.4  feet.  Long.  79°-34' 
plus  1774.6  feet;    thence, 

49.  S.  17°-19'  E.,  175.1  feet,  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  front  of  Signal  Corps 
Supply  Depot,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4,470.2  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1722.5  feet;  thence, 

50.  S.  37°-34'  E.,  574.1  feet,  to  a  1§"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  at  north  side  of  corral, 
in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4015.1  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1372.5  feet;  thence, 

51.  Southerly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  easterly  from  the  center  line 
between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad  to  a  Ih"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  opposite 
transmission  bridge  45-2,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  2213.8  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  210.5  feet; 
thence, 

52.  Southeasterly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  15  feet  northeasterly  from  the 
Miraflores-Balboa  water  mains  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  8°-57'  plus  5043.3 
feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  3364.3  feet;   thence, 

53.  N.  40°-00'  E.,  2209.3  feet,  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  500  feet  northwesterly 
from  center  line  between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe 
monument,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  688.3  feet.  Long.  79°-33'  plus  1944.2  feet;    thence, 

54.  N.  89°-24'  E.,  1203.1  feet,  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  500  feet  northerly  from 
center  line  between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  copper  plug,  set  in  con- 
crete closed  conduit  over  the  Rio  Corundu,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  700.9  feet.  Long. 
79°-33' plus  739.2  feet;   thence, 

55.  Northerly  along  the  Rio  Corundu  and  the  Canal  Zone  boundary  to  the  point 
of  beginning. 

The  boundary  of  the  second  parcel  begins  at  channel  light  No.  10  on  east  bank  of 
Panama  Canal  near  P.  L  2094  plus  98.2;   thence, 

1.  N.  64''-40'  E.,  670.1  feet,  to  a  I5"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  6  feet  southwesterly 
from  southwesterly  rail  of  track  to  Miraflores  Locks  at  southeasterly  end  of  trestle 
over  Rio  Grande  Diversion,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  2350.6  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  5890.1 
feet;    thence, 

2.  S.  54°-10'  E.,  668.5  feet,  along  railroad  embankment  to  a  1|"  g.  i.  pipe  monu- 
ment, 6  feet  southwesterly  from  southwesterly  rail  at  northwesterly  end  of  passing 
track,  in  Lat.  S°-59'  plus  1959.2  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  5348.1  feet;   thence, 

3.  S.  49°-51'  E.,  1289.6  feet,  along  railroad  embankment  to  a  Ih"  g.  i.  pipe  monu- 
ment, 6  feet  southwesterly  from  southwesterly  rail  of  spur  to  lock  machinery  storage 
platform  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  1127.7  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  4362.4  feet;  thence, 


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4.  S.  23°-52'  E.,  351.9  feet  to  a  copper  plug,  set  in  northwest  corner  of  the  above 
described  concrete  platform,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  805.9  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  4220.0 
feet;  thence, 

5..  By  a  curve  along  west  edge  of  the  above  described  concrete  platform  to  a  copper 
plug  set  in  southwest  corner  of  platform,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  52 L4  feet,  Long.  79°-34' 
plus  4021.8  feet;   thence, 

6.  N.  39°-43'  E.,  301.9  feet  to  a  L}"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  at  bottom  of  railroad  cut 
at  transmission  bridge  43-18,  in  Lat.  8°-59'  plus  753.6  feet,  Long.  79''-34'  plus  3828.8 
feet;  thence, 

7.  Southeasterly  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  45  feet  southwesterly  from  center 
line  between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad  to  a  H"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  near 
spur  to  Ordnance  Depot,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  5852.3  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2740.7 
feet;   thence, 

8.  S.  22°-13'  E.,  260.7  feet,  to  a  l^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  fork  between  two 
drainage  ditches,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  5610.9  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2642.1  feet; 
thence,    . 

9.  S.  32°-53'  E.,  820.3  feet,  along  a  line  parallel  with  and  100  feet  westerly  from 
center  line  between  main  tracks  of  the  Panama  Railroad,  to  a  1^"  g.  i.  pipe  monument, 
in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4922.0  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2196.7  feet;   thence, 

10.  N.  57°-13'  E.,  62.7  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  7  on  the  old  Engineer  Depot 
reservation,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4955.9  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  2143.9  feet;  thence, 

11.  S.  32°-45'  E.,  501.0  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  1  of  the  Engineer  Depot 
Reservation,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4534.5  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1872.9  feet;  thence, 

12.  S.  32°-45'  E.,  576  feet,  to  concrete  monument  No.  2  of  the  Engineer  Depot 
reservation,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus  4050.1  feet,  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1561.3  feet;  thence, 

13.  S.  32°-45'  E.,  196.9  feet,  to  a  1§"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  in  Lat.  8°-58'  plus 
3884.5  feet.  Long.  79°-34'  plus  1454.8  feet;  thence, 

14.  Due  west  to  the  east  bank  of  the  Panama  Canal;  thence, 

15.  Northerly  along  the  east  bank  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  the  point  of  beginning. 
All  bearings  refer  to  the  true  meridian. 

All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white  and  stenciled  in  black  "Mil.  Res."  where 
the  boundary  lines  intersect  the  sides  of  the  pipe. 

No  structure  shall  be  constructed  by  the  military  authorities  within  two  hundred 
(200)  feet  of  the  present  banks  of  the  Canal. 

The  transfer  of  the  reservation  including  Fort  Clayton,  The  Panama  Arsenal,  The 
Engineer  Depot,  and  the  Post  of  Corozal  is  made  subject  to  the  continued  right  of 
the  Supply  Department  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  use  areas  not  contiguous  to  barracks 
or  quarters  for  pasturage  of  cattle  for  the  supply  of  beef  to  the  Canal  Zone,  the  pastur- 
age areas,  however,  to  be  available  for  use  by  the  troops  when  required  for  military 
maneuvers  or  for  target  practice. 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

30  December,  1919. 


Establishing  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  Relative  to  the  Sale,  Possession,  and  Disposition  of  Liquors 
for  Sacramental,  Scientific,  Industrial,  Pharmaceutical,  and  Medicinal  Purposes. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Section  20  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled 
"An  Act  To  prohibit  intoxicating  beverages,  and  to  regulate  the  manufacture,  pro- 
duction, use  and  sale  of  high-proof  spirits  for  other  than  beverage  purposes,  and  to 
insure  an  ample  supply  of  alcohol  and  promote  its  use  in  scientific  research  and  in 
the  development  of  fuel,  dye,  and  other  lawful  industries,"  effective  October  28, 
19.19  607 1  hereby  establish  the  following  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  1.  The  Chief  Health  Officer  of  The  Panama  Canal,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  administer 
the  regulations  established  hereunder,  and  he  may  designate  one  or  more  assistants 
to  aid  him  in  the  performance  of  his  duties,  who  shall  exercise  such  powers  as  the 
Chief  Health  Officer  may  delegate  to  them  from  time  to  time. 

Section  2.  In  conformity  with  Section  1,  Title  II,  of  the  above-mentioned  Act  of 
Congress,  the  word  "liquor"  when  used  in  these  regulations,  shall  be  construed  to 
include  alcohol,  brandy,  whiskey,  rum,  gin,  beer,  ale,  porter  and  wine,  and  in  addi- 
tion thereto  any  spirituous,  vinous,  malt,  or  fermented  liquors,  liquids  and  compounds, 
whether  medicated,  proprietary,  patented  or  not,  and  by  whatever  name  called, 
containing  one-half  of  one  per  cent  or  more  of  alcohol  by  volume,  which  are  fit  for 

"'T.&A.  214. 


262  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

use  for  beverage  purposes:  Provided,  That  the  foregoing  definition  shall  not  extend 
to  dealcoholized  wine  or  to  any  beverage  or  liquid  produced  by  the  process  by  which 
beer,  ale,  porter  or  wine  is  produced,  if  it  contain  less  than  one-half  of  one  per  cent 
of  alcohol  by  volume,  and  is  otherwise  denominated  than  as  beer,  ale,  or  porter. 

In  conformity  with  Section  1,  Title  III,  of  the  above-mentioned  Act-of  Congress, 
the  term  "alcohol"  means  that  substance  known  as  ethyl  alcohol,  hydrated  oxide 
of  ethyl,  or  spirit  of  wine,  from  whatever  source  or  whatever  processes  produced. 

Section  3.  No  liquors  for  sacramental  purposes  shall  be  imported  into  the  Canal 
Zone  or  possessed,  used,  or  disposed  of  therein  for  that  purpose  except  upon  the  written 
permit  of  the  Chief  Health  Officer  or  his  duly  authorized  assistant.  The  permit  shall 
not  be  issued  except  upon  a  written  application  of  a  priest  or  other  minister  of  the 
gospel,  rabbi,  or  official  of  any  religious  sect  residing  within  the  Canal  Zone.  The 
application  shall  be  dated,  shall  state  the  name  of  the  applicant  in  full,  his  official 
position,  his  church  or  institution,  and  where  it  is  located,  and  that  he  desires  to  import 
into  the  Canal  Zone  and  use  the  liquors  described  in  the  application  for  sacramental 
purposes  only,  giving  the  quantity  thereof,  where  he  is  to  obtain  the  same,  and  how 
it  is  to  be  transported  into  the  Canal  Zone.  The  application  shall  state  that  the  liquor 
applied  for  will  be  necessary  to  cover  the  sacramental  use  thereof  by  the  applicant's 
church  or  congregation  for  a  period  of  days  to  be  stated  in  the  application,  and  that  he 
will  undertake  to  the  best  of  his  ability  to  see  that  none  of  the  liquor  applied  for  shall 
be  used  for  other  than  sacramental  uses;  and  he  shall  also  state  the  quantity,  approxi- 
mately, of  any  liquor  he  then  has  on  hand  for  sacramental  purposes.  The  application 
shall  be  signed  by  the  applicant,  and  shall  state  his  address  for  shipment  purposes. 

If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Chief  Health  Officer,  the  application  should  be  granted,  he 
will  endorse  his  approval  thereon  and  sign  the  same  officially  and  deliver  it  to  the 
applicant;  and  the  Chief  Health  Officer  shall  keep  a  record  of  each  permit  issued  by 
him  or  his  assistants. 

Section  4.  No  physician  in  the  Canal  Zone  not  employed  by  the  Health  Depart- 
ment of  the  Canal,  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Public  Health  Service  of  the  United  States, 
shall  be  authorized  to  prescribe  liquor  to  any  patient  unless  the  physician  holds  a 
permit  issued  by  the  Chief  Health  Officer  of  The  Panama  Canal ;  and  all  such  permits 
shall  be  in  writing,  giving  the  date  of  issue,  the  name  and  address  of  the  person  to 
whom  it  was  issued  and  shall  designate  and  limit  the  acts  which  are  permitted,  and 
the  time  and  place  where  such  acts  may  be  performed.  The  permit  shall  be  signed 
by  the  Chief  Health  Officer  or  his  authorized  assistant,  and  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
applicant ;  and  the  Chief  Health  Officer  shall  keep  a  record  of  each  permit  so  issued  by 
him  or  his  assistant.  No  permit  shall  be  required  under  this  section  from  a  physician 
in  the  employ  of  The  Panama  Canal,  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Public  Health  Service  of  the 
United  States. 

Section  5.  No  one  but  a  physician,  authorized  to  do  so  under  the  preceding  section, 
shall  be  permitted  to  prescribe  liquors  for  medicinal  purposes  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and 
no  liquors  shall  be  so  prescribed  except  after  careful  physical  examination  of  the  per- 
son for  whose  use  such  prescription  is  sought,  or  if  such  examination  is  found  imprac- 
ticable, then  only  when  upon  the  best  information  obtainable  the  physician  believes 
that  the  issue  of  such  liquor  to  such  person  is  necessary  and  will  afford  him  relief  from 
some  known  ailment.  A  prescription  issued  bona  fide  under  these  regulations  shall 
authorize  the  person  named  in  the  same  to  use  and  possess  the  liquor  described  in  the 
prescription,  and  in  the  quantity  and  for  the  time  therein  stated. 

Section  6.  No  prescription  issued  by  a  physician  not  a  resident  of  the  Canal  Zone 
shall  authorize  the  introduction  into  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  use  or  possession  therein, 
of  any  liquor,  unless  such  prescription  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  Chief  Health 
Officer  or  one  of  his  assistants. 

Section  7.  No  druggist  or  pharmacist  not  in  the  employ  of  the  Health  Department 
of  The  Panama  Canal  or  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Public  Health  Service  of  the  United 
States,  shall  be  authorized  to  issue  liquors  upon  a  physician's  prescription,  unless  such 
druggist  or  pharmacist  holds  a  written  permit  from  the  Chief  Health  Officer  or  one  of 
his  duly  authorized  assistants,  and  then  only  in  the  form  and  manner  authorized  by 
such  written  permit.  No  permit  shall  be  required  under  this  section  from  a  druggist 
or  pharmacist  in  the  employ  of  The  Panama  Canal,  or  the  Army,  Na\'3',  or  Public 
Health  Service  of  the  United  States. 

Section  8.  No  liquors  obtained  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  permitted  to 
enter  the  Canal  Zone,  or  to  be  possessed  or  used  therein  for  sacramental,  pharmaceuti- 
cal, medicinal,  industrial  or  scientific  purposes  except  with  the  approval  of  the  Chief 
Health  Officer  or  his  assistants  and  such  approval  shall  not  be  given  unless  such  officer 
is  satisfied  that  the  liquor  is  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  enumerated  in  this 
section,  and  in  conformity  with  the  law  and  the  regulations. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       263 

Section  9.  No  liquor  shall  be  manufactured  for  sacramental,  medicinal,  pharma- 
ceutical, scientific,  or  industrial  purposes,  except  in  the  laboratories  of  The  Panama 
Canal;  and  no  liquors  shall  be  used  for  sacramental,  medicinal,  or  pharmaceutical 
purposes  except  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  described;  and  no  liquors  shall  be  used 
for  scientific  or  industrial  purposes  except  upon  authorization  of  the  Chief  Health 
Officer.  The  Chief  Health  Officer  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue,  from  time 
to  time,  such  instructions  as  are  not  inconsistent  with  law,  for  the  manufacture  and 
use  of  liquors  under  these  regulations. 

Section  10.  The  articles  enumerated  in  this  section,  after  having  been  manufac- 
tured and  prepared  for  market,  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  these  regula- 
tions, if  they  correspond  with  the  following  descriptions  and  limitations,  viz: 

(a)  Denatured  alcohol  or  denatured  rum  produced  and  used  as  provided  by  the 
laws  and  regulations  of  the  United  States,  now  or  hereafter  in  force. 

(b)  Medicinal  preparations  manufactured  in  accordance  with  formulas  prescribed 
by  the  United  States  Pharmacopeia,  National  Formulary,  or  the  American  Institute 
of  Homeopathy  that  are  unfit  for  use  for  beverage  purposes. 

(c)  Patented,  patent,  and  proprietary  medicines  that  are  unfit  for  use  for  beverage 
purposes. 

{d)  Toilet,  medicinal,  and  antiseptic  preparations  and  solutions  that  are  unfit  for 
use  for  beverage  purposes. 

(e)  Flavoring  extracts  and  sirups,  that  are  unfit  for  use  as  a  beverage,  or  for  intoxi- 
cating beverage  purposes. 

(/)  Vinegar  and  preserved  sweet  cider. 

The  manufacture  and  preparation  of  such  said  articles,  however,  shall  be  subject  to 
such  conditions  as  the  Chief  Health  Officer  may  impose. 

Section  11.  The  Chief  Health  Officer  may  from  time  to  time  require  any  and  all 
persons  having  in  their  possession  any  liquor  for  sacramental,  medicinal,  pharma- 
ceutical, scientific,  or  industrial  purposes,  to  submit  a  statement  to  him  showing  the 
amount  of  such  liquor  in  their  possession;  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue  from 
time  to  time  such  instructions  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  fully  carry  out  these 
regulations,  including  instructions  regarding  the  use  of  liquors  by  veterinarians  em- 
ployed by  The  Panama  Canal  and  other  departments  of  the  Government  of  the 
United  States. 

Section  12.  Each  and  every  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  regulations 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $1,000  and  imprisonment  of  not  exceed- 
ing six  months  for  a  first  offense,  and  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $200  or  more  than  $2,000 
and  imprisonment  of  not  less  than  one  month  nor  more  than  five  years  for  a  second  and 
subsequent  offense,  to  be  imposed  by  the  District  Court  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Section  13.  These  regulations  shall  be  effective  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

7  January,  1920. 


An  Executive  Order  Concerning  Costs  and  Security  for  Costs  in  the  District  Court  and  tlie  Magistrates' 
Courts  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  opening,  . 
maintenance,  protection  and  operation  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  the  sanitation  and 
government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  24,  1912,''''^  known  as  the  "Panama 
Canal  Act,"  I  hereby  establish  and  prescribe  the  following  rules  of  practice  to  govern 
the  District  Court  and  the  Magistrates'  Court  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone:* 

Section  I.  Each  party  to  any  civil  suit  instituted  in  the  District  Court  or  any 
Magistrate  court  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  responsible  for  the  costs  incurred  by  him 
in  such  suit,  and  the  marshal,  constable  or  other  officer,  authorized  to  execute  any 
process  in  such  cases,  shall  not  execute  the  same  unless  the  fees  allowed  by  law  for 
the  service  of  such  process,  shall  be  paid  in  advance  by  the  party  seeking  such  process, 
unless  such  party  to  the  suit  is  entitled  to  prosecute  the  same  in  forma  pauperis,  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Section  If.  The  plaintiff  in  every  civil  case  in  the  District  Court  shall  deposit  with 
the  clerk  thereof  a  docket  fee  of  ten  dollars  in  cash  and  every  plaintiflf  instituting  a 
suit  in  the  Magistrate  courts  shall  deposit  a  docket  fee  in  said  court  of  five  dollars; 
and  the  suit  shall  not  be  filed  by  the  clerk  or  the  magistrate  unless  the  said  docket 
fee  is  paid  in  the  manner  herein  provided.  The  monies  to  be  deposited  shall  be 
applied  to  the  payment  of  costs  as  they  accrue. 

«»« T.  &  A.  79,  sees.  7  and  8. 

*  See  R4iles  of  Practice  and  Procedure,  p.  294. 


264  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RM.ATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Section  III.  Any  party  to  a  civil  case  in  the  District  Court,  who  demands  a  trial  by 
jury,  shall  accompany  said  demand  with  a  deposit  of  ten  dollars  as  a  jury  fee;  and 
unless  such  deposit  is  made,  the  case  shall  be  tried  without  the  intervention  of  a  jur\ . 

Section  IV.  The  plaintifT  in  any  civil  suit  or  proceedings  in  the  District  Court 
n  either  of  the  Magistrate  courts  may  be  ruled  to  give  security  for  the  costs  upi 
motion  of  the  opposing  party  or  of  any  officer  of  the  court  interested  in  the  costs 
accruing  in  said  suit;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  tlie  court  to  require  the  plaintiff 
to  give  such  security  for  costs  within  a  reasonable  time  thereafter  and  not  later  than 
ten  days  after  the  motion  is  presented  to  the  court;  and  if  the  plaintiff  shall  fail  to 
comply  with  the  order  of  the  court  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  court  or  judge 
thereof,  the  suit  shall  be  dismissed. 

Section  V.  A  new  or  additional  undertaking  may  be  ordered,  within  such  time  as 
the  court  or  judge  may  prescribe,  upon  proof  that  the  original  undertaking  is  insuffi- 
cient security,  and  failure  on  the  part  of  the  plaintilT  to  comply  with  the  order  of  the 
court,  or  judge,  within  the  time  prescribed,  shall  cause  the  dismissal  of  the  suit. 

The  security  for  costs  required  by  this  section  may  consist  of  a  money  deposit,  bon  1 
of  a  surety  company,  or  cost  bond  with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties;   the 
form  of  such  security  to  be  determined  by  the  judge  or  magistrate  of  the  court  before 
whom  the  proceedings  are  pending.     If  personal  security  is  furnished,  the  sureti 
must  be  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone,  and  no  officer  of  the  court  or  attorney  practicir 
before  the  court  shall  be  accepted  as  surety. 

Section  \T.  All  bonds  given  as  security  for  costs  shall  authorize  judgment  again 
all  of  the  obligors  of  the  said  bonds,  jointly  and  severally,  for  such  costs,  to  be  enterr  : 
in  the  final  judgment  of  the  case  or  special  proceedings. 

Section  VII.  Any  citizen  of  the  United  States,  entitled  to  commence  any  suit  or 
action  in  any  court  in  the  Canal  Zone,  may  commence  and  prosecute  or  defend  to 
conclusion  any  such  suit  or  action,  without  being  required  to  prepay  fees  or  costs  or 
give  security  therefor,  before  or  after  bringing  such  suit  or  action,  upon  filing  in  the 
said  court  a  statement,  under  oath,  in  writing,  that  because  of  his  poverty  he  is 
unable  to  pay  the  costs  of  said  suit  or  action,  or  to  give  security  for  same,  and  that  he 
believes  that  he  is  eutitled  to  the  redress  he  seeks  by  such  suit  or  action,  and  setting 
forth  the  nature  of  the  said  cause  of  action. 

The  opposing  party  in  the  suit,  the  clerk  of  the  District  Court,  or  his  assistant,  or 
the  magistrate,  as  the  case  may  be,  may  contest  the  inability  of  the  party  to  pay 
costs  or  his  inability  to  furnish  security  for  same;  and  the  contest  shall  be  heard  at 
such  time  as  the  court  or  magistrate  may  determine. 

If  no  contest  is  made  upon  the  affidavit,  or  if  the  same  is  admitted  by  the  court  or 
magistrate  after  the  contest,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  court  thereafter 
to  issue  and  serve  all  processes  and  perforin  all  duties  on  behalf  of  such  party  as  in 
other  cases. 

Section  VIII.  No  security  for  costs  shall  be  required  of  the  United  States,  The 
Panama  Canal,  or  any  of  its  dependencies  or  from  the  public  administrator  of  The 
Panama  Canal. 

Section  IX.  The  provisions  of  this  order,  relating  to  security  for  costs,  shall  apply 
to  an  intervenor;  and  shall  also  apply  to  a  defendant  who  seeks  a  judgment  against 
the  plaintiff  on  a  counterclaim,  after  the  defendant  shall  have  discontinued  his  suit. 

Section  X.  When  the  costs  are  secured  by  the  provisions  of  an  attachment  or  other 
bond,  filed  by  the  party  required  to  give  satisfactory  security  for  costs,  no  further 
security  shall  be  required. 

Section  XI.  This  order  shall  apply  to  pending  cases  in  the  District  Court  and  the 
Magistrate  courts. 

Section  XII.  Costs  shall  ordinarily  be  allowed  to  the  prevailing  party  as  a  matter 
of  course,  but  the  court  shall  have  power  for  special  reasons  to  adjudge  that  either 
party  shall  pay  the  costs  of  an  action,  or  that  the  same  be  divided  as  may  be  equitable. 

Section  XIII.  The  Executive  Order  of  August  14,  1914,  "To  Require  Security  for 
Costs  in  Civil  Cases,"*"'  and  all  other  laws,  orders  and  decrees,  or  parts  thereof,  in 
conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  XIV.  This  order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  this  date. 


WooDROW  Wilson. 


The  White  House,     - 
9  January,  1920. 

'••  p.  196.    See  notes  tliereunder. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  265 

Order  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War  of  Jan.  30,  1920,  Appointing  Homer  A.  A.  Smith  a  Member  of 

the  Joint  Land  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  it  is  ordered: 

That,  effective  February  2,  1920,  Homer  A.  A.  Smith,  who  has  been  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Joint  Commission  for  the  appraisement  and  settlement  of  damages 
to  property  in  the  Canal  Zone,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Articles  Six  and 
Fifteen  of  the  Convention  bet^veen  the  United  States  and  Panama,  concluded  Novem- 
ber 18,  1903,  be  allowed  Twenty-five  (S25)  Dollars  per  day  for  his  services,  including 
all  expenses:  Provided,  That  he  shall  be  granted  free  transportation  over  the  Panama 
Railroad  and  such  other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official 
business  on  the  Isthmus;  he  shall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Govern- 
ment emploj'ees  on  the  Isthmus,  including  employees'  rates  at  the  hotels  of  The 
Panama  Canal  or  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 

In  consideration  of  the  fact  that  Mr.  Smith  will  resign  his  position  as  Auditor  of 
The  Panama  Canal  to  accept  appointment  as  member  of  the  Joint  Commission,  it  is 
further  ordered  that  upon  the  termination  of  such  service  Mr.  Smith  shall  be  rein- 
stated to  the  position  of  Auditor  of  The  Panama  Canal  without  disturbance  of  his 
continuous  service  status;  and  he  shall  also  have  the  right  to  leave  earned  during  his 
present  service  year  after  reinstatement  as  Auditor  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

Benedict  Crowell, 
Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
War  Department, 

Washington,  D.  C,  January  30,  1920. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Feb.  3,  1920,  Making  Order  of  May  24,  1919,  Relative  to  Obtaining  Vessels 
and  Equipment  from  Navy,  Applicable  to  The  Panama  Canal. 

Under  authority  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  Chapter  78,  Section  2,  approved  May  20, 
1918,  Executive  Order  No.  3091,  dated  May  24,  1919,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to 
include  The  Panama  Canal.*" 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

3  February,  1920. 


The  following  Executive  Order  No.  3091  is  made  applicable  to  The  Panama  Canal 
by  the  above  order. 

Executive  Order. 

Under  authority  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  Chapter  78,  Section  2,  approved  May  20, 
1918,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Na\^  be  and  he  hereby  is  author- 
ized to  transfer  any  or  all  vessels,  boats,  and  auxiliary  ships  of  the  Navy  classified  as 
yachts,  colliers,  transports,  tenders,  supply  ships,  hospital  ships,  submarine  chasers, 
patrol  boats,  motor  boats,  fishing  vessels,  and  special  types  built,  purchased  or  com- 
mandeered for  a  substantial  consideration  by  the  Navy  subsequent  to  the  declaration 
of  Congress  by  joint  resolution  approved  April  6,  1917,  that  war  exists  between  the 
United  States  and  Germany,  and  provided  said  vessels  were  built,  purchased,  or  com- 
mandeered for  the  purposes  of  said  war,  and  any  other  Executive  Department  of  the 
Government  is  desirous  of  securing  from  the  Navy  Department  such  vessels,  boats, 
and  auxiliary  ships,  or  any  of  them,  which  are,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  not  necessary  for  the  needs  of  the  Navy,  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  to 
by  the  Executive  Head  of  such  Department  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

It  is  hereby  further  ordered  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  may  in  his  discretion 
and  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  to  by  him  and  the  Executive  Head  of  any 
Executive  Department  desirous  of  obtaining  same,  transfer  the  materials  and  equip- 
ment of  vessels,  boats,  and  auxiliary  ships  of  the  Navy  as  above  described,  said 
materials  and  equipment  consisting  of  masts,  bowsprits,  boats,  anchors,  tackle, 
furniture,  and  all  other  necessaries  appertaining  and  belonging  to  such  vessels, 
boats,  and  auxilian,-  ships. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 
24  May,  1919. 

''» See  following  order. 


266  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Authoruing  Chargesfor  Services  Rendered  by  the  Quarantine  Division  of  The  Panama  Canal. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

I.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  establish,  from  time 
to  time,  a  schedule  of  charges  to  cover  services  rendered  by  the  Quarantine  Division 
of  The  Panama  Canal  in  the  disinfection  of  vessels  and  their  cargoes,  for  the  transpor- 
tation and  subsistence  of  passengers  while  in  quarantine,  for  placing  guards  aboard 
vessels  when  necessary,  and  for  the  inspection  of  vessels  outside  of  the  regular  hours; 
which  charges  shall  be  paid  to  The  Panama  Canal  by  the  person  or  interest  receiving 
such  service.*" 

II.  The  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  enacted  August  5,  1911,  and 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  August  22,  1911,  "Providing  for  night  quarantine 
inspection  of  vessels  at  the  port  of  Colon, "^'^  and  all  other  laws,  orders  and  regulations 
in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

III.  This  order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  this  date.*'^ 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

11  February,  1920. 


Establishing  a  Maximum  Rate  of  Pay  for  Alien  Employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  Panama 
Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  approved 
August  24,  1912,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

I.  That  the  Executive  Order  of  February  2,  1914,  be  so  amended  that  paragraphs  6 
and  20  thereof  shall  read  as  follows : 

PARAGRAPH   6.  «■< 

All  employees  who  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  of  more  than 
$960  a  year  or  40  cents  an  hour,  must  be  citizens  of  the  United  States 
or  the  Republic  of  Panama,  and  such  citizens  will  be  given  preference  for 
employment  in  all  grades.  Aliens  may  not  be  employed  in  such  grades 
unless  (a)  they  have  occupied  similar  positions  during  the  construction 
of  the  Canal  for  two  years  or  more,  or  (ft)  in  case  of  emergency,  in  which 
latter  case  they  must  be  replaced  by  citizens  of  the  United  States  or 
Republic  of  Panama  as  early  as  practicable. 

PARAGRAPH   20.  «'S 

All  employees  who  are  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  aliens  whose 
compensation  is  at  a  rate  of  more  than  $960  a  year  or  40  cents  an  hour, 
shall  be  entitled  to  leave  privileges. 

II.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

20  February,  1920. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Mar.  1,  1920,  Establishing  the  Punta  Mala  Naval  Radio  Station. 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described  situated  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone 
is  hereby  set  apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  radio  station,  and  other 
naval  purposes,  under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy;  but  the  said  area  shall 
be  subject  to  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with 
the  Panama  Canal  Act.    The  said  area  is  described  as  follows: 

PUNTA   M.\LA   NAVAL   R.\DIO   ST.\TION. 

The  said  radio  station  is  part  of  the  tract  of  land  heretofore  set  apart  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  the  Punta  Mala  Lighthouse  of  The  Panama  Canal,  and  comes  within  the 
following  metes  and  bounds: 

Commencing  at  the  southernmost  point  of  the  said  Radio  Station,  which  point  is 
designated  on  the  blueprint  herewith  attached  numbered  6030-2,  dated  June  18, 1919, 

«■■  See  sec.  30,  Executive  Order,  Apr.  15.  1913.  p.  143. 
«■'  L.  C.  Z.  286. 

«>i  See  Executive  Order  of  Mar.  31,  1920,  p.  268,  which  provides  revised  maritime  quarantine  regula- 
tions, repealing  all  orders,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  therewith. 
'■<  p.  158. 
•■5  p.  160. 


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267 


and  signed  by  O.  E.  Malsbury,  Assistant  Engineer,  as  Point  "B,"  and  is  marked  by  a 
concrete  monument;  thence  north  seventy  degrees,  ten  minutes,  thirty-one  seconds 
(N.  70°  10'  31")  west,  five  hundred  and  seventy-eight  feet  (578')  more  or  less,  to  a 
concrete  monument  at  the  intersection  of  this  line  with  the  western  boundary  of  the 
Punta  Mala  Lighthouse  Reservation,  designated  on  said  blueprint  with  the  letter 
"D";  thence  north  (true)  six  hundred  and  ten  feet  (610'),  more  or  less,  to  the  inter- 
section with  the  low  water  shore  line  of  the  cove  at  the  northern  end  of  the  Reservation. 
The  line  then  follows  the  shore  line  of  the  cove  to  the  northern  end  of  the  small  point, 
thence  following  the  low  water  shore  line  in  a  southerly  direction  until  the  point 
"F,"  shown  on  the  blueprint,  is  reached.  The  line  then  runs  south  sixty-one  degrees, 
three  minutes,  twenty-nine  seconds  (S.  61°  03'  29")  west,  a  distance  of  five  hundred 
and  eighty-nine  and  five  tenths  feet  (589.5')  to  the  place  of  beginning  marked  "B" 
on  the  said  blueprint.  The  total  area  of  the  Radio  Station  is  approximately  thirteen 
and  seven  tenths  (13.7)  acres. 

The  shelter  cove  at  the  northern  boundary  of  the  Radio  Station  which  is  used  at 
high  tide  for  landing  supplies  for  the  lighthouse  as  well  as  the  Radio  Station,  shall  be 
available  for  use  of  both  the  Lighthouse  and  Radio  services,  and  a  right  of  way  is  here- 
by allowed  to  Punta  Mala  Lighthouse  service  through  the  Naval  Reservation  for  the 
purpose  of  transporting  supplies  to  and  from  the  Lighthouse  Reservation  and  the 
said  landing.  '' 

WooDROw  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

1  March,  1920. 


Carrying  .\nd  Keeping  of  Arms. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Section  4  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  author- 
izing the  President  to  make  rules  and  regulations  relative  to  police  powers  in  thp  Canal 
Zone,  approved  August  21, 1916,^'*  I  hereby  establish  the  following  order  for  the  Canal 
Zone: 

Section  L  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  one  to  carry  on  or  about  his  person  any 
firearm  or  any  dirk,  dagger  or  other  knife,  manufactured  or  sold  for  the  purpose  of 
offense  or  defense,  or  any  slung  shot,  sword-cane,  or  any  knuckles  made  of  metal  or 
other  hard  substance. 

Sec.  II.  The  preceding  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  person  engaged  in  the  military 
or  naval  service  of  the  United  States,  or  as  a  peace  officer  or  officer  authorized  to 
execute  judicial  process  of  the  United  States  or  the  Canal  Zone,  or  in  carrying  mail  or 
in  the  collection  or  custody  of  funds  of  the  United  States  or  the  Canal  Zone;  nor  to  a 
member  of  a  gun  or  pistol  club  organized  for  the  promotion  of  target  practice,  a 
certified  copy  of  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  which  have  been  approved  by  the 
Executive  Secretary  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  filed  with  the  Chief  of  the  Police  and 
Fire  Division,  when  such  member  is  going  to  or  from  a  target  range  or  is  engaged  in 
practice  at  the  target  range.  For  the  purposes  of  this  order,  a  certificate  of  member- 
ship in  the  gun  or  pistol  club  shall  be  issued  by  the  organization  and  approved  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Police  and  Fire  Division,  which  shall  entitle  the  holder  to  carry  firearms 
as  is  provided  in  this  section. 

Neither  shall  the  preceding  section  apply  to  any  person  authorized  to  have  or  carry 
arms  by  permit  granted  under  the  terms  of  this  order. 

Sec.  III.  The  Executive  Secretary  of  The  Panama  Canal  may  authorize  the  grant- 
ing of  permits  to  have  and  carry  arms,  as  follows: 

1.  To  hunt  upon  the  public  lands  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  upon  lands  occupied  by  pri- 
vate persons,  when  authorized  by  the  latter. 

2.  To  have  arms  in  residences,  offices,  business  places,  and  plantations,  and  to 
watchmen  or  overseers  of  plantations,  factories,  warehouses,  docks  or  piers.  Applica- 
tions for  such  permits  shall  be  made  to  the  Executive  Secretary  of  The  Panama 
Canal,  and  shall  contain  the  full  name,  residence  and  occupation  of  the  applicant; 
and  if  the  applicant  is  a  minor  it  shall  not  be  granted  without  the  consent  of  his  parent 
or  guardian;   but  no  permit  shall  be  granted  to  a  minor  under  15  years  of  age. 

The  Executive  Secretary  shall  satisfy  himself  by  due  inquiry  that  the  applicant  is 
a  proper  person  to  have  a  permit  to  keep  and  carry  arms;  and  he  may  grant  or  deny 
the  application,  as  to  him  may  seem  proper. 

Sec.  IV.  When  an  application  is  granted  by  the  Executive  Secretary  for  a  permit 
to  hunt,  he  shall  endorse  his  approval  thereon  and  file  the  application,  and  he  shall 
cause  a  permit  to  be  issued  to  the  applicant  upon  his  paying  a  fee  of  $1. 

«'»T.&  A.  130-132. 


268  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Hunting  permits  issued  by  virtue  of  this  order  will  allow  the  holder  thereof  to  have, 
carry,  and  use  firearms  in  the  area  or  areas  prescribed  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal,  and  on  the  conditions  imposed  by  him  under  such  general  or  special  rules  and 
regulations  as  he  may  issue  from  time  to  time.  And  the  Governor  is  hereby  em- 
powered to  designate  the  area  or  areas  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  which  hunting  is  permitted, 
and  the  class  of  arms  that  may  be  used  in  hunting  in  such  areas;  and  no  hunting  shall 
be  allowed  outside  of  the  areas  so  designated  by  him.  And  the  Governor  of  The 
Panama  Canal  may,  in  such  general  or  special  rules  and  regulations,  impose  such  other 
conditions  in  respect  to  hunting  as  he  may  deem  necessary  in  the  interests  of  public 
order,  and  to  prevent  injurj'  to  persons  or  property.*"' 

A  permit  granted  under  this  section  shall  run  for  the  fiscal  year  in  which  it  is  issued, 
and  it  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  for  cause  by  the  Executive  Secretary  of  The 
Panama  Canal. 

Sec.  V.  Permits  heretofore  issued  by  authority  of  law,  to  have  and  use  firearms, 
shall  not  be  affected  by  this  order,  but  such  permits  shall  continue  in  force  until  tht 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  they  were  issued. 

Sec.  VI.  Any  one  not  authorized  by  this  order,  who  carries  on  or  about  his  person 
any  of  the  prohibited  arms  mentioned  in  Section  I  of  this  order,  or  who  hunts  or 
engages  in  hunting  without  first  obtaining  the  permit  prov^ided  for  in  this  order,  or 
who  after  obtaining  such  permit  engages  in  hunting  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  order  or  any  rule  or  regulation  established  by  the  Governor  hereunder,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not 
to  exceed  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  court's  discretion. 

In  addition  to  the  punishment  herein  prescribed  for  a  violation  of  this  order,  the 
courts  shall  adjudge  the  seizure  and  confiscation  of  the  arms  unlawfully  had,  used, 
or  carried  by  the  offending  party,  and  the  same  shall  be  disposed  of  in  such  manner 
as  the  Executive  Secretary  of  The  Panama  Canal  shall  determine. 

Sec.  VII.  Penalties  for  the  infringement  of  this  order  shall  be  in  addition  to  such 
punishtnent  as  may  be  imposed  upon  the  offending  person  for  any  other  offense  that 
he  may  have  committed  in  connection  with  the  carrying  or  using  of  arms  in  violation 
of  this  order. ^'^ 

Sec.  VIII.  The  Executive  Order  of  November  7,  1913,^'9  and  all  other  laws,  orders 
and  regulations  or  parts  thereof  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  IX.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  this  date. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 

6  March,  1920. 


Establishing  Maritime  Quarantine  Regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone  and  Harbors  of  the  Cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  law,  and  in  conformity  with  Article  VII 
of  the  Panama  Canal  treaty  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  Republic 
of  Panama,  dated  November  18,  1903,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  maritime 
quarantine  regulations  for  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  the  harbors  of  the  cities  of  Panama 
and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama. 

SECTION    I. 

The  Division  of  Quarantine  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  continue  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Health  Department  of  the  Panama  Canal,  subject  to  the  supervision  of 
the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

SECTION    II. 
BILLS    OF    HEALTH. 

Masters  of  vessels  clearing  from  any  foreign  port  or  from  any  port  in  the  possessions 
or  other  dependencies  of  the  United  States,  or  touching  at  any  of  the  said  ports,  for 
a  port  in  the  Canal  Zone  or  for  the  port  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  or 

•"'  See  the  645  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  subjects  of  hunting  and  carrying  and  keeping  arms. 
See  also  pamphlet  published  June  15,  1920.  embracing  laws  and  regulations  governing  hunting  and 
carrying  of  arms,  with  map  showing  prohibited  areas  for  hunting. 

»■»  See  also  ordinance  of  the  Commission  of  Apr.  15.  1911  (L.  C.  Z.  283),  prohibiting  hunting  and  tres- 
passing on  watersheds;  order  of  Mar.  19.  1913,  p.  140.  to  protect  birds  and  their  nests,  and  regulations 
established  under  that  order  by  the  Commission  on  Aug.  22.  1913  (L.  C.  Z.  297) ;  and  the  order  of  Jan. 
27,  1914.  p.  155.  prohibiting  hunting  with  artiricial  lights  at  night  or  with  traps. 

''»  p.  152.    See  notes  thereunder  relating  to  previous  legislation  on  this  subject. 


EXECUTIVE  OltDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  269 

for  passage  through  the  Panama  Canal,  must  obtain  a  bill  of  health  in  duplicate  from 
the  officer  or  officers  authorized  by  the  quarantine  laws  and  regulations  in  the  United 
States  to  sign  such  certificates  for  vessels  entering  the  ports  of  the  United  States. 

SECTION    III. 

Vessels  clearing  from  a  foreign  port  for  a  port  in  the  United  States  or  one  of  their 
possessions  or  dependencies,  and  touching  at  any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  the  port 
of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  or  for  passage  through  the  Panama  Canal, 
shall  not  be  required  to  obtain  an  additional  bill  of  health  under  these  regulations; 
but  bills  of  health  so  obtained  for  entry  into  ports  of  the  United  States  shall  be  pre- 
sented upon  arrival  at  any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  at  the  port  of  Panama  or  Colon, 
as  the  case  may  be,  for  the  inspection  of  the  Quarantine  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

.     SECTION   IV. 

Masters  of  vessels  clearing  from  ports  of  the  United  States  for  ports  of  the  Canal 
Zone  or  the  port  of  Panama  or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  or  for  passing  through  the 
Panama  Canal,  must  obtain  a  port  sanitary  statement  signed  by  the  officer  authorized 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  to  issue  such  statements,  and  must  present  such 
statement  to  the  Quarantine  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

SECTION   V. 
RULES   TO  BE   OBSERVED   AT   FOREIGN    PORTS. 

1.  The  officer  issuing  a  bill  of  health  at  a  foreign  port  or  a  port  in  any  possession 
or  other  dependency  of  the  United  States  shall  satisfy  himself,  by  inspection  if  neces- 
sary, that  the  conditions  as  certified  to  by  him  in  said  bill  of  health  are  true,  and  he 
is  hereby  authorized  to  withhold  the  bill  of  health  to  said  vessel  unless  these  regula- 
tions are  complied  with;  and  he  shall  note  upon  the  face  of  the  bill  of  health  any 
additional  facts  that  may  guide  the  quarantine  officer  of  the  Panama  Canal,  in  order 
that  the  latter  may  impose  such  restrictions  as  he  may  deem  necessary  on  account  of 
the  insufficiency  of  the  precautions  taken  at  the  port  of  departure  of  the  vessel,  or  that 
he  may  allow  such  concessions  as  he  may  deem  proper  on  account  of  the  precautions 
taken  at  such  port  of  departure. 

2.  Inspection  is  required  of  all  vessels  from  ports  in  which  cholera,  yellow  fever,  or 
plague  in  men  or  rodents,  prevails,  or  at  which  smallpox  or  typhus  fever  prevails  in 
epidemic  form  and  at  which  a  medical  officer  is  detailed. 

3.  The  inspection  required  by  this  section  is  such  an  examination  of  the  vessel, 
cargo,  passengers,  crew,  personal  effects  of  same,  including  the  examination  of  mani- 
fests and  other  papers,  food  and  water  supply  and  the  ascertainment  of  its  relations 
with  the  shore,  the  manner  of  loading  and  possibilities  of  invasion  by  rats  and  insects 
as  will  enable  the  inspecting  officer  to  determine  if  these  regulations  have  been  com- 
plied with. 

4.  The  examination  shall  be  made  by  daylight,  as  late  as  practicable  before  the 
ship  sails.  The  vessel  must  be  inspected  before  the  passengers  go  aboard.  The  pas- 
sengers shall  be  inspected  just  before  embarkation,  and  the  crew  shall  be  inspected 
on  the  deck  of  the  vessel;  and  no  communication  shall  be  had  with  the  vessel  after 
such  inspection  except  by  permission  of  the  officer  issuing  the  bill  of  health. 

5.  Before  a  bill  of  health  is  issued  to  a  vessel  having  on  board  or  having  had  on 
board  a  case  of  quarantinable  disease  or  the  infecting  agents  of  any  disease  adequate 
measures  must  be  taken  to  remove  such  infection. 

6.  Vessels  must  be  mechanically  clean  in  all  their  parts,  especially  the  holds,  fore- 
castle and  steerage,  prior  to  storing  cargo  therein  or  receiving  passengers  thereon.  Any 
portion  of  the  vessel  liable  to  have  been  infected  by  any  quarantinable  disease  must 
be  mechanically  cleaned,  and  all  bedding,  linen,  clothing,  utensils  and  other  articles 
that  may  have  been  used  or  soiled  by  the  sick  person  must  be  removed  and  sterilized 
before  the  issuance  of  a  bill  of  health. 

7.  Nothing  containing  organic  refuse  shall  be  taken  as  ballast  from  any  port. 

8.  Bedding  which  has  been  used,  upholstered  furniture,  wearing  apparel,  personal 
effects,  and  second-hand  articles  of  a  nature  similar  to  those  incorporated  in  this  sec- 
tion, which  the  consular  or  medical  officer  has  reason  to  believe  have  been  soiled  or 
that  may  carry  lice,  fleas,  bed  bugs,  or  other  vermin,  should  be  treated  to  correct  this 
condition  prior  to  shipment.  Any  article  of  the  class  mentioned  in  this  paragraph, 
which  can  not  be  rendered  clean  and  free  from  vermin,  should  not  be  shipped. 


270  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

9.  Passengers  should  avoid  embarking,  as  far  as  possible,  at  a  port  where  a  quar- 
antinable  disease  prevails;  and  communication  between  the  vessel  and  the  shore 
must  be  reduced  to  a  minimum  at  ports  where  a  quarantinable  disease  prevails,  and 
the  personnel  of  the  vessel  must  remain  on  board  during  their  stay  in  such  port.  No 
person  suffering  from  a  quarantinable  disease  shall  be  allowed  to  take  passage  on  a 
vessel,  except  lepers  with  proper  authority  returning  to  their  native  country. 

10.  Passengers  and  crew,  merchandise  and  baggage,  coming  from  an  infected 
locality,  but  shipped  at  an  uninfected  port,  must  submit  to  the  same  restrictions  as 
are  imposed  at  an  infected  port  before  being  allowed  to  ship. 

SECTION  VI. 

LOCAL    RULES   FOR    INSPECTIO.VS. 

1.  The  following  vessels  arrived  at  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  port  of  Panama 
or  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  shall  be  inspected  by  the  quarantine  officer  of  the 
port  prior  to  the  vessel's  entry: 

(a)  Vessels  from  foreign  ports  and  from  ports  of  the  United  States  and  their 
dependencies; 

(b)  Vessels  with  sickness  on  board; 

(c)  Vessels  froin  Panamanian  ports  where  quarantinable  disease  prevails; 

(d)  Vessels  from  Panamanian  ports  carrying  passengers  or  articles  suspected  by  the 
quarantine  officers  of  conveying  the  infection  of  a  communicable  disease; 

(e)  Vessels  from  Panamanian  ports  having  touched  at  a  foreign  port  since  the  last 
quarantine  inspection. 

2.  Every  vessel  subject  to  quarantine  inspection  shall  be  considered  in  quarantine 
until  granted  free  pratique,  and  such  vessel  shall  fly  a  yellow  flag  from  the  foremast 
head  from  sunrise  to  sunset,  and  shall  observe  all  the  other  requirements  of  vessels 
actually  quarantined. 

3.  The  master  of  a  vessel  in  quarantine  shall  allow  no  communication  with  his 
vessel  except  as  is  provided  in  these  regulations,  nor  shall  any  water  craft  approach 
within  200  meters  of  such  vessel. 

4.  No  person  or  article  of  any  kind  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  a  vessel  in  quarantine 
except  with  the  consent  of  the  quarantine  officer. 

5.  If  a  boat  of  any  kind  has  communication  with  a  vessel  in  quarantine,  such  boat 
and  its  personnel  shall  be  subjected  to  such  measures  of  quarantine  as  the  quarantine 
officer  may  judge  to  be  necessary. 

6.  No  person  other  than  the  quarantine  officers  shall  go  aboard  any  vessel  subject 
to  quarantine  until  such  vessel  has  been  granted  pratique,  provided,  however,  that 
this  section  shall  not  apply  to  pilots,  customs  officers  and  admeasurers,  while  on  duty; 
nor  shall  it  apply  to  the  agent  of  the  vessel,  if  such  agent  has  the  consent  of  the  quar- 
antine officer  to  go  aboard  of  such  vessel. 

7.  The  quarantine  officer  shall  decide  whether  such  vessel,  or  its  personnel  or 
passengers  or  any  article  aboard  of  such  vessel  is  liable  to  convey  any  of  the  following 
disease:  Plague,  yellow  fever,  cholera,  smallpox,  typhus  fever,  leprosy,  or  such  other 
disease  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  declared  to  be  quarantinable  by  the  Governor 
of  the  Panama  Canal;  and  if  the  quarantine  officer  is  of  the  opinion  that  such  vessel 
is  liable  to  convey  any  of  the  said  diseases,  he  shall  place  the  vessel  in  quarantine, 
and  shall  forbid  the  entry  of  the  said  vessel  until  the  vessel,  in  his  judgment,  is  no 
longer  liable  to  convey  any  such  disease;  and  he  shall  take  such  measures  in  respect 
to  the  vessel,  its  passengers,  personnel  or  cargo  as  in  his  judgment  may  be  required 
to  prevent  the  introduction  of  such  disease  into  the  Canal  Zone  or  into  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama. 

8.  Every  case  of  sickness  aboard  any  vessel  in  the  harbors  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  in 
the  port  of  Panama  or  Colon  shall  be  immediately  reported  by  the  master  of  the  vessel 
to  the  quarantine  officer. 

SECTION  VII. 

GENERAL   RULES. 

Quarantine  stations  for  the  detention  of  passengers  and  others  undergoing  quar- 
antine under  these  regulations  shall  be  established  and  maintained  at  such  places  as 
may  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  from  time  to  time;  but  the 
present  quarantine  stations  of  the  Panama  Canal  shall  continue  until  changed  in 
conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Quarantine  inspections  shall  be  made  at  the  places  and  hours  as  may  be  fixed  by 
the  Governor  from  time  to  time;  and  he  may,  when  necessary,  designate  quarantine 
anchorages  to  be  used  exclusively  for  quarantined  vessels. 


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SECTION  VIII. 

In  the  discretion  of  the  Chief  Health  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal,  passengers  board- 
ing vessels  at  ports  subject  to  quarantine  under  these  regulations  may  be  required 
to  present,  upon  their  arrival  at  any  port  of  the  Canal  Zone  or  the  ports  of  Panama  or 
Colon,  to  the  quarantine  officer,  personal  certificates  from  the  officer  authorized  by 
these  regulations  to  sign  bills  of  health,  which  certificates  should  certify  to  the  pas- 
senger's sanitary  condition  and  history,  provided,  however,  that  due  notice  shall  be 
given  to  the  agents  of  the  steamship  company  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  that  such 
certificates  will  be  required. 

SECTION    IX. 

The  Chief  Quarantine  Officer  shall  have  charge  of  the  sanitation  of  the  harbors  of 
the  Canal  Zone,  and  of  the  harbors  of  Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  and 
vessels  lying  therein,  and  shall  see  that  such  measures  are  enforced  as  are  necessary 
for  the  proper  hygiene  of  vessels,  their  cargoes  and  personnel,  whether  in  port  or 
en  route,  and  to  prevent  the  vessels  or  their  personnel  from  being  a  source  of  danger 
to  other  vessels  or  to  the  port.  And  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  certify  bills  of  health 
to  vessels  clearing  from  ports  under  his  jurisdiction,  setting  forth  in  such  bill  of  health 
the  conditions  of  the  port,  vessel,  its  cargo,  passengers  and  crew;  and  he  is  authorized, 
at  the  request  of  the  master  of  any  vessel,  to  disinfect  the  same  and  otherwise  place 
such  vessel  in  a  sanitary  condition  so  th.it  it  may  leave  the  port  with  a  clean  bill  of 
health  and  be  able  to  make  entry  at  the  port  of  destination  without  further  disinfection 
or  detention  in  quarantine. 

SECTION   X. 

The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  establish  a  schedule 
of  charges  from  time  to  time  to  cover  services  rendered  by  the  quarantine  division  of 
the  Panama  Canal  in  the  disinfection  of  vessels,  their  cargoes,  for  the  transportation 
and  subsistence  of  passengers  while  in  quarantine,  for  placing  guards  aboard  vessels 
when  necessary,  and  for  the  inspection  of  vessels  outside  of  regular  hours,  which 
charges  shall  be  paid  to  the  Panama  Canal  by  the  person  or  interest  receiving  such 
service. 

SECTION   XI. 

A  certificate  from  the  quarantine  officer  shall  be  required  of  every  vessel  subject 
to  inspection,  as  a  prerequisite  for  the  customs  entry  or  passage  through  the  Canal 
of  such  vessel;  and  any  instructions  written  into  this  certificate  shall  be  binding 
upon  the  vessel  and  shall  be  observed  by  all  persons.  The  certificate  provided  for 
by  this  section  shall  be  in  either  of  the  following  terms: 

(a)  That  the  vessel  has  complied  with  all  the  quarantine  regulations  and  is  entitled 
to  free  pratique; 

(b)  That  the  vessel  is  allowed  to  proceed  under  certain  conditions  and  is  entitled 
to  conditional  pratique. 

SECTION   XII. 

Persons  detained  in  quarantine  under  these  regulations  shall  not  be  permitted  to 
go  outside  of  the  limits  of  the  quarantine  station  without  permission  of  the  quarantine 
officer,  and  if  any  such  person  shall  leave  the  quarantine  station  without  such  per- 
mission he  may  be  taken  into  custody  by  the  quarantine  officer  wherever  found  and 
returned  to  the  quarantine  station,  and  for  this  purpose  the  quarantine  officer  may 
call  upon  the  police  for  assistance. 

No  person  except  the  Chief  Health  Officer  of  the  Panama  Canal  or  his  representa- 
tives, the  quarantine  officers  and  employees  and  personnel  of  the  station  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  enter  in  or  upon  a  quarantine  station  without  permission  from  a  quarantine 
officer  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

SECTION   XIII. 

The  medical  officers  of  the  Panama  Canal,  duly  clothed  with  authority  to  act  as 
quarantine  officers  at  any  port  within  the  Canal  Zone  and  the  ports  of  the  cities  of 
Panama  and  Colon,  Republic  of  Panama,  when  discharging  the  duties  of  quarantine 
officers  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  and  take  declarations  in  matters 
relating  to  the  administration  of  the  quarantine  laws  or  regulations  of  the  Panama 
Canal. 


272  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


SECTION   XIV. 

The  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  prescribe,  from  time, 
to  time,  the  form  of  bill  of  health,  sanitary  statement,  or  other  forms  required  or  made 
necessary  by  these  regulations,  and  to  issue  from  time  to  time  such  general  or  special 
instructions,  not  inconsistent  with  these  regulations,  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to 
the  due  enforcement  of  these  regulations. 

SECTION   XV. 

Any  person  failing  to  observe  the  requirements  of  these  regulations  or  of  any 
instructions  issued  by  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal  in  conformity  with  these 
regulations,'^"  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  or  by 
imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  ninety  days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment 
at  the  discretion  of  tlie  Court,  in  conformity  with  the  Act  of  Congress  authorizing  the 
establishment  of  these  regulations. 

SECTION    XVI. 

All  laws,  orders  and  regulations,  or  parts  thereof,  in  conflict  with  this  order  are 
hereby  repealed.'" 

SECTION    XVII. 

These  regulations  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  this  date.'^" 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 
31  March,  1920. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Apr.  9,  1920,  Establishing  Fort  Randolph  and  France  Field  Military  Reser- 
vations and  Coco  Solo  Naval  Reservation. 

The  areas  hereinafter  described  respectively  as  Fort  Randolph  Reservation,  France 
Field  Reservation  and  Coco  Solo  Reservation,  situated  within  the  Canal  Zone,  are 
hereby  set  apart  and  assigned  as  follows:  Fort  Rartdolph  and  France  Field  to  the  uses 
and  purposes  of  military  reservations,  to  be  under  control  of  the  Secretary  of  War; 
and  Coco  Solo  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  naval  reservation,  to  be  under  the  control 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy.  All  the  above  areas,  however,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal 
Act. 

The  said  areas  are  described  as  follows: 

fort   RANDOLPH    RESERVATION. 

Beginning  at  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument  on  the  shore  of  Manzanillo  Bay,  on  the  west 
side  of  Fort  Randolph  branch,  Panama  Railroad,  22.5  feet  from  center  line  of  track, 
geodetic  coordinates  of  which  monument  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  4674.1  feet.  Long.  79°- 
52'  plus  5764.7  feet  (this  monument  is  also  monument  "C"  on  the  boundary  of  the 
Naval  Aviation  and  Submarine  Base),  thence  South  12°-15'  East  paralleling  the  rail- 
road a  distance  of  874.6  feet  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of 
which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3819.4  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5579.1  feet,  thence  South 
77°-45'  West  a  distance  of  335.6  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  whose  geodetic  coordi- 
nates are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3748.2  feet,  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5907.0  feet,  thence  South  12"- 
45'  East  a  distance  of  79.8  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  the  geodetic  coordinates  of 
which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3670.4  feet.  Long.  79°-52  plus  5889.4  feet,  thence  North 
81°-37'  East  a  distance  of  336.0  feet  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument  the  geodetic  coordi- 
nates of  which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3719.4  feet,  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5557.4  feet,  thence 
again  along  a  line  parallel  to  and  22.5  feet  west  of  center  line  of  track  to  a  concrete 
monument  inside  a  4"  C.  I.  pipe  t!ie  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-2r  plus 
3547.5  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5061.6  feet,  (this  monument  being  also  monument  "A" 
of  the  Naval  Aviation  and  Submarine  Base);  thence  South  81°-56'  E.  a  distance  of 

'»» See  the  626  series  of  Governor's  Circulars  on  this  subject. 

'"  Repeals  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  15,  1913,  p.  143,  and  amendments  thereto.  See  notes  under  that 
order  relating  to  previous  orders  on  same  subject. 

''^General  reference:  See  White  Slave  Act  of  June  25,  1910  (T.  &  A.  58),  and  Executive  Order  of 
Feb.  6,  1917  (E.  O.  220)  relating  to  exclusion  of  undesirable  persons. 


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^f^^'4?rfl'f°  I  ^^"  ^-  ';^iPfo'P°""T"^,*''^  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  9°-21' 
plus  2830.6  feet  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5.4  feet,  thence  due  east  a  distance  of  6309  4  feet 
to  Gana  ^one  boundary  monument  No.  5,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat. 
9 -21  plus  2S30.6  feet  Long  79°-50'  plus  5709.0  feet,  thence  following  the  Canal 
Zone  boundary  line  N.  0°-33'  E  to  the  southern  shore  of  Largo  Remo  island  at  low 
water  thence  followmg  around  the  low  water  shore  line  of  Largo  Remo  island  in  an 
easterly  direction,  thence  continuing  in  a  northerly  direction  along  the  low  water 
shore  line  of  Largo  Remo  island,  Droque  Island,  and  the  two  small  islands  to  the 
north  and  adjacent  to  Droque  island,  thence  continuing  in  a  westerly  direction  alone 
the  low  water  shore  line  to  the  Canal  Zone  boundary  line,  thence  continuing  in  thi 
general  directions  west  and  south  to  include  all  the  mainland  and  islands  (Pena 
(juapa,  Galeta,  Palma  Media,  Margarita,  etc.)  to  the  point  of  beginning 

All  bearings  are  true. 

(All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white  and  stenciled  in  black— Mil  Res  —where 
the  boundary  lines  intersect  the  sides  of  the  pipe.) 

FRANCE   FIELD   RESERVATION. 

Beginning  at  a  coi^rete  monument  inside  a  4"  c.  i.  pipe,  22.5  feet  west  of  center 
line  ot  track  of  the  Fort  Randolph  branch,  Panama  Railroad,  and  approximately  4350 
teet  north  of  the  point  where  this  railroad  crosses  the  Majagual  River  the  geodetic 
coordinates  of  which  monument  are  Lat.  9°-21'  plus  3547.5  feet,  Loup-  79°-5^'plus 
506L6  feet  (this  monument  being  also  monument  "A"  of  the  NavafAviation  and 
Submarine  Base  described  below);  thence  due  west  a  distance  of  5^0  7  feet  to  a  2" 
g.  1.  pipe  monumem  on  the  shore  of  Manzanillo  Bay,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of 
monument  being  Lat.  9°-21'  plus  3547.5  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5582  3  feet  (this 
monument  being  also  monument  "B"  of  the  Naval  Aviation  and  Submarine  Base)- 
thence  following  the  shore  line  of  Manzanillo  Bay  in  a  general  southerly  direction  to 
the  mouth  of  Majagual  River,  thence  along  the  north  bank  of  said  river  to  a  14"  e.  i. 


coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-21'  plus  2830.6  feet,  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5  4  feet 
thence  N.  81  °-56'  W.  a  distance  of  5106.8  feet  to  aconcrete  monument  inside  a  4"  c  i' 
pipe,  which  is  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  bearings  are  true.     All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white  and  stenciled  in 
black — Mil.  Res. — where  the  boundary  lines  intersect  the  sides  of  the  pipe. 


COCO   SOLO   RESERVATION. 


Beginning  at  a  2  g.  i.  pipe  monument  (marked  "C"  on  the  map)  on  the  shore  of 
Manzanillo  Bay,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Fort  Randolph  branch,  Panama  Railroad 
and  22.5  feet  from  center  line  of  track,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  monument 
are  Lat.  9  -22'  plus  4674.1  feet,  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5764.7  feet,  thence  S.  12M5'  E. 
paralleling  the  railroad,  a  distance  of  874.6  feet  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument  the 
geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3819.4  feet.  Long  79°-52''plus 
5579.1  feet,  thence  S.  77°^5'  W.  a  distance  of  335.6  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  the 
geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3748.2  feet.  Long  79°-5:''  plus 
5907.0  feet,  thence  S.  12^-45'  E.  a  distance  of  79.8  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  the 
geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3670.4  feet.  Long  79°-5?'  nlus 
5889.4  feet,  thence  N.  81°-37'  E.  a  distance  of  336.0  feet  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe  monument 
the  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  9°-22'  plus  3719.4  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus 
5557.4  feet,  thence  again  along  a  line  parallel  to  and  22.5  feet  west  of'^center  Fine  of 
track  to  a  concrete  monument  inside  of  a  4"  c.  i.  pipe,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of 
which  are  9  -21'  plus  3547.5  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5061.6  feet,  (this  monument 
marked  "a"  on  the  map),  thence  due  west  a  distance  of  520.7  feet  to  a  2"  g.  i.  pipe 
monument  on  the  shore  of  Manzanillo  Bay,  the  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  monu- 
ment are  Lat.  9°-21'  plus  3547.5  feet.  Long.  79°-52'  plus  5582.3  feet,  (this  monument 
marked  "B"  on  the  map). 

The  part  of  the  boundary  thus  far  described  is  common  with  the  boundary  of  the 
Fort  Randolph  Military  Reservation,  on  the  east,  and  France  Field  on  the  south. 

Thence  following  the  shore  line  of  Manzanillo  Bay  in  a  northerly  and  easterly  direc- 
tion to  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  bearings  true.  All  pipe  monuments  are  painted  white  and  stenciled  in  black — • 
Mil.  Res. — where  the  boundary  lines  intersect  the  sides  of  the  pipe. 


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274  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO..PANAMA  CANAL 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  have  control  of  all  lands  and 
water  for  a  distance  of  one  hundred  yards  out  to  sea  from  the  high  water  line  on  all 
shores  of  Fort  Randolph  and  France  Field  Reservations,  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Navy  shall  have  control  of  all  lands  and  water  for  a  distance  of  one  hundred  yards  out 
to  sea  from  the  high  water  line  on  all  shores  of  Coco  Solo  Reservation. 

The  transfer  of  the  Fort  Randolph  and  France  Field  Reservations  is  made  subject 
to^the  continued  right  of  the  Supply  Department  of  the  Panama  Canal  to  use  areas 
not  contiguous  to  barracks  or  quarters  for  pasturage  of  cattle  for  the  supply  of  beef  to 
the^Canal  Zone;  the  pasturage  areas,  however,  to  be  available  for  use  by  the  troops 
when  required  for  military  maneuvers  or  for  target  practice. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 
9  April,  1920. 

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Order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  May  1,  1920,  Relating  to  Traveling  Expenses  of  the  Umpire  of  the 

Joint  Commission. 

By  direction  of  the  President  it  is  ordered  that  Senor  Don  IM^nuel  Walls  y  Merino 
shall  be  allowed  a  lump  sum  of  Seven  Hundred  Fifty  Dollars  ($750)  to  cover  his  salary 
and  traveling  expenses  after  completion  on  the  Isthmus  of  his  services  as  Umpire 
of  the  Joint  Land  Commission  in  lieu  of  the  compensation  and  return  traveling  allow- 
ances authorized  in  the  Executive  Order  dated  March  20,  1917. 


Washington,  D.  C. 
May  1,  1920. 


Newton  D.  Baker, 
Secretary  of  War. 


Opening  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

Proclamation. 

opening  of  the  PANAMA  CANAL. 

Whereas,  Section  4  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  Act  To  Provide  for  the 
opening,  maintenance,  protection  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  the  sani- 
tation and  government  of  the  Canal  Zone,"  approved  August  24,  1912, '-3  (37  Stat.  L. 
561)  and  known  as  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  provides  that  upon  the  completion  of  il.c 
Panama  Canal  the  President  shall  cause  it  to  be  officially  and  formally  opened  for 
use  and  operation  ;^^-'  and 

Whereas,  the  Canal  is  completed,  and  is  open  for  commerce; 

Now,  Therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, acting  under  the  authority  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  do  hereby  declare  and  pro- 
claim the  official  and  formal  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal  for  use  and  operation  in 
conformity  with  the  laws  of  the  United  States. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  12th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
One  Thousand  Nine  Hundred  and  Twenty,  and  of  the  Independence 
[seal]      of  the  United  States  of  America,  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fifth. 

Woodrow  Wilson. 
By  the  President: 

Norman  H.  Davis, 

A  cling  Secretary  of  State. 


paitilla  point  military  reservation. 

The  area  hereinafter  described  as  Paitilla  Point  Military  Reservation,  formerly 
situated  within  the  Republic  of  Panama,  but  acquired  by  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment and  now  a  part  of  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set  apart  as  a  military  reservation 

'"  T.  &  A.  79.     There  was  no  ceremony,  as  contemplated  by  various  acts  and  orders,  with  the  official 
and  formal  opening  of  the  Panama  Canal,  other  than  the  Proclamation  issued  as  above. 
'"  The  Canal  had  been  informally  opened  to  traffic  August  15,  1914. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  275 

under  the  control  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  said  reservation,  however,  to  remain 
subject  to  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  Canal  Zone  authorities  in  conformity  with  the 
Panama  Canal  Act. 
The  said  area  is  described  as  follows : 

PAITILLA    POINT   MILITARY    RESERVATION. 

Starting  at  a  triangulation  station  marked  "Paitilla  1914"  on  the  map  (Panama 
Canal  Drawing  No.  X-6053-1)  the  geodetic  coordinates  of  which  are  Lat.  8°-58'  plus 
3,045.82  feet  and  Long.  79°  30'  plus  5,847.92  feet,  go  on  an  azimuth  of  180°  00'  for  a 
distance  of  1,399.24  feet  to  a  concrete  monument,  marked  "A"  on  the  map,  which 
is  the  point  of  beginning  on  the  boundary  of  the  reservation;  thence  on  a  line  the 
azimuth  of  which  is  270°  00'  for  a  distance  of  1,146.95  feet  to  a  concrete  monument 
marked  "B"  on  the  map,  which  monument  is  on  the  extreme  high-water  line  on  the 
shore  of  the  Bay  of  Panama;  thence  along  the  extreme  high-water  line,  in  a  general 
southwesterly  direction,  for  a  distance  of  6,000  feet  more  or  less  to  a  concrete  monu- 
ment marked  "C"  on  the  map,  which  monument  is  on  the  extreme  high-water  line; 
thence  on  a  line  the  azimuth  of  which  is  123°  43'  for  a  distance  of  67.3  feet  to  a  con- 
crete monument  marked  "D"  on  the  map,  which  monument  is  on  the  extreme  high 
water  line.  The  last-mentioned  course  between  "C"  and  "D"  cuts  off  the  extreme 
end  of  Paitilla  Point  and  coincides  with  the  old  Panama  City  boundary.  From 
"D"  follow  the  extreme  high-water  line  in  a  northerly  direction  along  the  east  bank 
of  the  estuary  of  the  Rio  Matasnillo  for  a  distance  of  4,000  feet  more  or  less  to  a  con- 
crete monument  marked  "E"  on  the  map;  thence  on  a  line  the  azimuth  of  which  is 
270°  00'  for  a  distance  of  1,088.76  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  marked  "A"  on  the 
map,  which  is  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  bearings  are  true. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  have  control  of  all  land  on  the 
eastern  side  of  above  described  area  between  extreme  high-water  line  and  low-water 
line  within  the  confines  of  the  prolongation  of  boundary  lines  E-B  and  D-C;  also 
all  land  on  the  western  side  of  above  described  area  between  extreme  high  water 
line  and  low-water  line,  but  in  no  case  further  than  the  center  line  of  the  Rio  Matas- 
nillo, between  the  confines  of  the  prolongation  of  boundary  lines  B-E  and  C-D. 

WooDRow  Wilson. 
The  White  House, 

1  September,  1920. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Oct.  2,  1920,  Relating  to  Lease  of  Hoboken  Pier  to  Panama  Railroad  Steam- 
ship Company.* 

Whereas,  Under  the  provisions  of  Section  17  of  the  Act  approved  June  5,  1920, 
entitled  "An  Act  To  Provide  for  the  promotion  and  maintenance  of  the  American 
merchant  marine,  etc.,"  the  Shipping  Board  "is  authorized  and  directed  to  take 
over  on  January  1,  1921,  the  possession  and  control  of,  and  to  maintain  and  develop, 
all  docks,  piers,  warehouses,  wharves  and  terminal  equipment  and  facilities,  including 
all  leasehold  easements,  rights  of  way,  riparian  rights  and  other  rights,  estates  and 
interests  therein  or  appurtenant  thereto,  acquired  by  the  President  by  or  under  the 
Act  entitled  'An  Act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appro- 
priations for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  etc'  ";   and 

Whereas,  By  a  further  provision  of  said  Section  17,  "the  President  may  at  any 
time  he  deems  it  necessary,  by  order  setting  out  the  need  therefor  and  fixing  the 
period  of  such  need,  permit  or  transfer  the  possession  and  control  of  any  part  of  the 
property  taken  over  by  or  transferred  to  the  Shipping  Board  under  this  section  to 
the  War  Department  or  the  Navy  Department  for  their  needs;"  and 

Whereas,  The  piers  known  as  the  Hoboken  piers,  formerly  the  property  of  the 
North  German  Lloyd  and  Hamburg  American  Steamship  Companies  and  of  the 
Hoboken  Shore  Railroad,  were  acquired  by  the  President  under  the  Act  referred  to 
in  paragraph  1  of  Section  17  of  the  Act  of  June  5,  1920,  hereinbefore  recited,  and  are 
therefore  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  Section  17 ;   and 

Whereas,  The  War  Department  has  heretofore  leased  pier  No.  1,  with  bulkhead 
and  yard  space  opposite,  of  said  property  to  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line 
for  a  period  of  five  years,  which  said  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  is  the  property 
of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  performing  an  indispensable  service  in  con- 
nection with  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Panama  Canal,  and  incidentally 

*See  also  order  of  Nov.  2r  1921,  p.  291. 


276  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

furthering  the  commercial  service  between  the  United  States  and  certain  Caribbean, 
Central  and  South  American  ports,  and  is  using  said  pier  intensively  and  efficiently; 
and 

Whereas,  Piers  4,  5,  6,  and  11,  being  parts  of  said  property,  are  necessary  to  be 
retained  in  the  possession  and  control  of  the  War  Department  for  use  in  connection 
with  the  overseas  transport  service  now  carrying  men  and  supplies  to  and  from 
Antwerp  for  the  American  Army  of  Occupation  at  Coblenz;  now 

Therefore,  I  do  hereby  determine  that  it  is  necessary  that  the  War  Department 
retain  of  such  property  piers  1,  4,  5,  6,  and  11,  together  with  the  bulkhead  opposite 
the  slip  between  piers  3  and  4,  and  opposite  piers  1,  4,  5,  and  6;  also  the  second  floor 
of  the  bulkhead  opposite  the  slip  between  piers  3  and  4  and  opposite  pier  4;  also  the 
offices  on  the  third  floor  of  the  bulkhead  opposite  piers  1,  2,  and  3;  and  the  yard 
space  opposite  piers  1,  4,  5,  and  6;  and  do  order  and  direct  that  the  said  War  Depart- 
ment do  retain  all  of  such  property  so  described,  and  fix  the  period  of  retention  as  to 
pier  1,  with  bulkhead  and  yard  space  opposite,  as  the  period  of  the  existing  lease  of 
five  years  made  between  the  War  Department  and  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship 
Line,  and  as  the  period  of  retention  of  the  other  property  herein  directed  and  ordered 
to  be  retained  a  period  of  two  years,  unless  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  the  need 
of  the  War  Department  therefor,  or  for  any  part  thereof,  shall  in  the  meantime  cease, 
in  which  case,  by  an  order  subsequent  hereto,  the  President  declaring  the  cessation 
of  such  need  shall  cause  possession  and  control  c*^  such  property  or  part  thereof  to 
revert  to  the  Shipping  Board. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

The  White  House, 
Z  October,  1920. 

[No.  3332.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Oct.  30,  1920,  To  Require  Operators  of  Motor  Cycles  to  be  Licensed  as 

Chauffeurs. 

By  virtue  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of 
Canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President  to 
make  rules  and  regulations  affecting  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  ta.xation,  public 
roads,  self-propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other 
purposes,  including  provisions  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders  and  interest  de- 
posits,"^^5  approved  August  21,  1916,  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive 
Order  for  the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  That  hereafter  the  word  "automobile"  wherever  the  same  is  used  in  the 
Executive  Order  dated  October  9,  1918,'=''  which  Executive  Order  was  published  in 
The  Panama  Canal  Record,  of  November  13,  1918,  and  became  effective  thirty  days 
thereafter  and  is  still  in  force,  shall  be  construed  to  include  any  and  all  motor-propelled 
vehicles,  and  shall  specifically  include  motorcycles. 

Section  2.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  thirty  days  from  and  after  its  publication 
in  The  Panama  Canal  Record.  ^*' 

WOODROW  WILSON. 

The  White  House, 

30  Oct.,  1920. 


Order  of  the  President  of  Nov.  6,  197.0,  Establishing  New  Limits  of  Fort  Sherman  Military  Reservation. 

Whereas,  by  Executive  Order  No.  2825,  dated  March  25,  1918,^^8  certain  lands 
within  the  Canal  Zone  were  set  apart  for  the  protection  of  the  Panama  Canal  and  for 
use  as  a  military  reservation  in  connection  therewith,  the  same  constituting  and  being 
known  as  the  Fort  Sherman  Military  Reservation. 

And  Whereas,  certain  additional  lands  located  southwesterly  and  across  the 
Rio  Chagres  from  the  said  reservation  are  deemed  necessary  for  the  said  purposes. 

Now  Therefore,  I,  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States,  do  hereby 
set  apart  for  the  protection  of  the  said  canal  and  for  use  for  military  purposes  in  con- 
nection therewith  the  said  additional  lands,  and  declare  the  area  hereinafter  described, 

»»sT.  &  A.  130-132. 

»''p.  247. 

'"  Published  in  The  Panama  Canal  Record  of  November  24,  1920. 

"«  p.  237. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  277 

which  includes  both  the  lands  originally  reserved  by  said  Executive  Order  No.  2825 
and  the  said  additional  lands,  to  constitute  the  Fort  Sherman  Military  Reservation. 
The  said  reservation  shall  remain  subject,  however,  to  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the 
Canal  Zone  authorities,  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal  Act  of  August  24, 
1912  (37  Stat.  560,  569).  The  boundaries  of  the  reservation  so  declared  are  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  southwest  end  of  the  Toro  Point  Breakwater,  Lati- 
tude N.  9  degrees  22  minutes  26.29  seconds,  Longitude  79  degrees  57 
minutes  06.49  seconds  W.,  the  boundary  follows  the  low  water  line  of 
Limon  Bay  to  a  concrete  monument  on  right  bank  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Rio  Petitpie  (erroneously  called  Rio  Pilibio)  in  the  previous  Executive 
Order)  Latitude  N.  9  degrees  19  minutes  15.48  seconds,  Longitude  79 
degrees  57  minutes  14.48  seconds  W. ;  thence  S.  49  degrees  15  minutes 
W.,  12,300  feet  to  a  concrete  monument  on  the  left  bank  of  the  mouth 
of  the  Rio  Mojinga,  approximate  Latitude  N.  9  degrees  17  minutes 
55.82  seconds,  appro.ximate  Longitude  79  degrees  58  minutes  47.55 
seconds  W.;  thence  approximately  S.  51  degrees  48  minutes  26  seconds 
W.,  approximately  8,451  feet  to  Canal  Zone  boundary  monument  109, 
approximate  Latitude  N.  9  degrees  17  minutes  3.98  seconds,  approxi- 
mate Longitude  79  degrees  59  minutes  53.87  seconds  W. ;  thence  S.  7 
degrees  48  minutes  W.,  582  feet  along  the  Canal  Zone  boundary  to  the 
north  branch  of  the  Rio  Pina,  thence  down  the  north  branch  of  the  Rio 
Pina  to  monument  on  the  right  bank  of  the  same  river  opposite  the 
mouth  of  the  Quebrada  Muni,  thence  N.  64  degrees  W.  to  the  mouth 
of  the  Rio  Majagual  on  the  Caribbean  Sea,  thence  northeastward 
along  the  coast  to  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Chagres;  thence  northeast  along 
the  low  water  line  of  the  Caribbean  Sea  to  the  initial  point. 
The  above  area  is  shown  on  drawing  2407  of  the  Office  of  the  District  Engineer, 
Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army,  Balboa  Heights,  Canal  Zone. 

There  shall  also  be  included  in  the  said  area  all  of  the  lands  and  water  for  a  dis- 
tance of  one  hundred  yards  out  to  sea  from  the^high  water  line  on  all  shores  of  the 
reservation;  but  the  right  to  navigate  and  control  the  flow  of  the  Chagres  River  is 
reserved  to  the  authorities  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

WOODROW  WILSON. 
The  White  House, 
6  Nov.,  1920. 


Amendment  of  Executive  Order  of  Apr.  16,  1914,  so  as  to  Include  Mints  and  Assay  Offices  and  Federal 
Reserve  Banks  to  which  the  Duties  and  Functions  of  Assistant  Treasurers  of  the  United  States 
are  Transferred  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  Under  the  Act  of  May  29,  1920. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  under  The  Panama  Canal  Act,  Executive 
Order  dated  April  16,  1914,''^'  prescribing  regulations  relative  to  the  payment  of  tolls 
and  bills  for  materials,  supplies,  repairs,  harbor  pilotage,  towage,  and  other  services, 
furnished  to  vessels  by  The  Panama  Canal,  shall  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
by  inserting  after  the  words  "Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  United  States"  wherever 
these  words  occur  in  that  Executive  Order,  the  words  "or  any  mint,  assay  ofhce,  or 
Federal  reserve  bank  to  which  the  duties  and  functions  of  Assistant  Treasurers  may 
be  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under  the  authority  conferred  upon 
him  by  the  Act  of  May  29,  1920  (41  Statutes  at  Large,  655)." 

WOODROW   WILSON 
The  White  House, 
5  Jan'y,  1921. 


Regulations  Establishing  Maximum  Rates  of  Fare  and  Governing  Transportation  of  Passengers  for 

Hire  in  the  Canal  Zone.  '3» 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  the  President  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
August  21,  1916,^3'  and  mutual  agreement  having  been  heretofore  made  with  the 

«!» See  order  of  Oct.  9,  1918,  p.  247,  relating  to  licensing  of  chauffeurs,  and  order  of  Apr.  14,  1921, 
p.  283,  telating  to  operation  of  vehicles. 
«3'T.  &  A.  130-132. 


278 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


Republic  of  Panama  touching  the  reciprocal  use  of  the  highways  of  the  Canal  Zone 
and  the  Republic  of  Panama,  as  by  said  act  authorized,  the  following  regulations 
establishing  maximum  rates  of  fare  and  governing  the  transportation  of  passengers 
for  hire  by  horse-drawn  and  self-propelled  vehicles  over  the  highways  of  the  Canal 
Zone,  and  between  points  in  said  Canal  Zone  and  the  cities  of  Panama  and  Colon, 
in  the  Republic  of  Panama,  are  hereby  established: 

Section  I.  Charges  over  the  scheduled  routes  set  forth  in  Schedules  A  and  B  and 
made  a  part  hereof,  shall  be  based  on  a  ZONE  FARE  of  $0.15  U.  S.  currency  for  one 
adult  passenger  for  continuous  travel  between  any  two  points  in  any  one  fare  zone 
without  entering  into  another  zone.  This  ZONE  FARE  will  be  called  the  base  rate 
of  fare. 

For  the  purpose  of  interpreting  these  regulations,  all  persons  over  12  years  of  age 
shall  be  called  "adult  passengers,"  and  all  persons  under  12  years  shall  be  called 
"children." 

An  increase  of  50  per  cent  of  the  base  rate  will  be  allowed  for  each  additional  adult 
passenger,  provided  that  this  increase  shall  not  be  less  than  $0.10  for  each  additional 
adult  passenger.  These  charges  shall  apply  to  all  persons  except  children,  under  6 
years  of  age  accompanied  by  adult,  who  shall  be  carried  free,  and  children  between 
6  and  12  years  of  age  accompanied  by  adult,  whose  fare  shall  be  one-half  the  tariff 
rate;  children  regardless  of  age,  not  accompanied  by  adult  shall  be  charged  the  full 
tariff  rate  and  where  children  under  6  years  are  accompanied  by  adult,  one-half  fare 
shall  be  charged  for  each  child  in  excess  of  two. 

Sec.  II.  The  following  examples  will  show  method  to  be  followed  in  figuring  fares: 

For  two  adult  passengers  carried  between  two  points  within  the  same  fare  zone,  the 
fare  will  be  the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  first  passenger,  plus  minimum  increase  of  $0.10 
for  second  passenger,  or  a  total  of  $0.25  for  both  passengers. 

For  three  adult  passengers  carried  between  two  points  within  same  fare  zone,  the 
fare  will  be  the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  first  passenger,  plus  minimum  increase  of  $0.10 
for  each  of  the  two  additional  passengers,  or  a  total  of  $0.35  for  the  three  passengers. 

For  four  or  more  passengers  within  same  fare  zone  the  rate  will  be  figured  in  the 
same  manner  as  shown  in  last  two  paragraphs. 

Sec.  III.  For  continuous  travel  between  two  points  in  different  zones,  the  same 
method  will  also  be  followed,  for  example: 

For  one  adult  passenger  the  fare  will  be  the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  the  first  zone,  plus 
the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  each  additional  zone  entered  or  crossed. 

For  more  than  one  passenger  carried  between  points  in  different  zones  the  fare  will 
be  the  total  base  rate  for  one  passenger  at  end  of  trip,  plus  50  per  cent  of  total  base 
rate  for  each  additional  passenger. 

Thus,  the  fare  for  two  or  more  passengers  carried  from  one  point  in  a  zone  to  a  point 
in  an  adjoining  zone  would  be  the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  one  passenger  for  first  zone, 
plus  the  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  same  passenger  in  second  zone  or  total  base  rate  of  $0.30 
for  first  passenger.  For  second  passenger  there  will  be  added  the  50  per  cent  of  the 
total  rate  of  $0.30,  or  a  total  of  $0.45  for  two  passengers;  for  third  passenger,  add 
again  50  per  cent  of  the  total  base  rate  of  $0.30,  making  total  fare  of  $0.60  for  the 
three  passengers. 

Sec.  IV.  A  base  rate  is  established  for  travel  between  fare  zones  and  certain  speci- 
fied interior  locations  in  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama,  outside  of  or  not  in- 
cluded in  fare  zones,  base  rate  of  fare  of  which  will  be  for  one  passenger  plus  50  per 
cent  of  base  rate  for  each  additional  passenger,  with  the  same  provisions  as  to  half- 
fares  (rates  for  children) ;  travel  between  established  fare  zones  and  beyond  the 
interior  locations  in  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama,  specified  in  Schedules  A 
and  B,  will  be  at  hourly  rate  or  by  special  agreement. 

Where  a  trip  begins  or  ends  at  a  point  beyond  the  established  fare  zones,  at  a  loca- 
tion not  specified  in  Schedules  A  and  B,  but  not  beyond  the  farthest  location  specified, 
the  fare  shall  be  the  fare  to  and  from  the  next  farthest  specified  location.  For  exam- 
ple: Travel  to  and  from  Balboa  fare  zone  to  and  from  a  point  between  the  specified 
location  of  Diablo,  the  fare  shall  be  the  schedule  fare  between  Balboa  fare  zone  and 
Diablo  interior  location. 

Sec.  V.  Any  half-fares  as  established  by  regulations  to  be  figured  on  same  basis  as 
shown  in  preceding  sections,  as  an  adult  passenger  and  child  between  6  and  12  years 
for  travel  between  two  points  in  same  zone,  base  rate  fare  of  $0.15  for  adult  plus  one- 
half  of  minimum  fare  of  $0.10  for  child  passenger  or  $0.05,  or  total  of  $0.20  for  the 
two  passengers;  travel  between  points  in  different  zones  where  half-fares  are  allowed, 
to  be  figured  in  same  manner. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  279 

Sec.  VI.  SCHEDULE  A. 

SOUTHERN  DISTRICT. 

The  Southern  District,  Schedule  A,  includes  the  fare  zones  of: 

1st  Panama  City  Zone 

Ancon  Zone 

Balboa  Zone 

Heights  Zone 

La  Boca  Zone 

2d  Panama  City  Zone 

3d  Panama  City  Zone  and 

Specified  Location  Table. 

Fare  zones  are  outlined  and  bounded  as  follows: 
1st  Panama  City  Fare  Zone. 

Entire  area  of  Panama  City  embraced  within  line  beginning  at  Panama  City 
Market  (embracing  districts  of  San  Felipe,  Santa  Ana,  and  Chorrillo)  thence  northerly 
following  Panama  Railroad  main  line  and  yards  to  San  Miguel  crossing,  thence  to 
Ancon  laundry,  thence  following  Chame  Street,  Ancon  Boulevard,  Frangipani  Street, 
Gorgas  Road  to  Ancon  Hospital  entrance  and  nurses'  quarters,  thence  following 
Columbia  Road  to  junction  with  Ancon  hospital  service  road,  thence  southerly  to 
junction  of  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama  boundary  line  and  Gavilan  Road, 
(Includes  Old  Administration  Building  and  Cable  Heights)  thence  easterly  and 
northerly  following  shore  line  to  Panama  City  Market,  the  starting  point. 

A  neon  Fare  Zone. 

Area  within  line  beginning  at  San  Miguel  crossing,  thence  following  line  of  Panama 
Railroad  main  line  to  Balboa  railroad  station,  thence  following  Gorgona  Road^to 
Ancon  Boulevard  to  Administration  Building,  thence  following  Heights  Roadjto 
Cascadas  Road,  to  Ancon  Boulevard  (including  San  Juan  Place)  to  Frangipani 
Street,  to  Gorgas  Road  to  Ancon  Hospital  entrance  and  nurses'  quarters,  thence 
following  Columbia  Road  to  junction  with  Ancon  Hospital  service  road,  thence 
southerly  to  junction  4th  July  Avenue  and  Balboa  Road  (includes  Old  Administra- 
tion Building  and  Cable  Heights),  thence  northerly  following  4th  July  Avenue  to 
Tivoli  Avenue  to  starting  point  (San  Miguel  crossing). 

Note. — It  will  be  noted  that  the  1st  Panama  City  Zone  and  the  Ancon  fare  zone  overlap,  embracing 
certain  same  areas;  this  has  been  done  in  order  to  place  within  the  Panama  City  fare  zone  certain  loca- 
tions in  Ancon  between  which  and  Panama  City  there  is  a  large  amount  of  travel  and  thus  enable 
passengers  traveling  between  Panama  City  and  certain  locations  in  Ancon,  and  vice  versa,  to  avoid  being 
required  to  pay  more  than  one  fare. 

Balboa  Fare  Zone. 

Area  within  a  line  beginning  at  Balboa  railroad  station,  thence  following  Roosevelt 
Avenue  to  Balboa  Road,  to  Pier  18,  thence  following  Docks  17,  16,  15,  14,  13,  to  Dock 
9  and  entrance  to  Balboa  dry  dock,  thence  southeasterly  to  junction  of  Union  Place 
and  La  Boca  Road,  thence  southeasterly  to  head  of  Empire  Street,  thence  southeaster- 
ly to  junction  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama  boundary  line  and  Gavilan  Road, 
thence  following  boundary'  line  to  Balboa  Road  to  Morgan  Avenue  to  Prado,  thence 
easterly  to  Administration  Building,  thence  following  Ancon  Boulevard  to  Gorgona 
Road,  to  starting  point  Balboa  Railroad  station. 

Heights  Fare  Zone. 

Area  within  line  beginning  Administration  Building,  Balboa  Heights,  thence 
southerly  to  head  of  Ridge  Road,  thence  southerly  to  Quarry  Heights  military  reser- 
vation including  military  headquarters  and  quarters  within  reservation  north  of 
Quarry  Road,  thence  following  Quarry  Road  to  Gorgas  Road  to  service  road  through 
Ancon  Hospital  wards,  to  Columbus  Avenue  to  Gorgas  Road  to  Darien  and  Sosa 
Place  to  Lion  Hill  Road  to  Cascadas  Road  to  Heights  Road,  to  starting  point. 
Administration  Buildiflg. 

La  Boca  Fare  Zone. 

Area  south  of  line  beginning  at  entrance  Balboa  dry  dock  and  following  same 
southeasterly  line  as  described  in  Balboa  fare  zone  to  junction  of  Canal  Zone  and  Re- 
public of  Panama  boundary  line  and  Gavilan  Road,  La  Boca  fare  zone  will  include  the 
Radio,  Fort  Amador,  and  Quarantine  Reservation,  Coaling  Plant,  and  La  Boca  town- 
site. 


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EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 


2d  Panama  City  Fare  Zone. 

Districts  of  Calidona  and  Exposition,  extending  from  Panama  Railroad  east  to 
Bull  Ring  and  including  Pena  Prieta. 

3d  Panama  City  Fare  Zone. 

District  of  Bella  Vista  including  the  bathing  beach. 

Specified  Locations  and  Fare  Zones. 

PANAMA  republic  AND  CANAL  ZONE. 


Locations  and  Fare  Zones. 

Diablo. 

Corozal. 

Fort 
Clayton. 

Filtration 
Plant  and 

Locks, 
Miraflores. 

Pedro 
Miguel. 

Paraiso. 

Las  Sabanas 
Police  Station 

Golf 
Club. 

|.       __.  .. 

.       1 

$0.40 

10.75 

$1.00 

$1.50 

$2.00 

$2.25 

$0.85 

$1  00 

Balboa 

.75 

.75 

1.25 

1.75 

2.25     |.    2.50 

25 

Golf  Club 

1.00 

1.00 

1.50             2.50 

2.50  1      2.75 

.25 

Shriner's  Mosque,  Ancon 

Add  10  c 

to  doo 

ents  U.  S. 
r  of  Mosq 

currency 
ue  on  upp 

0  Zone  and  Location  Fares  for  each  adult  person  carried 
or  level. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  fares  between  Panama  City  zones,  Balboa,  and  La 
Boca  fare  zones,  the  shortest  and  most  direct  route  between  points  in  Panama  City 
north  and  west  of  H  Street  and  15th  Street,  to  points  in  La  Boca  and  Balboa  fare 
zones,  shall  be  through  Ancon  fare  zones  by  way  of  Ancon  Boulevard;  and  for  points 
south  and  east  of  H  Street  and  15th  Street,  by  way  of  B  Street  and  Balboa  Road,  and 
vice  versa. 


Sec.  VIL 


Schedule  B. 


northern  district. 


The  Northern  District,  Schedule  B,  includes  the  fare  zones  of: 
Colon  City 
Cristobal 
Piers 

Mount  Hope  and 
Specified  Location  Table 

Fare  Zones  are  outlined  and  bounded  as  follows: 

Colon  City  Fare  Zone. 

Entire  area  of  Colon  City  and  part  of  Old  Cristobal  north  and  east  of  line  beginning 
at  Cristobal  Piers  Entrance,  thence  along  Roosevelt  Avenue  southeasterly  to  De 
Lesseps  Building,  to  Columbus  Avenue,  to  Canal  Street,  to  Market  Street,  to  Bolivar 
and  14th  Streets,  thence  following  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama  boundary  to 
Folks  River. 

Cristobal  Fare  Zone. 

Area  within  line  beginning  at  entrance  to  Piers,  Roosevelt  Avenue  to  Cristobal  Fire 
Station,  thence  following  Front  Street  to  8th  Street,  to  Bolivar  Street,  to  14th  Street, 
thence  following  Mount  Hope  Road  to  junction  with  E  Street  (Broadway),  thence 
following  Canal  Zone  and  Republic  of  Panama  boundary  line  to  Folks  R.iver,  thence 
following  Mount  Hope  Road  to  Corral  and  Mount  Hope  silver  quarters,  including  all 
quarters  area  north  of  line  of  Fort  Randolph  railroad  branch  line  and  including  the 
Cristobal  ball  park,  thence  northwesterly  to  Coaling  Station  checking-in  shed  at 
Camp  Bierd,  to  Camp  Bierd  Road  to  Canal  Street,  to  Columbus  Avenue,  to  Roosevelt 
Avenue  to  Piers  entrance. 

Pier  Fare  Zo?ie. 

Piers  6,  7,  8,  9,  and  Dock  10,  and  area  within  Piers  enclosure,  and  area  within  liae 
beginning  at  De  Lesseps  Building,  Roosevelt  Avenue  and  Columbus  Avenue,  and 


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281 


Dock  10,  thence  along  Columbus  Avenue  to  Canal  Street  and  Market  Street,  thence 
northeasterly  to  Bolivar  and  14th  Streets,  thence  following  Bolivar  Street  to  8th 
Street,  to  Front  Street,  to  Roosevelt  Avenue  to  Piers'  entrance. 

Note. — It  will  be  noted  that  the  Colon  fare  zone,  Cristobal  fare  zone,  and  Piers  fare  zone,  overlap, 
embracing  certain  same  areas;  this  has  been  done  in  order  to  place  within  the  Cristobal  fare  zone.  Colon 
City  fare  zone,  and  Piers  fare  zone,  certain  locations  in  Colon  and  Cristobal  between  which  there  is  a 
large  amount  of  travel,  and  thus  enable  passengers  traveling  between  these  locations  to  avoid  being 
required  to  pay  more  than  one  fare. 

Mount  Hope  Fare  Zone. 

Area  south  of  line  beginning  at  checking  in  shed  Coaling  Station  at  Camp  Bierd, 
easterly  to  Mount  Hope  Road,  to  junction  Mount  Hope  Road  and  Fort  Randolph 
Road  at  Diversion;  area  including  Cristobal  Shops  and  Mount  Hope  Cold  Storage 
Plant. 

Specified  Locations  and  Fare  Zones. 
panama  republic  and  canal  zone. 


Locations  and  Fare  Zones. 

France 
Field. 

Coco  Solo 
and  Fort 
Randolph. 

Brazos 
Brook. 

Mindi 
Dairy. 

Fort 
Davis. 

New 
Gatun. 

Gatun. 

81.50 

$2,00 

$1.00 

$1.50 

$1.75 

$2.00 

$2.25 

Sec.  Vni.  Where  a  trip  begins  on  line  between  or  meeting  point  of  fare  zones,  the 
trip  shall  be  presumed  to  begin  within  the  first  fare  zone  entered,  and  where  the  trip 
ends  on  the  line  between  or  meeting  point  of  fare  zones,  the  trip  shall  be  presumed 
to  have  been  completed  within  the  last  zone  traversed. 

Sec.  IX.  Where  a  trip  begins  in  one  fare  zone  and  ends  in  the  same  fare  zone,  but 
the  line  of  travel  between  these  two  points  arbitrarily  requires  traversing  another 
zone  or  zones,  additional  fares  will  be  charged  for  each  different  zone  entered  or 
crossed.  For  example  from  La  Boca  townsite  to  Fort  Amador  the  line  of  travel  is 
through  La  Boca  Zone,  into  Balboa  Zone  and  back  into  La  Boca  Zone  to  Fort  Amador. 
The  charge  in  such  case  will  be  a  base  rate  of  $0.15  for  La  Boca  Zone,  plus  the  base 
rate  of  $0.15  for  Balboa  Zone,  or  a  total  base  fare  of  $0.30. 

Sec.  X.  Vehicles  shall,  on  request  in  advance  by  a  passenger,  operate  on  an  hourly 
basis  as  follows: 

Self-propelled  vehicles— -Thr^e.  dollars  for  the  first  hour  or  fraction  thereof,  and 
$2.50  for  each  subsequent  hour  or  fraction  thereof  exceeding  one-half  hour.  The 
subsequent  hourly  charge  for  one-half  hour  or  fraction  less  than  one-half,  to  be  one- 
half  of  the  subsequent  hourly  charge. 

In  computing  the  hourly  rates  for  self-propelled  vehicles,  charges  will  be  based  on  a 
maximum  of  four  passengers  not  including  the  operator;  for  passengers  exceeding 
four,  a  charge  of  $0.50  per  hour  for  each  additional  passenger  may  be  made;  charges 
for  such  additional  passengers  will  be  governed  by  same  method  of  computing 
charges  for  fractional  parts  of  hour  as  already  outlined. 

Horse-drawn  vehicles — One  dollar  and  50  cents  for  the  first  hour  or  fraction  thereof 
for  one  passenger,  and  $0.25  additional  for  each  additional  passenger  for  the  first 
hour  or  fraction  thereof,  and  thereafter  $1.50  for  each  subsequent  hour  or  fraction 
thereof  exceeding  6ne-half  hour,  without  regard  to  number  of  passengers. 

Sec.  XL  When  a  vehicle  is  engaged  at  hourly  rates  at  garage  or  public  stand,  time 
for  purpose  of  computing  fare  shall  begin  when  vehicle  leaves  garage  or  public  stand. 

When  engaged  at  garage  or  public  stand  to  call  at  another  point  for  a  trip  between 
points  within  fare  zones  or  specified  locations,  one  base  fare  is  authorized  to  be 
charged,  for  the  travel,  through  zone  or  zones  traversed,  or  to  location,  to  the  point 
where  vehicle  is  boarded. 

Sec.  XII.  Between  the  hours  of  12  o'clock  p.  m.  and  6  o'clock  a.  m.  the  rates  set 
out  in  Schedules  A  and  B  and  the  hourly  rates  above  established  for  self-propelling 
vehicles  may  be  increased  50  per  cent,  and  the  hourly  rates  for  horse-drawn  vehicles 
may  be  increased  25  cents  per  hour. 

Sec.  XIII.  In  all  cases  where  the  computation  of  fare  results  in  a  fraction  of  five 
cents  a  full  five  cents  in  lieu  of  such  fraction  may  be  collected. 

Sec.  XIV.  For  the  use  of  any  vehicle  a  special  fare  may  be  agreed  upon  which 
shall  take  the  place  of  the  rates  herein  fixed,  but  if  in  any  such  case  a  dispute  shall 


282  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RKLATIXC.  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

arise  the  regular  rate  herein  established  shall  govern  unless  the  existence  and  terms 
of  such  special  agreement  be  clearly  shown.  No  charge  shall  in  any  case  be  made 
which  is  based  upon  the  time  of  a  delay  not  due  to  the  fault  of  a  passenger. 

Sec.  XV.  A  reasonable  rate  of  speed  shall  be  maintained  at  all  times  by  all  vehicles, 
and  in  travel  between  various  zones  or  interior  locations,  the  shortest  and  most  direct 
available  route  of  travel  will  be  employed,  unless  agreement  otherwise  has  been  made 
between  operator  and  passenger. 

Sec.  XVI.  A  vehicle  not  engaged  shall  not  refuse  to  stop  for  a  passenger  who 
signals  it  plainly. 

Sec.  XVII.  Public  self-propelled  vehicles  when  on  public  stands  or  under  way  shall 
display  in  English  or  Spanish  a  sign,  9  inches  in  length  by  5  inches  in  width,  affixed 
to  the  front  of  the  vehicle  behind  the  wind  shield,  which  shall  read  on  the  one  side 
"For  Hire"  in  black  2-inch  letters  on  white  background  and  on  the  other  side  "En- 
gaged," in  white  2-inch  letters  on  red  background;  signs  to  be  affixed  by  swivel  so 
that  turning  sign  will  denote  status  of  vehicle.  Sign  to  indicate  at  all  times  the 
exact  status  of  the  vehicle,  whether  engaged  or  unengaged. 

Sec.  XVIII.  A  copy  of  these  regulations  must  be  carried  in  every  vehicle  operating 
for  hire  and  must  be  shown  to  passengers  upon  request.  Upon  application  by  the 
owners  or  licensees  of  such  vehicle,  The  Panama  Canal,  or  municipal  authorities  of 
Panama  City  or  Colon,  will  furnish  copies  for  this  purpose. 

A  printed  card  showing  hourly  and  zone  fare  rates  must  be  carried  prominently 
displayed  inside  each  public  vehicle,  such  cards  to  be  furnished  by  The  Panama 
Canal,  or  municipal  authorities  of  Panama  City  or  Colon. 

Sec.  XIX.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  these  regulations  shall  be  pun- 
ished as  provided  in  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August  21,  1916, ^^^ 
entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of  Canal  employees,"  etc. 

Sec.  XX.  The  Executive  Order  dated  January  12,  1918,'""  establishing  maximum 
rates  of  fare  and  governing  transportation  of  passengers  for  hire  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and 
the  Executive  Order  dated  May  29,  1919, "^^^  amending  Sections  5  and  6  of  the  E.xecu- 
tive  Order  dated  January  12,  1918,  are  hereby  repealed  effective  on  the  date  on  which 
these  regulations  shall  take  effect. 

Sec.  XXI .  This  order  shall  take  effect  on  such  date  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Governor 
of  The  Panama  Canal. '^s 

NEWTON  D.  BAKER, 

Secretary  of  War. 
February  26,  1921. 

By  the  President. 


Amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  8,  1918,  Concerning  Passport  Control  so  far  as  it  Applies  to  the 
Entry  of  Aliens  into  the  Panama  Canal  Zone.'*' 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  May  22,  1918, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  1  ime  of  War  Departure  from  and  Entry  into  the 
United  States  Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety,"  I,  Warren  G.  Harding,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  hereby  amend  the  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  8,  1918, 
relating  to  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Issuance  of  Permits  to  Enter 
and  Leave  the  United  States,"  by  the  following  provision: 

Hereafter,  aliens  entering  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  present 
passports  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United  States,  nor  shall  masters  of  vessels 
which  are  merely  passing  through  the  Canal,  be  required  to  submit  crew  lists  visaed  by 
American  consular  officers:  Provided,  however,  That  aliens  coming  to  the  continental 
United  States  or  to  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  from  the  Panama  Canal 
Zone  shall  be  required  to  present  passports  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United 
States  at  Panama  City  or  Colon,  unless  they  shall  have  resided  in  the  Panama 
Canal  Zone  continuously  for  at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  coming  to  the  United 
States,  or  unless  they  shall  have  obtained  American  visas  elsewhere:  And  provided 
further,  That  the  names  of  aliens  who  ship  in  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  vessels 
sailing  therefrom  to  ports  of  the  continental  United  States  or  its  insular  possessions 

'»•  Sec.  S  of  that  act  provides  for  a  fine  not  to  exceed  $25  or  by  imprisonment  in  jail  not  to  exceed  30 
days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  court's  discretion.     (See  T.  &  A.  130.) 

'JJ  p.  232. 

«"p.  251. 

'IS  By  Circular  No.  601-117,  publishing  above  Executive  Order,  the  Governor  fixed  May  1,  1921,  as 
the  effective  date. 

"J*  See  sec.  11-a  thereof,  p.  242;  see  also  amendment  to  same  section  by  order  of  Secretary  of  State 
of  July  12,  1919,  p.  252. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  283 

must  appear  upon  crew  lists  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United  States  at  Panama 
City  or  Colon,  unless  such  aliens  shall  have  resided  continuously  in  the  Canal  Zone 
for  at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  coming  to  this  country. 

WARREN  G  HARDING 
The  White  House, 
April  7,  1921. 

[No.  3427.] 


Order  of  the  President  of  Apr.  8.  1921,  to  Amend  Limits  of  Quarry  Heights  Military  Reservation  as 
Established  by  Executive  Order  of  Dec.  22,  1919. <■" 

Where.^s  Executive  Order  No.  3386,  dated  January  21,  1921,  setting  apart  and 
describing  an  addition  to  the  Quarry  Heights  Military  Reservation  incorrectly  de- 
scribed the  location  of  monument  No.  12,  as  "on  the  contour  of  150  feet  elevation" 
when  the  same  should  have  been  described  "on  the  contour  of  325  feet  elevation." 

Now,  Therefore,  said  Executive  Order  is  hereby  amended  to  read  asfoUow^s: 

The  area  of  land  hereinafter  described,  situated  in  the  Canal  Zone,  is  hereby  set 
apart  and  assigned  to  the  uses  and  purposes  of  a  military  reservation  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  an  addition  to  and  to  be  administered  as  a  part  of 
the  Quarry  Heights  Reservation  heretofore  set  apart  by  E.xecutive  Order  No.  3202 
of  December  22,  1919;  but  said  area  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil  control  and  juris- 
diction of  the  Governor  of  the  Panama  Canal,  in  conformity  with  the  Panama  Canal 
Act. 

The  boundaries  of  the  said  addition  to  Quarry  Heights  Reservation  are  described 
as  follows: 

The  point  of  beginning  is  a  brass  plug  in  a  concrete  monument  H  10,  which  is  N. 
1°  51'  W.,  711.4  feet,  more  or  less,  from  Ancon  triangulation  station;  the  coordinates 
of  Ancon  station  are  Lat.  8°  57'  plus  2572.76  feet,  Long.  79°  ZZ'  plus  883.66 feet; 
thence 

1.  S.  76°  6'  E.,  833  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  brass  plug  in  a  concrete  monument  #  11 ; 
thence 

2.  N.  12°  40'  W.,  645  feet,  more  or  less,  to  concrete  monument  j^  12,  which  monu- 
ment is  on  the  contour  of  325  feet  elevation;   thence 

3.  In  a  northwesterly  direction  following  the  325-foot  contour  to  concrete  monu- 
ment §  13,  which  monument  is  on  the  extreme  northern  point  of  the  325-foot  contour; 
thence 

4.  In  a  general  southerly  direction  following  the  325-foot  contour  to  the  intersec- 
tion with  the  old  boundary  line  between  monument  ^9  and  monument  ^  10,  this 
intersection  being  marked  by  concrete  monument  ^  14;   thence 

5.  S.  75°  58'  E.,  382.6  feet  to  monument  §  10  which  is  the  point  of  beginning. 
Monuments  ^10,  j^  1 1,  and  §  9  are  the  same  as  used  in  Executive  Order  of  Decem- 
ber 22,  1919,  in  describing  the  boundary  of  Quarry  Heights  Reservation. 

All  bearings  refer  to  the  true  meridian. 

WARREN  G.  HARDING. 
The  White  House, 
April  8,  1921. 

Relating  to  Licensing  of  Vehicles,  Road  Rules,  Use  of  Lights,  Tags,  and  Signals,  and   Speed  Regu- 
lations in  the  Canal  Zone.'^' 

By  virtue  of  the  Act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of 
Canal  employees  to  other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President 
to  make  rules  and  regulations  affecting  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation,  public 
roads,  self-propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other 
purposes,  including  provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders,  and  interest  deposits," 
approved  August  21,  1916, ^^  I  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive  Order  for 
the  Canal  Zone: 

Section  1.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  promulgate 
rules  and  regulations  from  time  to  time  to  carry  out  this  Order. ^■'» 

'"  p.  256. 

«38  See  also  order  of  Oct.  9,  1918,  p.  247,  relating  to  licensing  of  chauffeurs;  and  order  of  Apr.  14, 
1921,  p.  283,  relating  to  operation  of  vehicles. 
'»T.  &A.  130-132. 
•'»  See  circulars  Nos.  717-3  and  727  issued  by  the  Governor  under  authority  of  this  section. 


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Sec.  2.  The  term  "motor  vehicle,"  as  used  herein,  shall  apply  to  and  include  every 
vehicle  which  may  be  drawn  or  propelled  by  means  of  steam,  gas,  naphtha,  fluid, 
electricity,  or  other  similar  motor  power:  Provided,  That  when  a  bicycle  is  equipped 
with  a  contrivance  commonly  known  as  a  motor  wheel,  such  bicycle  shall  be  deemed 
a  motorcycle  and  included  in  the  term  "motor  vehicle." 

Sec.  3.  The  term  "vehicle,"  as  used  herein,  shall  apply  to  and  include  equestrians, 
horses  led,  and  everything  on  wheels  or  runners,  whether  propelled  by  man,  animal, 
or  mechanical  energy,  except  street  cars,  baby  carriages,  roller  skates,  and  coasters. 

Sec.  4.  The  term  "public  notice,"  as  used  herein  shall  apply  to  and  include  every 
form  of  order  issued  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  agreeably  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order,  whether  such  order  be  printed  and  published  in  circular,  bulletin, 
or  poster,  or  indicated  by  signs  or  printing  placed  on  or  along  the  roads  and  streets  of 
the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  5.  There  shall  be  collected  on  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone 
and  operated  therein,  an  annual  license  fee  as  follows: 

For  each  passenger  automobile  for  personal  use  only,  five  dollars  ($5). 

For  each  automobile  of  twenty-nine  horsepower,  or  less,  used  for  carrying  passen- 
gers for  hire  twenty  dollars  ($20). 

For  each  automobile  of  more  than  twenty-nine  horsepower,  used  for  carrying  pas- 
sengers for  hire,  thirty  dollars  ($30). 

P^or  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  1-ton  capacity  or  less,  twenty  dollars  ($20). 

For  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  a  capacity  of  more  than  1  ton  but  less  than  3  tons, 
thirty  dollars  ($30). 

For  each  truck  or  omnibus  of  a  capacity  of  3  tons  or  more,  forty  dollars  ($40). 

For  each  motorcycle,  two  dollars  ($2). 

For  each  bicycle,  one  dollar  ($1). 

For  each  animal-drawn  vehicle  employed  in  the  transportation  of  passengers  for 
hire,  twelve  dollars  ($12). 

For  each  animal-drawn  vehicle  employed  in  the  transportation  of  freight,  merchan- 
dise or  other  property,  or  employed  by  any  merchant  in  the  transportation  of  any 
merchandise;  twenty  dollars  ($20)  for  each  2- wheeled  vehicle;  and  thirty  dollars 
($30)  for  each  4-wheeled  vehicle. 

A  30-day  vehicle  license  will  be  issued  for  a  fee  of  50  cents  United  States  currency 
to  a  bona  fide  tourist  in  the  Canal  Zone  who  has  brought  his  own  vehicle  with  him, 
providing  the  machine  carries  a  current  license  plate  of  some  State  of  the  United 
States.  In  such  cases  the  United  States  tag  will  suffice,  and  no  Canal  Zone  tag  will  be 
issued. 

In  case  of  a  dispute  as  to  the  horsepower  or  capacity  of  a  vehicle,  the  issue  shall  be 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  and  the  decision  of  the  Board  thereon  shall 
be  final. 

License  fees  shall  be  paid  for  the  calendar  year;  but  if  any  part  of  the  calendar  year 
shall  have  expired  when  the  license  is  taken  out,  then  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  shall  be 
proportioned,  on  a  quarterly  basis,  to  the  part  of  the  calendar  year  remaining,  in- 
cluding therein  the  calendar  quarter  in  which  the  license  is  paid;  but  the  Governor 
shall  have  authority  to  issue  license  at  rates  proportionate  to  the  rates  in  the  above 
schedule,  in  such  special  cases  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Licenses  heretofore  issued  shall  continue  in  force,  and  the  licensees  shall  not  be 
required  to  pay  fees  hereunder  until  the  licenses  previously  issued  to  them  shall  have 
expired. 

Sec.  6.  Before  any  vehicle  mentioned  in  Section  5  shall  be  used  and  operated  in  the 
Canal  Zone,  such  vehicle  shall  be  licensed  to  do  so  by  the  Executive  Secretary,  or  the 
official  acting  under  his  authority. 

Sec.  7.  Except  as  to  the  requirements  for  payment  of  license  fee  provided  in  Section 
5,  this  Order  shall  apply  to  and  include  all  vehicles  owned  and  operated  by  the  United 
States  Government,  The  Panama  Canal,  and  the  Republic  of  Panama. 

Sec.  8.  Vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  operated  in 
the  Canal  Zone,  shall  pay  the  same  annual  license  fee  as  is  imposed  by  the  Republic 
of  Panama  on  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  operated  in  thj 
Republic  of  Panama;  Provided,  That  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  may  enter 
into  arrangements  with  the  authorities  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  by  which  any  class 
or  classes  of  vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Canal  Zone  and  operated  in  the  Re- 
public of  Panama  may  be  exempted  from  the  payment  of  license  fees  in  the  Republic 
of  Panama,  or  required  to  pay  fees  at  a  reduced  rate,  and  any  class  or  classes  of 
vehicles  owned  by  residents  of  the  Republic  of  Panama  and  operated  in  the  Canal 
Zone  may  be  exempted  from  the  payment  of  license  fees  in  the  Canal  Zone,  or  required 
to  pay  fees  at  a  reduced  rate. 


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Sec.  9.  Whenever  any  vehicle  licensed  in  the  Canal  Zone  shall,  before  the  period 
for  which  the  license  is  taken  expires,  be  sold  or  transferred  by  the  licensee  to  some 
other  person  who  may  desire  to  continue  the  use  and  operation  of  such  vehicle  over  the 
streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone,  such  transferee,  within  10  days  after  such  sale 
or  transfer,  by  application  to  the  Executive  Secretary,  or  the  official  acting  under  his 
authority  and  upon  submission  of  satisfactory  evidence  of  such  purchase  or  transfer, 
shall  have  the  license  transferred  to  him  by  endorsement  thereon  by  the  Executive 
Secretary,  or  the  official  acting  under  his  authority,  authorizing  such  transferee  to 
operate  such  vehicle  under  such  license,  without  the  payment  of  any  additional  charge 
or  fee. 

Sec.  10.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  hereby  authorized  to  exempt  from 
the  payment  of  license  fees  hereunder  vehicles  operated  exclusively  within  certain 
areas  or  districts  of  the  Canal  Zone  to  be  defined  by  him,  and  the  Governor  is  also 
authorized  by  public  notice  to  prohibit  vehicles  of  any  or  all  kinds  from  operating  on 
such  portions  of  the  roads  and  streets  in  the  Canal  Zone  as  he  may  designate,  when,  in 
his  judgment,  the  public  interest  requires  it;  or  he  may  permit  any  of  said  vehicles  to 
be  operated  in  any  areas  or  districts  designated  by  him,  upon  such  conditions  as  he 
may  deem  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  welfare  of  The  Panama  Canal;  and, 
for  the  purposes  of  this  Order,  the  Governor  is  also  authorized  to  define  by  public 
notice  the  limits  of  towns  and  villages  in  the  Canal  Zone;  Provided,  That  the  author- 
ity herein  granted  the  Governor  to  define  by  public  notice  the  limits  of  towns  and  vil- 
lages shall  not  be  construed  or  interpreted  to  in  any  wise  amend  or  modify  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Executive  Order  of  March  12,  1914,  relative  to  the  designations  and 
boundaries  of  towns  in  the  Canal  Zone. 

Sec.  11.  Each  motor  vehicle  and  bicycle  issued  a  license  to  operate  over  the  roads 
or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  at  all  times  carry  thereon,  at  a  conspicuous  place  at 
the  rear  thereof,  a  metal  tag  bearing  thereon,  in  large  numerals,  the  number  of  the 
license  for  such  vehicle,  the  letters  and  numbers  of  which  shall  be  kept  at  all  times  in  a 
legible  condition,  and  on  motor  vehicles  during  the  period  when  vehicles  are  required 
to  display  lights,  such  license  tag  shall  be  illuminated  so  as  to  be  plainly  visible  at  a 
distance  of  at  least  60  feet.  The  aforesaid  numeral  tag  shall  be  obtained  from  the 
Executive  Secretary,  or  the  official  acting  under  his  authority,  at  the  time  the  license 
is  issued. 

Sec.  12.  The  Executive  Secretary  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  register,  wherein  shall  be 
numbered  in  consecutive  order  all  licenses  granted  by  him  under  this  Order,  with 
the  names  of  the  licensees  and  a  brief  description  of  the  vehicle  licensed.  Such  register 
shall  be  a  public  record,  and  the  information  shown  by  such  register  shall  be  furnished 
to  the  Chief,  Police  and  Fire  Division. 

Sec.  13.  In  the  use  and  operation  of  vehicles  over  the  Canal  Zone  roads  or  streets, 
the  following  rules  shall  be  observed,  viz:  All  vehicles,  in  meeting  and  passing 
other  vehicles,  or  in  being  overtaken  and  passed  by  other  vehicles,  shall  keep  to  the 
left  of  the  road;  and  in  overtaking  and  passing  other  vehicles  they  shall  keep  to  the 
right.  The  owner  of  a  vehicle,  if  riding  therein  or  thereon,  shall  be  held  jointly  re- 
sponsible with  the  person  operating  such  vehicle  for  the  use  and  operation  thereof, 
agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  this  section;  in  the  absence  of  the  owner,  the  person 
using  and  operating  such  vehicle  shall  be  held  responsible. 

Sec.  14.  All  motor  vehicles  shall,  when  being  used  and  operated  on  any  of  the  roads 
or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone,  between  the  hours  of  6  p.  m.  and  6  a.  m.,  carry  and 
prominently  display  lights  as  follows:  Automobiles  or  motor  vehicles  of  similar  con- 
struction, two  bright  front  or  headlights  placed  one  on  each  side  and  one  red  light  at 
the  rear;  motorcycles  without  sidecar,  one  bright  front  or  headlight,  and  one  red  light 
at  the  rear;  motorcycles  with  side  car,  two  bright  front  or  headlights  placed  one  each 
on  front  of  motorcycle  proper  and  front  of  side  car,  and  one  red  light  at  rear. 

Sec.  15.  All  bicycles  shall,  when  being  operated  on  any  of  the  roads  or  streets  of  the 
Canal  Zone  between  the  hours  of  6  p.  m.  and  6  a.  m.,  carry  and  prominently  display 
lights  as  foUov/s:   One  bright  front  or  headlight. 

Sec.  16.  All  animal-drawn  passenger  vehicles  shall,  when  being  operated  on  the 
roads  or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone  betvveen  the  hours  of  6  p.  m.  and  6  a.  m.,  carry  and 
prominently  display, lights  as  follows:  Two  bright  front  or  headlights  placed  one  on 
each  side,  and  one  red  light  at  rear;  Provided,  That  each  animal-drawn  vehicle 
employed  in  the  transportation  of  freight,  merchandise,  or  other  property,  may  in 
lieu  of  front  or  headlights  and  rear  red  light,  display  one  bright  light  visible  both  front 
and  rear  suspended  beneath  the  vehicle. 

Sec.  17.  The  use  of  flare  lights  on  vehicles  within  the  limits  of  any  town  or  village 
in  the  Canal  Zone  is  hereby  prohibited;   and  on  roads  outside  of  any  town  or  village 


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limits  the  operators  of  vehicles  shall  extinguish  their  flare  lights  at  least  three  hundred 
(300)  feet  from  an  approaching  vehicle,  and  shall  pass  such  approaching  vehicle  with 
the  use  of  their  dimmer  lights  only. 

Sec.  18.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  drive  or  operate  a  vehicle  over  the  roads  of  the  Canal 
Zone  outside  of  town  or  village  limits,  at  a  speed  exceeding  twenty-five  (25)  miles  an 
hour  on  straight  roads,  or  at  a  speed  exceeding  twelve  (12)  miles  an  hour  when  ap- 
proaching or  traversing  curves,  forks,  or  cross  roads,  or  when  traveling  over  the 
streets  or  roads  of  any  town  or  village  of  the  Canal  Zone,  or  when  approaching  another 
vehicle.  The  owner  of  a  vehicle,  if  riding  therein  or  thereon,  shall  be  held  jointly 
responsible  with  the  person  operating  such  vehicle  for  its  speed.  In  the  absence  of  the 
owner  the  person  actually  operating  the  vehicle  shall  be  held  responsible. 

Sec.  19.  A  vehicle  shall  not  pass  another  vehicle  moving  the  same  direction  on 
curves  where  the  road  is  not  visible  more  than  two  hundred  (200)  feet  ahead. 

Sec.  20.  All  motor  vehicles  and  bicycles  operated  on  roads  and  streets  of  the  Canal 
Zone  must  be  equipped  with  a  suitable  sound  device  such  as  a  horn  or  bell  where- 
by signals  of  warning  shall  be  given  by  the  operator. 

Unnecessary  use  of  warning  signals  is  prohibited;  such  signals  shall  only  be  used 
in  giving  necessary  warning. 

Sec.  21.  Every  motor  vehicle  operated  in  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  provided  with  a 
muffler  so  complete  in  construction  as  to  pre\'ent  any  intense,  prolonged,  or  unneces- 
sary noise  in  the  operartion  or  management  of  such  motor  vehicle  or  the  machinery 
in  connection  therewith,  and  said  muffler  shall  not  be  cut  oat  or  put  out  of  operation 
in  any  town  or  village  in  the  Canal  Zone,  nor  where  horses  are  present,  nor  for  the 
purpose  of  warning  of  the  approach  of  the  motor  vehicle.  The  operator  of  every 
motor  vehicle  in  the  Canal  Zone  shall  stop  the  motor  of  such  vehicle  when  the  vehicle 
is  not  in  motion,  provided  said  operator  leaves  his  vehicle. 

Sec.  22.  All  vehicles  e.xcept  bicycles  and  animals  when  parked  between  the  hours 
of  6  p.  m.  and  6  a.  m.,  on  such  roads  or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone  as  may  be  designated 
by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal,  except  in  such  spaces  as  are  specifically  set 
apart  for  parking  purposes,  shall  display  one  red  light  in  rear,  and  at  least  one  bright 
front  or  headlight  on  road  side  of  vehicle;  or,  in  the  case  of  animal-drawn  vehicles 
employed  in  the  transportation  of  freight,  merchandise,  or  other  property,  with  bright 
light  visible  both  front  and  rear  suspended  beneath  vehicle.  A  vehicle  will  be  con- 
sidered as  parked  when  it  remains  in  same  position  on  road  longer  than  time  necessary 
to  allow  passengers  to  embark  or  disembark,  or  vehicle  to  be  loaded  or  unloaded. 
Parking  of  vehicles  is  prohibited  within  fifteen  (15)  feet  of  any  fire  plug. 
Parking  of  vehicles  is  also  prohibited  on  such  curves  and  spaces  as  designated  by 
public  notice. 

It  is  prohibited  to  park  a  vehicle  on  any  road  or  street  of  the  Canal  Zone  on  opposite 
side  of  road  or  street  closer  than  thirty  (30)  feet  from  the  front  line  or  rear  line  of  a 
vehicle  already  parked. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  shall  propel,  permit,  or  allow  to  be  propelled  or  driven  any 
vehicle  on,  over,  or  across  any  fire  hose  wheresoever  situated;  or  obstruct,  delay, 
hinder,  or  impede  any  fire  apparatus  or  vehicle  while  in  public  use;  or  obstruct, 
delay,  hinder,  or  impede  any  member  of  the  Fire  Division  while  engaged  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duty  along,  over,  on,  or  about  any  of  the  roads,  streets,  or  other  public 
spaces  or  places  within  the  Canal  Zone;  or  pass  or  ride  in  or  on  any  vehicle  in  front 
of  or  at  the  side  of  any  apparatus  or  vehicle  of  the  Fire  Division,  or  of  the  officers  and 
agents  thereof,  when  engaged  in  public  service;  or  interfere  with,  hinder,  delay,  or 
impede  the  driver  or  operator  of  any  fire  apparatus  or  vehicle  of  the  Fire  Division, 
while  engaged  at  or  about  any  fire,  or  at  any  other  place  while  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty. 

All  vehicles  in  motion  on  the  streets  and  roads  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall,  on  notice 
of  the  approach  of  any  fire  apparatus  vehicle  of  the  Fire  Division  immediately  draw 
up  to  the  side  of  the  street  or  road,  and  stop  until  such  fire  apparatus  vehicle  has 
passed. 

Sec.  24.  Articles  of  personal  property  left  in  public  vehicles  must  be,  when  found 
by  operator  of  vehicle,  delivered  without  delay  to  the  nearest  police  station.  Failure 
of  operator  of  vehicle  to  comply  with  this  regulation  will  be  considered  cause  for 
revocation  of  operator's  chaufTeur  license  in  addition  to  any  penalty  which  may  be  pre- 
scribed for  larceny  of  property. 

Sec.  25.  The  operator  of  any  vehicle  concerned  in  any  accident  on  any  street, 
road  or  other  place  in  the  Canal  Zone,  whether  involving  injury  to  person  or  to  prop- 
erty, shall  remain  at  the  scene  of  the  accident  until  the  arrival  of  the  police  authorities, 
or  shall  communicate  without  delay  to  the  nearest  police  authorities  a  full  report  of 
the  accident  in  which  he  was  involved.  Any  concealment  of  identity  of  person  or 
property  in  an  accident  in  which  involved  shall  be  a  violation  of  this  Order. 


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Sec.  26.  The  operation,  management,  driving  or  riding  of  any  vehicle  on  any  of  the 
roads  or  streets  of  the  Canal  Zone  in  a  reckless  or  negligent  manner  shall  be  a  vio- 
lation of  this  Order. 

Sec.  27.  The  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  of  August  25,  1910,^''x 
and  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  October  31,  1910,  providing  for  licensing  and 
regulation  of  motor  vehicles  in  the  Canal  Zone,  and  the  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  of  April  9,  1912, ^^'  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  May  1,  1912, 
amending  Section  1  of  the  above-mentioned  ordinance;  ordinance  of  the  Isthmian 
Canal  Commission  of  April  15,  1911, ''^^  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  April  26, 
1911,  providing  for  the  licensing  and  regulation  of  bicycles  in  the  Canal  Zone ;  Execu- 
tive Order  of  February  28,  1912, ^«  relative  to  speed  limits  and  rules  of  the  road  in 
the  Canal  Zone;  Sections  1  and  2  of  the  Executive  Order  of  October  13,  1914,^'i't 
providing  for  licenses  and  taxes  and  fees;  and  the  Executive  Order  of  September  5, 
1916, ^-is  relating  to  motor  vehicles,  and  their  operation  in  the  Canal  Zone,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  28.  Any  person  violating  "any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  punished 
in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Section  5  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August  21, 
1915  646  and  entitled:  An  Act  extending  certain  privileges  of  Canal  employees  to 
other  officials  on  the  Canal  Zone  and  authorizing  the  President  to  make  rules  and 
regulations  affecting  health,  sanitation,  quarantine,  taxation,  public  roads,  self- 
propelled  vehicles,  and  police  powers  on  the  Canal  Zone,  and  for  other  purposes, 
including  provision  as  to  certain  fees,  money  orders,  and  interest  deposits. 

Sec.  29.  This  order  shall  take  effect  30  days  from  and  after  this  date. 


WARREN  G.  HARDING. 


The  White  House, 
April  14,  1921. 


Amending  the  Executive  Order  of  Aug.  8,  1918,  to  Permit  Temporary  Stop-Overs  at  Ports  of  the 
United  States  without  the  Requirement  of  Visaed  Passports. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  May  22,  1918,^^7 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  from  and  Entry  into  the 
United  States  Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety,"  I,  Warren  G.  Harding,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  hereby  amend  the  Executive  Order  of  August  8,  1918,^''* 
relating  to  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Issuance  of  Permits  to  Enter 
and  Leave  the  United  States,"  by  the  following  provision: 

Aliens  who  are  passengers  on  vessels  calling,  while  en  route  to  foreign  destinations, 
at  ports  of  the  United  States,  including  outlying  territories  and  insular  possessions, 
may  be  allowed  to  land  at  these  ports  without  visaed  passports,  provided  that  they 
land  merely  for  the  limited  periods  of  time  during  which  the  vessels  may  lie  over  at  the 
ports  mentioned,  and  provided  also,  that  they  continue  their  voyages  on  the  same 
vessels.  These  exceptions  are  made  for  the  benefit  of  passengers  who  desire  to  land 
temporarily  for  purposes  of  sightseeing  or  other  legitimate  objects.  Aliens  landing 
with  the  intention  of  remaining  for  a  longer  period  are  required  to  present  visaed 
passports.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  masters  of  the  vessels  to  satisfy  the  Immigra- 
tion authorities  that  passengers  who  obtain  permission  to  land  temporarily  will  not 
remain  on  shore  after  the  departure  of  the  vessels.  Appropriate  instructions  upon 
this  subject  will  be  sent  by  the  Department  of  Labor  to  Immigration  officials  at  sea- 
ports. The  names  of  all  passengers  of  the  class  mentioned  who  fail  to  reembark  and 
continue  their  voyages  shall  be  reported  by  the  Immigration  authorities  at  the  ports 
to  the  Department  of  Labor  and  the  Department  of  State,  for  appropriate  action. 


WARREN  G.  HARDING. 


The  White  House, 
May  12,  1921. 


'«L.  C.  Z.  274. 
'"L.  C.  Z.  281. 
««p.   128. 
'"p.  201. 
*«  p.  216. 
«<«  T.  &  A.  130. 
'"T.  &A.  191. 
«"«  p.  242. 


288  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Order  of  the  President  of  May  16,  1921,  revoking  Executive  Order  of  November  16,  1918,  relating  to 
maximum  pay  for  non-civil  service  clerks. 

The  Joint  Resolution  of  March  3,  1921, '«  declaring  that  certain  Acts  of  Congress, 
joint  resolutions,  and  proclamations  shall  be  construed  as  if  the  war  with  Germany 
and  Austria-Hungary  had  ended  and  the  present  or  existing  emergency  expired,  pro- 
vides, among  other  things,  that  in  interpreting  the  provisions  relative  to  the  duration 
or  termination  of  the  war  "the  date  when  this  resolution  becomes  effective  shall  be 
construed  and  treated  as  the  date  of  the  termination  of  the  war  or  of  the  present 
existing  emergency."  Therefore,  all  Executive  Orders  and  amendments  to  the  civil 
service  rules  authorizing  appointments,  promotions  or  removals  without  full  com- 
pliance with  the  civil  service  laws  and  rules,  because  of  war  emergencies  existing  at 
the  time,  are  hereby  revoked. 

A  list  of  the  orders  revoked  by  this  Order  is  as  follows,  to  wit: 

******* 

45.  Executive  Order  of  November  16,  1918, ^so  amending  Schedule  A,  Subdivision 
I,  paragraph  15,  to  permit  appointments  to  clerical  positions  in  the  Federal  service 
on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  at  not  more  than  $106  a  month,  without  examination, 
during  the  unusual  conditions  due  to  the  war,  and  to  continue  not  longer  than  6 
months  from  the  end  of  the  war.  This  amendment  raised  the  salary  at  which  appoint- 
ments could  be  made,  without  examination,  from  $75  a  month  to  §106  a  month. 

Employees  appointed  under  the  orders  which  are  hereby  revoked,  serving  in  posi- 
tions which  are  permanent  under  peace  conditions,  shall  not  hereby  be  given  a  com- 
petitive classified  status,  but  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  head  of  the  department 
or  independent  establishment  where  now  employed,  continue  in  their  present  excepted 
status  and  in  their  present  positions  or  such  allied  positions  as  the  Commission  may 
approve. 

The  White  House.  WARREN  G.  HARDING. 

May  16,  1921.  

Amending  the  Executive  Order  of  August  8,  1918,  concerning  passpo-t  control  so  far  as  it  applies  to 
the  entry  of  aliens  into  the  Panama  Canal  Zonet 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  May  22,  1918, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  from  and  Entry  into  the 
United  States  Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety,"  I,  Warren  G.  Harding,  President  of 
the  United  States  of  America,  hereby  amend  the  Executive  Order  of  August  8, 
1918,^51  relating  to  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Issuance  of  Permits 
to  Enter  and  Leave  the  United  States,"  by  the  following  provisions: 

Hereafter,  aliens  entering  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  present 
passports  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United  States,  nor  shall  masters  of  ves- 
sels which  are  merely  passing  through  the  Canal,  be  required  to  submit  crew  lists 
visaed  by  American  consular  officers:  Provided,  however.  That  aliens  coming  to  the 
continental  United  States  or  to  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  from  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone,  shall  be  required  to  present  passports  visaed  by  consular  officers 
of  the  United  States  at  Panama  City  or  Colon,  unless  they  shall  have  resided  in  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone  continuously  for  at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  coming  to  the 
United  States,  or  unless  they  shall  have  obtained  American  visas  elsewhere;  And 
provided  further,  That  the  names  of  aliens  who  ship  in  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone  on 
vessels  sailing  therefrom  to  ports  of  the  continental  United  States  or  its  insular  pos- 
sessions must  appear  upon  crew  lists  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United  States 
at  Panama  City  or  Colon,  unless  such  aliens  shall  have  resided  continuously  in  the 
Canal  Zone  for  at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  coming  to  this  countrv. 

The  White  House,  Warren  G.  Harding. 

April?,  1921.  [No.  3427.] 

[Superseded  by  Executive  Order  of  October  18,  1921.] 


Order  appointing  a  Special  Panama  Canal  Commission. 

War  Department, 

WASHINGTON."  June  6,  1921. 

Brig.-Gen.  W.  D.  Connor,  U.  S.  A.,  Chairman, 
Capt.  Alfred  Brooks  Fry,  U.  S.  N.  R., 
Mr.  H.  p.  Wilson  and 
Mr.  F.  A.  MoLiTOR. 

Dear  Sirs: 

By  direction  of  the  President,  you  are  hereby  appointed  a  Special  Panama  Canal 
Commission  to  investigate  and  report  upon  existing  conditions  relating  to  the  care, 

«"  T.  &  A.  230, 
'fp.  249. 
'»'p.  242. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  289 

maintenance,  sanitation,  operation,  and  government  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  Canal 
Zone,  including  all  matters  affecting  the  Panama  Railroad  and  the  Panama  Railroad 
Steamship  Line,  and  to  make  recommendations  relative  to  any  changes  in  such  con- 
ditions affecting  the  organization,  government,  and  operation  of  The  Panama  Canal 
and  Canal  Zone,  and  the  operations  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company,  which  you 
may  deem  advisable. 

It  is  desired  that  you  make  a  broad  and  comprehensive  examination  into  all 
matters  having  any  pertinent  bearing  upon  the  efficient,  effective,  and  economical 
operation  of  all  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  Company  facilities  on  the 
Isthmus,  as  well  as  those  affecting  the  operation  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship 
Line.  Special  inquiry  and  recommendation  should  be  made  regarding  the  number  of 
employees  of  The  Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  and  the  wages  and  salaries 
paid  to  them,  including  bonuses,  privileges,  and  other  perquisites  enjoyed  by  them. 
I  have  verbally  given  you  a  general  statement  of  some  of  the  matters  which  I  believe 
should  be  investigated,  buf  it  is  not  intended  to  limit  you  to  any  particular  line  of 
inquiry  and  you  should,  therefore,  tnake  all  investigations  which  you  deem  necessary 
with  a  view  to  making  constructive  recommendations  for  such  reorganization  of 
The  Panama  Canal  and  Zone  Government  and  Panama  Railroad  Company's  affairs 
as  may  be  considered  advisable.  In  this  connection  your  attention  is  invited  to  the 
Panama  Canal  Act  of  August  24,  1912  (37  Stat.,  560),  which  is  the  organic  act  pro- 
viding the  manner  in  which  the  Panama  Canal  shall  be  operated  and  maintained  and 
the  Canal  Zone  governed. 

I  do  not  wish  to  limit  you  as  to  the  time  to  be  taken  in  your  investigation,  but 
would  suggest  that  you  visit  the  Canal  Zone  as  soon  as  convenient  and  complete 
your  work  and  submit  your  report  to  me  at  the  earliest  practicable  time  consistent 
with  a  thorough  inquiry  into  all  the  matters  which  should  be  investigated. 

You  are  authorized  to  hold  such  hearings  as  may  be  considered  advisable  on  the 
Isthmus  and  should  give  everyone  entitled  to  be  heard  an  opportunity  to  testify  be- 
fore your  Commission  or  any  member  thereof,  as  may  be  determined,  or  to  submit 
written  statements  for  your  information  and  consideration. 

The  Washington  Office  of  The  Panama  Canal  will  detail  one  of  its  employees  to 
act  as  a  confidential  clerk-stenographer  for  duty  with  the  Commission  and  is  also 
authorized  to  appoint  Mr.  E.  H.  Van  Fossan  as  Secretary  to  the  Commission. 
The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  will  furnish  such  other  clerical  assistance  and 
any  other  assistance  that  may  be  necessary,  and  the  authorities  of  The  Panama  Canal 
and  Panama  Railroad  Company  will  furnish  all  available  information  desired  by  the 
Commission. 

The  Commanding  General  of  the  Panama  Canal  Department  may  be  called  upon  by 
the  Chairman  of  the  Commission  for  any  assistance  or  information  that  he  may  be 
able  to  render  to  facilitate  the  work  of  the  Commission. 

The  Members  of  the  Commission  shall  be  compensated  for  their  services  by  the  pay- 
ment of  a  sum  equal  to  such  actual  and  necessary  living  expenses,  including  trans- 
portation, as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  while  engaged  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  duties  from  the  time  of  leaving  their  homes  or  stations  in  the  United 
States,  or  from  the  time  of  leaving  the  place  whence  they  proceed  to  travel  to  the 
Isthmus  in  compliance  with  this  order,  and  until  the  time  they  return  to  their  homes 
or  stations  in  the  United  States,  and  such  other  amount  as  may  be  subsequently 
fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  upon  the  completion  of  their  duties  on  the  Commis- 
sion, including  payment  for  such  expenses  for  clerical  and  other  assistants  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  such  expenses  to  be  paid  on  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
They  and  their  clerical  and  other  assistants  shall  be  furnished  transportation  to  and 
from  the  Canal  Zone  either  on  Army  transports,  on  vessels  of  the  Panama  Railroad 
Company  or  by  commercial  lines,  free  transportation  over  the  Panama  Railroad, 
and  such  other  transportation  as  may  be  necessary  when  traveling  on  official  business 
on  the  Isthmus;  they  shall  also  be  allowed  the  ordinary  privileges  of  Government 
employees  on  the  Isthmus,  including  employee's  rates  at  the  hotels  and  restaurants  of 
The  Panama  Canal,  or  of  the  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus. 
Yours,  very  truly, 

John  W.  Weeks, 
Secretary  of  War. 

Amending  the  provisions  of  the  Executive  Order  of  August  8,  1918,'s»  concerning  travel  between  the 
United  States  and  neighboring  countries,  and  authorizing  the  requirement  of  crew  lists. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  the 
twenty-second  day  of  May,  one  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  entitled,  "An 

's-Ibid. 

MR  79216 19 


290  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  From  and  Entry  into  the  United  States 
Contrary  to  Public  Safety,"  and  with  reference  to  the  Presidential  Proclamation 
and  Executive  Order  of  August  eight,  one  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  eighteen, 
adopted  in  pursuance  thereof,  I  hereby  prescribe  the  following  amendments  to  said 
Executive  Order: 


III. 
CREW  LISTS. 

1.  Masters  of  vessels  of  all  nationalities  sailing  for  a  port  of  the  United  States 
of  America  or  of  any  of  its  possessions,  except  the  Panama  Canal  Zone,  must  submit 
for  visa  a  list  of  all  of  the  alien  members  of  the  vessel's  crew  to  the  American  consular 
officer  at  the  port  from  which  the  vessel  commences  its  voyage.  If  there  is  no  Ameri- 
can consular  officer  stationed  at  that  port,  the  crew  list  should  be  submitted  at  the 
first  port  of  call  (if  the  vessel  touches  at  any  other  port)  where  an  American  consu- 
lar officer  is  located.  This  does  not  refer  to  consular  agents,  who  are  not  author- 
ized to  visa  crew  lists. 

2.  When  a  vessel  sails  from  a  port  where  no  American  Consul  is  stationed,  but  which 
is  within  a  few  hours  reach  by  mail  of  an  American  Consulate,  so  that  unreasonable 
delay  and  serious  loss  would  not  result  from  referring  the  crew  list  to  such  Consulate, 
it  should  be  referred  thereto  for  visa. 

3.  H  an  alien  seaman  whose  name  is  not  included  in  a  visaed  crew  list  arrives  at  a 
port  of  the  United  States  he  shall  not  be  allowed  to  land  except  upon  the  permission 
of  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 
The  White  House, 
June  25,  J 931. 

[No.  3505.] 


Landing  and  operation  of  submarine  cables  in  the  United  States. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  May  27,  1921,  entitled 
"An  Act  Relating  to  the  landing  and  operation  of  submarine  cables  in  the  United 
States,"  I  hereby  direct  that  the  Secretary  of  State  shall  receive  all  applications 
for  licenses  to  land  or  to  operate  such  cables  and,  after  obtaining  from  any  depart- 
ment of  the  Government  such  assistance  as  he  may  require,  shall  advise  the  President 
with  respect  to  the  granting  or  revocation  of  such  licenses. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 
The  White  House, 
July  9,  1921. 

[No.  3513.] 


To  Amend  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navigation  of  the  Panama  Canal  and 
Approaches  Thereto.  Including  All  Waters  Under  its  Jurisdiction." 

I.  By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  under  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  para- 
graphs 40,  186  and  195  of  the  "Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Operation  and  Navi- 
gation of  the  Panama  Canal  and  Approaches  Thereto  Including  All  Waters  Under 
Its  Jurisdiction,"  promulgated  by  the  Executive  Order  of  July  9,  1914,'s3  are  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"40.  As  soon  as  radio  communication  can  be  established  with  the  Canal,  vessels 
should  report  their  names,  nationality,  length,  draft,  tonnage,  whether  or  not  they 
desire  to  pass  through  the  Canal,  require  coal,  provisions,  supplies,  repairs,  to  go 
alongside  of  a  wharf,  the  use  of  tugs,  probable  time  of  arrival,  length  of  stay  in  port, 
or  any  other  matters  of  importance  or  interest.  If  this  information  has  been  pre- 
viously communicated,  through  agents  or  otherwise,  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port, 
it  will  not  be  necessary  to  report  by  radio;  but  the  probable  time  of  arrival  should 
always  be  sent  to  the  Captain  of  the  Port." 

"186.  Steamers  while  within  a  harbor  must  take  all  precautions  to  avoid  the 
issue  of  sparks  or  excessive  smoke.  Vessels  will  be  held  liable  for  all  damage  resulting 
from  neglect  of  this  rule." 

'"p.  178. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  291 

"195.  All  privately  owned  boats  of  every  description,  except  those  propelled  in 
whole  or  in  part  by  machinery,  shall  be  registered  and  numbered;  those  propelled 
in  whole  or  in  part  by  machinery  shall  be  registered  and  certificated.  Until  these 
requirements  have  been  complied  with,  no  privately  owned  craft  may  operate  in 
Canal  Zone  waters." 

II.  This  order  shall  take  eflfect  from  and  after  this  date. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 
The  White  House, 
July  27,  1921. 

[No.  3522.] 


Amending  the  E-xecutive  Order  of  August  8,  1918,  concerning  passport  control  so  far  as  it  applies  to 
the  entry  of  aliens  into  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  the  Act  approved  May  22,  1918, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  Prevent  in  Time  of  War  Departure  from  and  Entry  into  the  United 
States  Contrary  to  the  Public  Safety,"  as  extended  by  the  Act  approved  March  2, 
1921,  entitled  "An  Act  Making  Appropriations  for  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular 
Service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1922,"  I,  Warren  G.  Harding,  President 
of  the  United  States  of  America,  hereby  amend  the  Executive  Order  of  August 
8,  1918,^54  prescribing  "Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Issuance  of  Permits 
to  Enter  and  Leave  the  United  States,"  by  the  following  provision: 

Hereafter,  aliens  entering  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  shall  not  be  required  to  present 
passports  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United  States,  nor  shall  masters  of  vessels 
which  are  merely  passing  through  the  Canal,  be  required  to  submit  crew  lists 
visaed  by  American  consular  officers:  Provided,  however.  That  aliens  coming  to  the 
continental  United  States  or  to  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  from  the 
Panama  Canal  Zone  shall  be  required  to  present  passports,  visaed  by  consular 
officers  of  the  United  States  at  Panama  City  or  Colon,  unless  they  shall  have  resided 
in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  continuously  for  at  least  one  year  prior  to  their  coming 
to  the  United. States,  or  unless  they  shall  have  obtained  American  visas  elsewhere: 
And  provided  further ,  That  the  names  of  aliens  who  ship  in  ports  of  the  Canal  Zone 
on  vessels  sailing  therefrom  to  ports  of  the  continental  United  States  or  its  insular 
possessions  must  appear  upon  crew  lists  visaed  by  consular  officers  of  the  United 
States  at  Panama  City  or  Colon,  or  by  the  Shipping  Commissioner  or  Deputy  Ship- 
ping Commissioner  or  Deputy  Shipping  Commissioners  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

When  the  crew  list  is  visaed  by  the  Shipping  Commissioner  or  a  Deputy  Shipping 
Commissioner,  the  usual  consular  fee  will  not  be  collected  for  such  service. 

The  Executive  Order  of  April  7,  1921,  concerning  this  subject,  is  hereby  revoked. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 

The  White  House, 

October  18,  1921. 

[No.  3562.] 


Piers  at  Hoboken  and  use  thereof  by  the  Panama  Railroad.'" 

Whereas,  Under  the  provisions  of  Section  17  of  the  Act  approved  June  5,  1920, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  promotion  and  maintenance  of  the  American 
merchant  marine,  etc.,"  the  Shipping  Board  "is  authorized  and  directed  to  take  over 
on  January  1,  1921,  the  possession  and  control  of,  and  to  maintain  and  develop,  all 
docks,  piers,  warehouses,  wharves  and  terminal  equipment  and  facilities,  including 
all  leasehold  easements,  rights  of  way,  riparian  rights  and  other  rights,  estates  and 
interests  therein  or  appurtenant  thereto,  acquired  by  the  President  by  or  under  the 
Act  entitled  'An  Act  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  appropri- 
tions  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1918,  etc.;'  "  and 

Whereas,  By  a  further  provision  of  said  Section  17,  "the  President  may  at  any  time 
he  deems  it  necessary,  by  order  setting  out  the  need  therefor  and  fixing  the  period  of 
such,  need,  permit  and  transfer  the  possession  and  control  of  any  part  of  the  property 
taken  over  by  or  transferred  to  the  Shipping  Board  under  this  section  to  the  War 
Department  or  the  Navy  Department  for  their  needs;"  and 

Whereas,  The  piers  known  as  the  Hoboken  piers,  formerly  the  property  of  the 
North  German  Lloyd  and  Hamburg-American  Steamship  Companies  were  acquired 
by  the  President  under  the  Act  referred  to  in  paragraph  I  of  Section  17  of  the  Act  of 
June  5,  1920,  hereinbefore  recited,  and  are  therefore  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said 
Section  17;    and 

's«  p.  242. 

•«See  also  order  of  Oct.  2,  1920,  p.  275. 


292  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

Whereas,  By  Executive  Order  No.  3350  it  was  determined  that  the  War  Depart- 
ment retain  of  such  property,  Piers  1,  4,  5,  and  6,  together  with  the  north  half  of  the 
sHp  lying  between  Piers  1  and  2,  south  half  of  slip  lying  between  Piers  3  and  4,  and 
all  of  slips  lying  between  Piers  4,  5,  and  6;  also  bulkhead  opposite  Pier  1,  bulkhead 
opposite  slip  between  Piers  1  and  2,  south  half  of  bulkhead  opposite  slip  betwee* 
Piers  2  and  3,  and  bulkheads  opposite  Piers  3,  4,  5,  and  6,  and  the  slips  lying  between 
the  last  mentioned  piers;  also  the  second  floor  of  bulkhead  opposite  Pier  1,  bulkhead 
opposite  slip  between  Piers  1  and  2,  south  half  of  bulkhead  between  Piers  2  and  3 
and  bulkheads  opposite  Piers  3,  4,  and  5,  and  the  slips  lying  between  the  last  named 
piers;  also  the  offices  on  third  floor  of  bulkhead  Piers  1  to  3,  inclusive,  and  the  yard 
space  opposite  Piers  1  to  6,  inclusive,  together  with  all  buildings  located  thereon;  and 

Whereas,  By  Executive  Order  No.  3549,  dated  September  19,  1921,  it  was  de- 
termined that  it  was  unnecessary  for  the  War  Department  to  retain  Piers  5  and  6 
and  it  was  directed  that  possession  and  control  of  same  revert  to  the  United  States 
Shipping  Board;  and 

Whereas,  The  possession  and  control  by  the  War  Department  of  the  remammg 
portions  of  the  property  described  in  Executive  Order  No.  3350  are  no  longer  neces- 
sary; now  ,      ,17 

Therefore,  I  do  hereby  determine  that  the  possession  and  control,  by  the  War 
Department,  of  the  property  retained  by  Executive  Order  No.  3350  and  not  heretofore 
transferred  to  the  United  States  Shipping  Board,  is  unnecessary  and  direct  that  such 
property  revert  to  the  United  States  Shipping  Board  in  its  present  condition;  sub- 
ject, however,  to  the  use  by  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  of  berthing 
space  at  Pier  1  for  not  exceeding  two  vessels  at  any  one  time  for  its  regular  service 
to  Panama,  the  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line  to  pay  the  usual  commercial  rates 
for  such  berthing;  provided,  however,  that  the  transfer  of  Pier  4  and  the  bulkhead 
opposite  Pier  4  shall  be  effected  on  or  about  November  15,  1921. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 
The  White  House, 

November  2,  1921. 

[No.  3573.] 


Tolls  exemption  for  vessels  transiting  the  Canal  for  repairs. 

By  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  me  under  Section  5  of  The  Panama  Canal  Act, 
approved  August  24,  1912,  \,  Warren  G.  Harding,  President  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  hereby  establish  the  following  Executive  Order  in  connection  with  the 
payment  of  tolls  to  be  effective  immediately: 

1.  Vessels  transiting  The  Panama  Canal  from  Cristobal  to  Balboa  and  return,  for 
the  sole  purpose  of  having  repairs  made  at  the  Balboa  dry  dock  and  shops,  will  be 
exempt  from  the  payment  of  tolls  as  prescribed  in  the  Proclamation  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States  dated  November  13,  1912,6-^but  in  lieu  thereof  shall  pay  charges 
for  pilotage,  towage,  and  lockages  for  such  transit  at  rates  based  on  cost  as  determined 
by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  from  time  to  time. 

2.  Should  a  vessel,  after  having  made  the  transit  from  Cristobal  to  Balboa  under 
the  above  conditions,  decide  not  to  return  to  Cristobal,  or  should  it  discharge  or 
receive  cargo,  passengers,  mail,  or  baggage  at  Balboa  or  accomplish  anything  else 
for  which  vessels  usually  transit  the  Canal  other  than  to  have  repairs  made,  tolls 
will  be  collected  for  the  transit  from  Cristobal  to  Balboa  at  the  prescribed  rates 
before  such  vessel  will  be  given  a  clearance  and  allowed  to  proceed,  the  amount  pre- 
viously collected  for  lockage  and  pilotage  through  the  Canal  being  applied  as  part 

payment  thereof.  _,  ^    xt 

Warren  G.  Harding. 

The  White  House, 

November  17,  1921. 

[No.  3581.] 


Conditions  of  employment. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me,  it  is  hereby  ordered: 

1st.  Pursuant  to  the  provisions  contained  in  paragraph  17  of  the  Executive  Order 
of  February  2,  1914,^s7  fixing  conditions  of  employment  governing  employees  of  The 

Mp.  131. 

«sjp.  158.  • 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL       293 

Panama  Canal  and  Panama  Railroad  Company  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  a  charge 
will  be  made  for  rent,  fuel,  electric  current,  water,  and  services  in  connection  with 
quarters,  on  and  after  January  1,  1922. 

REXT.^i* 

2d.  The  rental  will  be  based  on  the  present  average  depreciated  value  of  the 
area  occupied  by  the  tenant,  to  be  determined  by  the  Governor  of  The  Panama 
Canal.  The  rental  will  be  sufficient  to  amortize  the  investment  in  quarters  on  the 
basis  of  a  total  average  life  of  36  years,  to  return  five  (5)  per  cent  for  amortization  and 
interest  on  the  investment,  and  in  addition  cover  the  amount  fixed  for  expenditure  for 
repairs  due  to  ordinary  wear  and  tear  of  buildings  and  for  the  disposal  of  garbage 
and  other  services  necessary  from  a  sanitary  point  of  view.  The  rental  for  bachelor 
quarters  and  for  nonhousekeeping  married  quarters  may  be  fixed  to  include  all 
miscellaneous  services  which  are  rendered.  The  rental  of  buildings  hereafter  erected 
shall  be  fixed  so  as  to  conform  with  rentals  theretofore  charged  for  similar  buildings. 

3d.  Charges  for  fuel,  electric  current,  and  water  will  be  based  upon  cost;  where 
meters  are  not  installed,  the  charge  for  water  will  be  based  upon  the  average  con- 
sumption, and  the  charge  for  current  upon  the  number  of  lamps  or  other  devices 
installed. 

4th.  Miscellaneous  work,  such  as  repainting  interior  of  houses,  repairing  electric 
fixtures,  breakage  in  screens,  furniture  and  stoves,  plumbing,  etc.,  and  the  cutting 
of  grass  and  trimming  of  hedges  around  quarters,  will  be  done  upon  request  of  tenants 
and  charges  for  such  services  will  be  made  on  the  basis  of  cost.  Any  repairs  made 
necessary  by  reason  of  a  tenant's  misuse  of  the  premises  or  any  property  therein, 
will  be  made  by  The  Panama  Canal  and  the  cost  therefor  collected  from  such  tenant. 

5th.  The  Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  issuing  such 
instructions  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  this  order  and  to  fix  charges  as 
herein  outlined,  subject  to  the  general  instructions  provided. 

Warren  G.  Harding. 
The  White  House, 

December  3,  1921. 

[No.  3585.J 

"s'pp.  159,207,213. 


294  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAAIA  CANAL 

Rules  of  Court. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  c.  390,  sec. 
8,  it  is 

Ordered,  That  the  within  Rules  of  Court  shall  be  in  force  in  the  United  States 
District  Court,  in  and  for  the  Canal  Zone,  on  and  after  this  date. 

All  previous  orders  in  conflict  with  this  order  are  hereby  repealed. 


TheJiWhite  House, 

December  30,  1921. 


Warren  G.  Harding. 


[No.  3603.] 


UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


Rxn.ES  OF  Practice  and  Procedure 

of   THE 

United  States  District  Court 

IN  AND  FOR  the  CANAL  ZONE. 


UnitedJStates  District  Court  in  and  for  the  Canal  Zone. 

Rules  of  Court.'s9 

1. 

SESSIONS   OF   COURT. 

There  shall  be  a  session  of  the  court  held  in  the  Balboa  Division  each  month, 
beginning  on  the  first  Tuesday;  and  there  shall  likewise  be  held  a  session  each  month 
in  the  Cristobal  Division,  beginning  on  the  third  Monday. 

Provided,  however,  the  court  may  at  any  time,  for  good  cause  shown,  suspend  a 
term  of  court,  or  order  a  special  term  in  either  Division. 

2. 

TERMS   OF   COURT. 

Fifteen  days  following  the  opening  of  a  regular  session  in  either  division  will  con- 
stitute a  term  of  court  in  and  for  such  Division,  but  any  cause  pending  in  one  Division 
may,  by  consent  of  parties,  or  upon  order  of  the  court,  be  heard  in  the  other  Division. 

3. 

COURT  DOCKETS. 

In  addition  to  the  dockets  prescribed  by  law,  for  the  purpose  of  expediting  the 
business  of  the  court,  the  Clerk,  under  the  advice  of  the  Judge,  and  the  District 
Attorney,  may  cause  to  be  prepared  such  additional  dockets  as,  in  their  judgment, 
may  be  necessary  for  such  purpose. 


MOTION   DAYS   AND  DOCKETS. 

There  shall  be  established  in  the  Balboa  Division  one  day  in  each  week  for  the 
hearing  of  motions,  entering  decrees,  assigning  causes  for  trial,  confirming  reports, 

's'SeeZalso  pp.  76,  79.  85,  97,  119,  149,  150,  163,  196,  263,  and  footnotes  thereunder. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  295 

taking  default  judgments,  and  generally  any  matter  in  the  conduct  and  preparation 
of  causes,  other  than  trials,  which  day,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Court,  shall 
be  on  Saturday,  beginning  at  9.15  a.  m. 

All  motions,  or  other  hearings,  not  consented  to,  must  be  made  in  writing,  filed 
with  the  Clerk,  and  by  him  noted  upon  a  book  to  be  known  as  the  "Motion  Docket", 
before  the  close  of  the  Clerk's  office  on  Thursday  preceding  the  Saturday  on  which 
such  motion  is  to  be  heard;  provided,  any  motion  may  be  heard  by  consent  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  regular  Motion  Docket,  or  by  direction  of  the  Judge,  if  it  be  urgent. 

There  shall  be  likewise  established  a  similar  motion  day  in  the  Cristobal  Division 
to  be  held  on  the  first  and  third  Mondays  in  each  month,  and  all  motions  must  be 
placed  on  the  Motion  Docket,  in  like  manner,  not  later  than  Friday  preceding 
the  Monday  upon  which  it  is  to  be  heard. 

5. 

PLACING  MOTiON  ON  DOCKET  IS  NOTICE. 

Any  motion  filed  with  the  Clerk  and  by  him  placed  upon  the  Motion  Docket 
shall  be  notice  to  opposing  counsel,  and  no  further  notice  need  be  given,  except  in 
those  instances  where  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  requires  notice  to  be  otherwise 
served. 

6. 

HOW   PLEADINGS   ANT*   MOTIONS   MAY   BE   FILED. 

A  demurrer  to  any  pleading  may  be  filed  with  the  Clerk,  and  when  so  filed  shall  be 
placed  by  the  Clerk  upon  the  Motion  Docket  for  disposition  at  the  motion  day  next 
succeeding. 

An  answer  may  be  filed  in  the  Clerk's  Office,  if  filed  within  the  time  prescribed  by 
the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure.  If  the  time  within  which  an  answer,  or  any  other  plead- 
ing, must  be  filed  shall  have  expired,  it  can  be  filed  thereafter  only  by  consent  of  the 
Court.  Any  pleading  which  the  Court  directs  to  be  filed  within  a  given  time  may  be 
filed  in  the  Clerk's  Office,  if  filed  within  the  time  prescribed. 

Any  motion  may  be  filed  in  the  Clerk's  Office,  unless  there  be  some  order  of 
Court  or  rule  of  procedure  which  prohibits  the  filing  of  such  motion;  and  all  plead- 
ings or  motions  filed  with  the  Clerk  must  be  noted  of  record  by  him. 


JURY. 

When  in  the  trial  of  any  cause,  criminal  or  civil,  either  party  shall  desire  a  jury, 
request  therefor  must  be  made  at  the  time  when  such  cause  is  assigned  for  trial, 
and  at  the  trial  each  side  shall  be  entitled  to  six  peremptory  challenges. 


PLEADINGS  IN  CIVIL  .\CTIONS. 

All  complaints  and  pleadings  in  civil  actions  shall  be  signed  by  the  attorney  or 
party  to  the  suit,  or  his  duly  authorized  agent  or  representative,  and  shall  be  endorsed 
on  the  back  thereof  with  the  docket  number,  the  name  or  names  of  the  parties 
plaintiff  and  defendant,  the  nature  of  the  action,  the  return  date  of  the  summons, 
and  the  name  of  the  attorney  of  record. 

There  shall  be  filed  with  the  original  of  all  complaints  and  pleadings  a  copy  thereof 
for  the  adverse  party,  which  said  copy  shall  be  endorsed  on  the  back  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  original. 

9.    ' 

TIME   FOR   FILING  BILL   OF   EXCEPTIONS. 

All  bills  of  exceptions  must  be  prepared,  settled  and  filed  within  the  time  now  fixed 
by  the  Codes  of  Criminal  and  Civil  Procedure;  provided,  however,  that  the  Court 
for  good  cause  shown,  may  extend  such  time  for  an  additional  time  beyond  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term,  as  in  his  judgment  may  appear  proper;  provided  further,  that  an 
additional  extension  of  time  beyond  that  granted  by  the  Court,  may  be  allowed 
by  agreement  of  all  parties  in  interest. 


296  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

10. 
MOTION   FOR   NEW   TRIAL. 

The  application  for  a  new  trial  shall  be  made  to  the  Court  during  the  term  in 
which  the  verdict  or  finding  of  the  Court  is  rendered.  Such  motion  shall  be  in  writing 
and  must  set  out  specifically  the  grounds  upon  which  such  application  is  made,  except 
that  the  party  aggrieved  may,  at  the  time  such  verdict  or  finding  of  the  Court  is  ren- 
dered, make  oral  announcement  in  open  court  of  his  intention  to  file  a  motion  for  a 
new  trial,  and  the  Court  may,  in  its  discretion,  grant  such  reasonable  time,  upon  a 
proper  showing,  within  which  such  motion  shall  be  reduced  to  writing  and  presented 
to  the  Court,  and  thereupon  such  motion  shall  be  filed  nunc  pro  tunc  as  of  the  date 
of  the  oral  announcement. 

All  motions  for  new  trial  should  be  made  after  the  verdict  or  finding  of  the  issues 
by  the  Court,  and  must  be  made  before  final  judgment  has  been  rendered  therein. 

And,  if  any  question  be  raised  in  the  motion  for  new  trial  as  to  the  admissibility 
of  evidence,  the  question,  ruling,  and  exception  must  be  fully  set  out. 

11. 
BONDS   TO   BE    RECORDED. 

All  fiduciary  bonds,  attachment  bonds,  bonds  required  to  be  executed  in  all  matters 
of  receivership,  injunction  proceedings,  any  and  all  other  bonds  required  by  the 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  except  bonds  for  cost,  bonds  for  arrest,  or  appeal  from 
inferior  courts,  shall  be  copied  in  full  and  properly  indexed  by  the  Clerk  in  a  book 
kept  for  that  purpose,  and  such  copy,  duly  authenticated  by  him,  shall  have  the 
force  and  effect  of  the  original,  and  the  cost  of  recording  shall  be  ta.xed  as  part  of  the 
cost  in  any  court  proceeding,  action,  or  settlement. 

12. 

ATTORNEYS   ON   BONDS. 

Attorneys  will  not  be  accepted  as  sureties  upon  bonds  or  recognizance  required 
to  be  filed  in  court. 

13. 

BONTJS   AND   COSTS. 

The  Court  may  at  any  time  before  trial  require  a  nonresident  plaintiff  to  file  an 
undertaking  for  costs.  The  defendant  may  at  any  time  move  for  security  for  costs, 
and  when  the  motion  is  made  the  nonresidence  must  be  shown  by  affidavit,  unless 
it  is  admitted,  or  it  appears  upon  the  papers  or  from  the  record. 

14. 


In  all  proceedings  in  court  in  which  a  bond  is  required  to  be  given  the  Clerk  of  the 
Court  may  accept  a  cash  deposit  in  the  sum  of  the  bond,  or  a  personal  bond,  \yith 
approved  security,  may  be  given.  Where  a  cash  bond  is  given  the  money  deposited 
with  the  Clerk  can  be  withdrawn  only  upon  application  to  and  order  from  the  Court. 

Either  the  principal  in  a  personal  bond,  or  one  of  the  sureties,  if  there  be  more 
than  one,  shall  be  a  resident  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

15. 

MOTION  TO  VACATE  OR  SET  ASIDE  JUDGMENT. 

All  motions  to  vacate  or  set  aside  judgments  must  be  in  writing  and  signed  by  the 
party  applying  therefor,  or  his  attorney  of  record,  and  must  be  made  during  the 
term  at  which  the  judgment  is  rendered.  --  r  . 

Such  motions  shall  not  operate  as  a  stay  of  execution,  unless  the  Court  for  good 
cause  shown  shall  so  order,  or  the  party  applying  therefor  shall  execute  a  supersedas 
with  good  and  sufficient  security  to  be  approved  by  the  Court. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  297 

16. 

EXCEPTIONS  DURING   TRIAL. 

If  either  party  desires  to  save  exceptions  to  the  admissibility  of  testimony,  such 
objection,  with  the  reason  therefor,  if  required,  must  be  made  before  answer  is  made 
by  the  witness,  and  exception  thereto  be  made  at  the  time.  A  failure  to  do  this  will 
deprive  the  party  so  failing  to  urge  the  admissibility  of  such  evidence  as  a  ground 
for  a  new  trial. 

17. 

FILING   INFORMATIONS. 

All  information  shall  be  filed  by  the  District  Attorney  not  later  than  Saturday  prior 
to  the  regular  term  of  the  criminal  session  of  court,  in  all  felony  charges,  where  it 
can  be  done;  provided,  however,  such  information  may  be  filed  before  trial  during  a 
regular  session  of  the  criminal  term,  or  at  a  special  hearing  by  order  of  the  Court. 

18. 

TIME   FOR   MAKING  DEFENSE. 

In  all  actions  where  personal  service  has  been  had,  the  person  served  shall  make 
defense  in  court  within  10  days  from  the  service  of  the  summons;  and  where  service 
by  publication  is  had,  within  40  days  from  the  last  publication  of  service. 

19. 

TIME  WITHIN  WHICH  COURT  ORDERS  MUST  BE   PREPARED. 

When  a  written  order  is  taken  in  court,  and  the  attorney  for  either  side  is  directed 
to  prepare  the  order  so  taken,  it  shall  be  prepared  and  presented  to  the  Clerk  not 
later  than  5  days  thereafter,  having  been  first  presented  to  the  Judge  of  the  court 
for  approval. 

20. 

ARGUMENT  OF  MOTIONS. 

No  argument  of  any  motion  shall  be  extended  beyond  30  minutes  to  the  side  with- 
out permission  of  the  Court. 

21. 

STENOGRAPHIC  NOTES. 

Whenever,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court,  the  importance  of  the  case  demands, 
the  Judge  may  cause  the  testimony  in  the  case,  or  such  part  of  the  testimony  as  he 
may  deem  proper,  to  be  taken  down  in  shorthand  by  the  official  court  reporter 
connected  with  the  court  and  qualified  to  do  such  work,  and  the  testimony  so  taken 
shall  not  be  transcribed  unless  so  directed  by  the  Judge.  Provided:  Upon  approval 
of  the  Court,  any  la\yyer  practicing  before  the  court  may  have  his  own  stenographer 
in  attendance  for  the  purpose  of  reporting  a  case  for  his  own  personal  use. 

The  original  stenographic  notes,  taken  by  the  court  reporter,  shall  be  made  a  part 
of  the  proceedings  in  the  cause;  and,  unless  such  notes  are  filed  pursuant  to  an  order 
of  the  Judge,  directing  the  stenographer  to  file  forthwith  with  the  Clerk,  or  within  a 
specified  time,  the  original  stenographic  notes,  the  same  must  be  carefully  preserved 
by  the  court  reporter  for  at  least  12  months  after  the  final  judgment  of  the  court  is 
rendered. 

Whenever  the  official  court  reporter  takes  down  the  testimony  in  a  case,  the  party 
making  application  for  such  work,  except  it  be  the  Government,  shall  reimburse  to 
the  Government  of  the  Canal  Zone  the  actual  time  of  the  court  reporter  while  thus 
engaged,  no  fractional  part  of  a  day  less  than  a  half  day  to  be  calculated;  unless  for 
good  and  sufficient  cause  shown  the  Court  shall  waive  this  charge. 

The  court  reporter  must  furnish,  upon  request,  with  all  reasonable  diligence,  to 
the  defendant  in  a  criminal  cause,  or  a  party  or  his  attorney  in  a  civil  cause,  a 


298  EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL 

transcript  written  out  at  length  from  his  stenographic  notes  of  the  testimony  and 
proceedings,  or  a  part  thereof,  upon  payment  by  the  person  requiring  the  same 
of  the  fees  allowed  the  court  reporter  and  prescribed  by  the  Judge. 

22. 

SUMMONS. 

The  summons  issuing  from  the  court  should  read  as  follows: 

United  States  of  America, 

CANAL  zone 

in  the  united  states  district  court  of  the  canal  zone 

Division  of 


Plaintiff. 

V. 


Defendant. 
To 


No.  „.  Civil 


SUMMONS, 


Your  are  hereby  notified  to  enter  your  appearance  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
above-mentioned  Court,  in  writing,  and  make  answer  hereto,  within  ten  (10)  days 
after  the  service  of  this  summons  and  copy  of  the  complaint  which  is  hereto  attached, 
if  service  be  had  within  the  Canal  Zone. 

And,  if  served  outside  of  the  Canal  Zone,  you  are  notified  to  enter  your  appearance 
forty  (40)  days  after  service,  and  make  answer  thereto. 

Upon  failure  to  appear  within  the  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  will  take  judgment 
against  you  by  default,  and  demand  from  the  said  Court  the  relief  applied  for  in 
the  complaint. 

Witness  the  honorable _ 

United    States    District    Judge    for   the 
Canal  Zone,  this day  of  ,  19.... 


Clerk. 

23. 

PREPARING  COURT  ORDERS. 

All  orders,  minutes  of  proceedings,  or  actions  taken  in  court,  and  required  to  be 
made  matters  of  record,  must  be  prepared  and  ready  for  the  signature  of  the  Judge 
of  the  court  not  later  than  one  week  from  the  date  when  made. 

Admiralty  Cases. 

24. 

GENERAL. 

The  rules  promulgated  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  as  of  date  of 
March  7,  1921,  governing  proceedings  in  admiralty,  shall  apply  and  be  in  force  in  all 
admiralty  proceedings  in  this  court. 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  299 

25. 
VERIFICATION. 

Pleadings  in  rem  or  in  personam,  claims  and  answers  to  interrogatories,  except  on 
behalf  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  verified  by  the  oath  or  affirmation  of  the  party, 
or  in  his  absence,  by  his  agent,  attorney  in  fact,  or  proctor.  If  such  verification  be 
made  by  the  agent,  attorney  in  fact,  or  proctor,  it  shall  state  the  source  of  his  knowl- 
edge or  information;  declare  that  the  document  verified  is  true  to  the  best  of  his 
knowledge,  information,  and  belief,  and  the  reason  why  the  verification  is  not  made 
by  the  party. 

26. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Amendments,  or  supplementary  matters,  must  be  connected  with  the  libel  or 
other  pleadings  by  appropriate  reference,  without  recapitulation  or  restatement  of 
the  pleading  amended  or  added  to. 

27. 

SECURITY  FOR  COSTS. 

No  libel,  petition,  or  answer  shall  be  filed,  except  on  the  part  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  suits  fof  seamen's  wages,  and  suits  in  forma  pauperis,  unless  the  party  offering 
the  same  shall  first  file  a  bond  or  stipulation  for  costs,  with  two  or  more  sufficient 
sureties,  one  of  whom  shall  reside  or  maintain  a  place  of  business  within  the  Canal 
Zone,  conditioned  that  the  principal  shall  pay  all  costs  awarded  against  him  by  this 
court,  and,  in  case  of  appeal,  by  the  appellate  court. 

In  suits  in  personam,  such  bond  or  stipulation  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  $100;  in 
suits  in  rem,  or  where  process  of  foreign  attachment  is  to  be  issued,  the  bond  or 
stipulation  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  $250. 

Salvers  coming  into  port  in  possession  of  the  property  libeled,  petitioners  for  money 
in  the  Registry  of  the  Court,  and  The  Panama  Canal,  shall  not  be  required  to  give 
such  security. 

28. 

BONDS  AND  STIPULATIONS. 

Unless  otherwise  ordered  and  approved  by  the  Court,  all  bonds  and  stipulations 
for  costs,  for  the  discharge  of  property  arrested,  for  stay  of  execution  of  any  proc- 
ess in  rem,  or  in  any  other  case  wherein  a  bond  or  stipulation  is  required  of  the  party 
appearing  in  the  suit,  under  the  statute  or  the  admiralty  or  equity  rules  of  the 
court,  shall  be  executed  and  delivered  by  the  party  with  two  or  more  sufficient  sure- 
ties, one  of  whom  shall  be  a  resident  or  maintain  an  office  and  place  of  business 
within  the  Canal  Zone,  conditioned  to  answer  the  final  decree  of  the  Court,  whether 
such  decree  shall  be  rendered  in  the  original  or  the  appellate  court. 

In  lieu  of  sureties,  the  party  may  file  his  stipulation  conditioned  as  above  set  forth, 
accompanied  by  the  deposit  of  cash,  or  the  manager's  check  of  a  solvent  bank,  or 
United  States  bonds  in  the  amount  or  sum  required,  the  same  to  be  delivered  to  the 
Marshal,  or  deposited  in  the  Registry  of  the  Court,  as  the  exigency  of  the  case 
may  demand,  and  such  cash,  manager's  check,  or  United  States  bonds  shall  be 
subject  to  all  money  demands  of  parties  to  the  suit,  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
final  decree  of  the  court;  Provided,  the  bond  of  any  responsible  surety  company 
in  the  United  States,  and  acceptable  to  the  Court,  may  be  taken  in  lieu  of  the 
security  and  surety  above  mentioned,  on  the  condition  that  the  bond  so  given  and 
taken  shall  waive  all  questions  as  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court  to  enter  judgment 
in  any  proceedings  wherein  said  bond  shall  have  been  given. 

29. 

RETURN  DAY   OF    PROCESS. 

Original  process  on  libels  and  information  shall  be  made  returnable  on  the  first 
Monday  of  each  month  at  a  stated  or  special  term;  provided,  that  20  running  days 


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have  elapsed  since  the  last  publication  of  a  monition  or  the  service  of  process;  and 
in  cases  where  such  delay  of  20  days  shall  not  have  expired  on  the  first  Monday  of 
the  month,  said  process  shall  be  returnable  on  the  third  Monday  of  the  same  month. 

Upon  process  in  rem,  the  return  shall  state  the  day  of  seizure  or  of  sale,  as  the  case 
may  be. 

30. 

RELEASE  OF  PROPERTY  ON  BOND. 

The  Marshal  shall  stay  execution  of  any  warrant  of  arrest  or  other  process  in  rem, 
or  discharge  the  property  arrested,  upon  receiving  from  the  claimant  a  bond  or  stipu- 
lation for  double  the  amount  claimed  by  libellant,  with  sufficient  surety,  approved 
by  the  Judge,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  the  Marshal,  conditioned  to  answer  the  decree 
of  the  Court  in  the  cause,  as  provided  in  Section  9-il  of  the  United  States  Revised 
Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1890  (30  Statutes, 
1354).  The  bond  so  taken  shall  run  in  favor  of  the  Marshal  for  the  benefit  of  all 
parties  in  interest,  and  shall  be  immediately  delivered  by  the  Marshal  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  court,  who  shall  file  the  same  in  the  record. 

But  the  parties  to  the  suit  may,  by  written  agreement  filed  in  the  cause,  consent 
that  the  stipulation  shall  be  reduced  to  such  an  amount  as  they  may  deem  sufficient 
to  secure  the  claim  of  the  libellant  and  intervenors  and  costs,  without  in  any  manner 
impairing  its  validity. 

In  salvage  cases  the  amount  of  the  release  bond  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Court  or  by 
agreement  between  the  proctors  for  the  libellant  and  claimant. 

31. 

AMOUNT    TO   BE    STATED. 

In  all  suits,  except  for  salvage,  the  amount  claimed  by  the  libellant  or  intervenors 
must  be  specifically  stated  in  their  pleadings. 

32. 

CLERK   TO   ISSUE     PROCESS. 

The  Clerk  or  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  court  is  authorized  to  issue  all  admiralty  and 
other  process  without  any  special  order,  except  in  cases  where  the  statute  or  the 
admiralty  or  equity  rules  require  an  order  of  the  Court,  or  of  the  Judge,"  to  authorize 
process.  He  may  also  issue  all  writs  of  dedimus  potestatem  and  commissions 
to  take  depositions  of  absent  witnesses,  as  authorized  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
March  9,  1892,  but  shall  issue  letters  rogatory  only  when  ordered  by  the  Court. 

33. 

MESNE    PROCESS. 

Mesne  process  may  be  either  in  personam  or  in  rem  or  both.  Process  in  personam 
may  be: 

(1)  A  simple  citation  in  the  nature  of  a  summons  to  appear  and  answer  to  the  suit. 

(2)  Such  a  citation,  with  a  clause  therein  that  if  the  respondent  can  not  be  found, 
his  goods  and  chattels  to  the  amount  sued  for  be  attached. 

(3)  Such  a  citation  and  attachment,  together  with  a  clause  of  foreign  attachment 
of  the  respondent's  property  and  credits  to  the  amount  sued  for  in  the  hands  of 
garnishees  named  therein. 

The  names  of  the  garnishees  and  the  specific  property  in  their  hands,  if  known, 
shall  be  stated  in  the  libel  or  petition  and  in  the  process,  and  the  garnishees  shall  be 
cited  to  appear  and  answer  on  oath. 

(4-)  A  warrant  of  arrest  of  the  person  shall  issue  only  upon  the  special  order  of 
the  Court  alone,  or  with  an  attachment. 

In  suits  in  personam,  except  on  a  libel  for  liquidated  damages  not  exceeding  $500, 
no  process  of  attachment  or  foreign  attachment  shall  issue,  unless  allowed  by  special 
order  of  the  Court,  upon  due  proof  of  the  demand  and  of  the  propriety  of  the  attach- 
ment being  first  made. 

Process  in  rem  shall  be : 

(1)  By  a  warrant  to  arrest  the  ship,  goods,  or  other  things  to  be  arrested,  with  a 
monition  to  all  persons  interested  therein,  and  shall  be  issued  as,  of  course,  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  court  upon  the  filing  of  the  libel  and  security  for  costs. 


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34. 

DIVISION   OF  DOCKET  FEE   AND   COSTS. 

In  cases  for  salvage,  when  several  parties  are  entitled  to  participate  therein, 
the  docket  fee  and  costs  taxable  by  statute  in  favor  of  the  prevailing  party  shall  be 
divided  equally  among  the  proctors  of  the  respective  parties  who  share  in  the  salvage. 

35. 

LIBELS — WHEN   TO   STAND   AS   INTERVENTIONS. 

When  property  is  already  under  seizure  by  process  of  this  court,  all  libels  filed 
against  the  same  property  shall  stand  and  be  considered  as  interventions  in  the  original 
case,  and  but  one  proctor's  fee  shall  be  allowed,  which  shall  go  to  the  proctor  in  the 
original  cause.  The  Clerk  shall  be  authorized  to  make  all  orders  permitting  inter- 
ventions to  be  filed  in  all  proceedings  in  rem. 

36. 
PAYMENT   INTO  COURT. 

In  all  actions  for  sums  certain,  the  claimant  or  respondent  may  pay  into  court 
the  amount  claimed  in  the  libel,  with  accrued  interest  and  costs,  and  may  thereupon 
have  an  order  entered,  instanter,  for  the  restoration  of  his  property. 

37. 
STIPULATIONS   ON   INTERVENING    LIBELS. 

Any  third  person  who  shall  intervene  in  any  cause  of  admiralty,  and  maritime 
jurisdiction  in  rem  shall  be  required  to  give  a  stipulation,  with  surety  in  the  sum  . 
of  $25,  to  abide  by  the  final  decree  rendered  in  the  cause,  and  pay  all  such  costs, 
expenses  and  damages  as  shall  be  awarded  by  the  Court  upon  final  decree,  whether 
it  is  rendered  in  the  original  or  appellate  court,  and  such  intervener  shall  also  deposit 
the  sum  of  $10  with  the  Clerk  to  secure  his  costs. 

38. 

DEPOSITS  FOR  COSTS. 

Neither  the  Clerk  nor  the  Marshal  shall  be  required  to  issue  or  serve  any  process, 
or  to  perform  any  service  for  parties,  until  their  costs  and  the  necessary  expenses 
incident  to  the  service  shall  be  paid  or  secured  to  their  satisfaction,  except  in  cases 
of  seamen's  wages  and  suits  in  forma  pauperis. 

39. 

PUBLICATION  OF  PROCESS. 

Upon  any  seizure  in  suits  in  rem,  or  upon  any  information  in  rem  or  in  personam 
wherein  publication  is  required  by  law,  such  notice  shall  be  published  once  unless  the 
Court  by  special  order,  directs  other  or  further  publication.  Publication  hereunder, 
unless  otherwise  ordered  shall  be  at  least  one  week  before  the  date  on  which  the  proc- 
ess is  made  returnable.  The  published  notice  need  contain  only  the  title  of  the  suit, 
the  nature  of  the  cause  of  action,  the  amount  demanded,  the  time  and  place  of  the 
return  of  monition  and  the  names  of  the  Marshal  and  proctor,  and  shall  direct  all 
persons  interested  to  appear  or  that  default  and  condemnation  will  be  ordered. 

40. 

PUBLICATION    NOTICE   OF    SALE. 

Public  notice  of  the  sale  of  property  after  condemnation  in  suits  in  rem,  shall  be 
made  by  publication  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  within  the  Canal  Zone, 
for  at  least  six  successive  days,  unless  otherwise  ordered  in  the  decree,  the  last 
publication  thereof  to  be  at  least  15  days  before  the  date  of  said  sale,  as  provided 
in  U.  S.  Revised  Statutes,  section  939  (U.  S.  Comp.  Statl.,  1918.  Sec.  1565). 


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41. 

TESTIMONY   TO  BE   TAKEN   BEFORE   A   COMMISSIONER. 

In  all  cases  of  admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction  the  evidence  of  witnesses 
present  at  the  place  where  the  court  is  held  shall  be  taken  orally  before  a  Com- 
missioner, upon  at  least  one  day's  notice  to  the  opposite  party;  provided,  that  either 
side  may  set  the  case  for  trial  in  open  court  on  the  question  of  liability,  in  which 
event  all  witnesses  within  the  jurisdiction  will  be  heard  orally.  The  stenographer 
employed  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  25  cents  per  hundred  words  as  compensation  for 
his  services,  and  shall  furnish  one  copy  of  the  evidence  to  the  proctor  for  the  opposite 
party,  without  charge,  when  requested. 

42. 

EVIDENCE  BY  WRITTEN    INTERROGATORIES. 

Evidence  taken  under  dedimus  potestatem,  or  under  commission  as  provided  in 
the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  March  9,  1892,  shall  be  by  written  interrogatories 
propounded  to  the  witness,  filed  in  the  Clerk's  office,  and  a  certified  copy  of  the 
same  shall  be  served  on  the  opposite  party,  together  with  a  notice  by  the  Clerk  that 
he  is  required  to  file  cross-interrogatories,  if  any  he  has,  within  fiye  days  from  a  date 
to  be  specified  in  such  notice. 

In  case  the  opposite  party  is  absent  from  the  Canal  Zone  and  not  represented  by 
an  attorney,  service  on  the  interrogatories  and  notice  to  cross  may  be  made  by  posting 
the  same  at  the  court  house  for  the  period  of  five  days. 

At  the  expiration  of  the  time  so  allowed  the  Clerk,  or  Assistant  Clerk,  shall  issue 
the  proper  writ  or  commission. 

43. 

TIME   FOR  TAKING  EVIDENCE. 

After  issue  joined,  the  libellant  shall  have  60  days  in  which  to  take  his  evidence, 
and  thereafter  the  claimant  or  respondent  shall  have  the  like  time  to  take  his  evi- 
dence, and  no  more,  unless  for  cause  shown  the  Court  shall  enlarge  or  restrict  the 
time,  and  provided  the  case  is  not  heard  in  open  court. 

44. 

NOTICE   TO   SET   CAUSE  FOR  TRIAL. 

After  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  taking  evidence  has  expired,  either  party 
may  set  the  cause  down  for  trial  on  motion  upon  five  days'  notice,  served  on  the 
adverse  party  or  his  proctor;  but,  in  case  the  adverse  party  be  absent  and  not  repre- 
sented, the  notice  may  be  served  by  posting  the  cause  for  trial  at  the  court  house 
for  the  period  of  five  days. 

45. 

CERTIFICATE   OF   COUNSEL,    AND   AFFIDAVIT   TO   EXCEPTIONS,    ETC. 

Every  exception  or  plea  to  a  libel  or  intervening  libel  shall  be  accompanied  by 
a  certificate  of  counsel  that,  in  his  opinion,  it  is  well  founded  in  law,  and  be  supported 
by  affidavit  of  the  party  or  his  proctor  that  it  is  not  interposed  for  delay,  and  that  the 
facts  stated  therein  are  true  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge,  information  and  belief. 

46. 

INTERVENING  LIBELS. 

No  intervening  libel  setting  up  a  claim  either  or  in  addition  to  the  amount  claimed 
in  the  original  libel,  whereby  the  liability  of  the  surety  on  the  release  bond  would  be 
increased,  shall  be  allowed  in  any  case  after  the  property  seized  has  been  released. 

47. 

TRIAL  ON  LIBEL  AND  ANSWER. 

The  libellant  shall  have  the  right,  upon  the  coming  in  of  the  answer,  to  set  the 
cause  down  for  trial  on  the  libel  and  answer  in  all  cases  where  the  facts  are  substan- 


EXECUTIVE  ORDERS  RELATING  TO  PANAMA  CANAL  303 

ially  admitted,  and  nothing  remains  but  question  of  law  for  decision.  In  such  cases, 
the  averments  of  the  answer,  well  pleaded,  except  averments  of  law,  shall,  for  the 
purpose  of  the  trial,  be  taken  as  true. 

48. 

INTERVENTIONS    IN    REM. 

Interventions  filed  in  proceedings  in  rem  shall  be  considered  as  denied,  and  need 
not  be  answered,  but  parties  whose  interests  are  involved  may,  at  their  option, 
plead,  answer  or  demur  thereto. 

49. 

THIRD   PARTY   PRACTICE. 

If  a  defendant  shall,  by  petition  on  oath,  filed  before  answer,  or  within  such 
further  time  as  the  Court  may  allow,  allege  fault  in  any  other  party,  in  respect  of  the 
matters  complained  of  in  the  libel,  or  shall  allege  that  he  is  entitled  to  contribution 
or  indemnity  from  any  other  party  in  respect  of  such  matters,  and  shall  pray  that  such 
other  party  be  brought  into  the  suit  as  a  party  defendant  in  analogy  with  the  pro- 
visions of  Admiralty  Rule  57  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  process  on 
such  petition  may  be  issued  and  the  cause  shall  proceed  otherwise  as  in  cases  under 
the  57th  Rule. 

50. 

NOTE  OF  EVIDENCE.  TESTIMONY  TO  BE  BOUND,'  ETC. 

Before  the  final  hearing  each  party  shall  file  with  the  Clerk  a  written  list  of  the 
testimony  and  proofs  on  which  he  wishes  to  be  heard,  with  all  such  testimony  and 
proofs,  and  no  testimony  and  proofs  not  so  listed  and  filed  shall  be  considered  by 
the  Court  or  be  included  in  the  record  on  appeal.  The  testimony  shall  be  bound, 
consecutively  paged,  and  indexed.  No  case  shall  be  set  down  for  argument  or  final 
hearing  until  this  Rule  has  been  complied  with. 

51. 

OBJECTIONS   TO    EVIDENCE. 

No  objection  to  the  admissibility  of  evidence  taken  under  Rule  41  shall  be  con- 
sidered unless  noted  at  the  time  the  evidence  is  taken,  nor  shall  any  objections  to 
interrogatories  propounded  to  witnesses  examined  under  commission  be  considered 
unless  made  by  the  opposite  party  at  the  time  cross-interrogatories  are  filed  or  before 
the  commission  issued;  and  parties  making  objection  or  objections  to  the  manner  and 
form  in  which  a  commission  has  been  executed  shall  do  so  by  motion  to  suppress. 

52. 

CONFIRMATION  OF  COMMISSIONERS*   REPORTS. 

Exceptions  to  Commissioners'  Reports  shall  be  filed  within  twenty  days  after 
the  date  of  the  filing  of  the  Report.  Should  no  exceptions  or  opposition  be  filed 
within  said  delay,  the  report  may  be  confirmed  on  motion  of  counsel. 

53. 

MATTERS  NOT  SPECIFICALLY  PROVIDED  FOR. 

In  any  matter  not  provided  for  in  the  general  admiralty  rules  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  or  in  these  rules,  the  rules  of  practice  in  admiralty  in  the 
United  States  District  Courts  of  the  Southern  District  of  New  York  shall  be  made 
applicable  and  apply  in  this  court. 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Abandonment,  child  or  wife .....; 62 

Abbott,  Henry  L.,  Consulting  Engineer 43,   50,    51 

Abbreviations,  method 17 

Accident  insurance  regulations 60 

Accidents,  vessels  in  Canal.     See  Navigation  of  Canal;    also  Steamboat  in- 
spection. 
Accounting: 

Canal  collections.... : 208 

Organization ;. 22,  36,  40,  44,  54,  68 

Organization,  permanent 156,  157,  162 

Payment  for  tolls,  repairs,  supplies,  etc 172 

Transfer  of  War  Trade  funds 249 

Accused,  testimony  against  self. 23 

Acknowledgments,  method  and  certification 99,  105 

See  also  Real  Estate;  Notaries  Public. 

Acrobats,  license  taxes 202 

Acts  and  resolutions  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  1914,  approved 174 

Admeasurement.     See  Measurement  of  vessels. 
Administration  of  estates: 

Inexpensive  method  for... 66,  89,  126,  141 

John  J .  Korp 87 

Administrative  districts  of  Canal  Zone 60,  75,  130 

Admiralty,  court  practice 298 

Advertisements  for  Canal  contracts.    See  Contracts. 

Advertising  on  Canal  Zone,  prohibition 118 

Aerated  waters,  license  taxes 202 

Aeroplanes.     See  Aircraft. 

Agents,  corrupt  influencing .-. 154 

Aids  to  navigation 183 

See  also  Navigation  of  Canal. 
Aircraft : 

Guarapo  Station 248 

Privileges  of  belligerents 205,  226 

Prohibition  of  unauthorized 150 

Regulations  governing  civilian,  abrogation 237,  254 

Alcoholic  liquors: 

Distillation 112,  130 

Sacramental,  scientific,  industrial 261 

Alcoholism,  exception  from  free  treatment 160 

Alien  employees: 

Charges  for  quarters,  etc '. 216 

Compensation  for  injuries  to  employees,  limitation _ 218 

Gold  roll  positions 78 

Filipino  excepted 107 

Maximum  rate  of  pay 266 

Alien  enemies: 

Entrance  or  departure  during  hostilities 240,  246 

Regulations,  conduct.  Proclamation 230 

Regulations  rescinded 250 

Vessels,  acquisition 255 

Alien  laborers,  prohibition  of  entry  into  United  States— 134 

Aliens: 

Exclusion : 23 

Refusal  permission  enter  United  States 63,  288,  291 

War  regulations  re  passports... 282,  287,  288,  291 

Ambler,  B.  S.,  Joint  Commissioner 59,  70 

Anarchists,  exclusion _ 23,  220 


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306  INDEX 

Page. 

Anchorage  and  movement  of  vessels,  1918 239,  240 

Anchorage  rights,  Pacific  terminus ; 29 

Ancon : 

Customs  district  established 26 

Port  of  entry,  restrictions 29-33 

Harbor,  anchorage  and  lighterage  rights _ 29 

Animals: 

Promotion  of  fights  between 116 

Protection  of  birds 140 

Punishment  for  cruelty 92 

Anthrax,  reporting 120 

Appeals  in  court  cases 85, 164 

See  also  Courts. 

Appellate  judges,  authorized 23 

Appointment  and  compensation,  permanent  organization 158 

See  also  Conditions  of  Employment;   also  Organization. 

Appropriations,  accounting 22 

Approval  of  Acts  and  Resolutions,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  1914 174 

Arias,  F.,  Ramon,  Joint  Commissioner ; 71 

Arms,  carrying  and  keeping 152,  267 

Army: 

Commanding  Officer,  during  hostilities 224,  251 

Military  reservations — 

Fort  Amador  and  Fort  Grant 252 

Fort  Clayton,  Panama  Arsenal,  Engineer  Depot,  Corozal 258 

Fort  Davis 256 

Fort  Sherman 237 

Quarry  Heights 256 

See  also  Protection  of  the  Canal. 

Army  and  Navy  forces,  assistance  to  Governor 214 

Army  supplies  or  equipment,  prohibition  of  purchase 121 

Arosemena,  C,  Joint  Commissioner 70 

Artisans: 

Excepted  from  classified  service 33 

Transfer  to  classified  service 133,  177 

Arsenal,  Panama,  military  reservation 258 

Ashes,  dumping  in  Canal  waters 191 

Asiatic  cholera: 

Quarantine 198 

Reporting 120 

Assault,  punishment 62 

Assay  offices,  payment  of  bills — 277 

Assembly,  right  of 23 

Assessors  of  taxes,  exception  from  classified  service 33 

Asylum  for  insane.     See  Hospitals. 

Attainder,  forbidden 23 

Attorney,  Chief,  duties  and  authority 55,97,  102 

See  also  District  Attorney;    Counsel;  Prosecuting  Attorney. 

Attorneys'  fees,  compensation  for  employees'  injuries 171 

See  also  Fees. 
Auditing: 

Method  and  changes 36-40,  44,  54,  68 

Permanent  organization 162,  208 

Authentication  of  judgments  and  decrees.  Republic  of  Panama 106 

Authentication  of  signatures 80 

"Authority  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,"  use  of  term _..  24 

Automobiles.     See  Traffic  Regulations,  and  Vehicles. 

B. 

Baggage,  unclaimed,  disposition „ 74 

Bail: 

Bonds  and  money  deposits 150 

Duties  of  constables 194 

Excessive,  forbidden 23 


INDEX  307 

Page. 

Bailiffs,  designated  peace  officers 97 

Balboa  Division,  Canal  Zone  judiciary 163 

Balboa  Naval  Radio  Station,  site.. 175,  239 

Balloons,  unauthorized  use  prohibited _ 150 

See  also  Aircraft. 

Banton,  P.  B.,  reinstatement  in  service 125 

Baseball,  license  fee  not  required 71 

Battery,  punishment 62 

Beggars,  exclusion 23,  220 

Belligerents: 

Protocol  with  Panama  concerning  vessels _ 205 

Rights  under  neutrality  proclamation 203 

Rights  under  proclamation  of  1917, 225 

See  also  Protection  of  the  Canal. 

Beverley,  E.  P.,  reinstatement-^— 211 

Bicycles,  road  rules 128 

See  also  Traffic  Regulations;   Vehicles. 

Bill  of  rights.  Canal  Zone 23 

Bills  of  health. „.- 143,  198,  206,  268 

Birds,  protection 140 

Bishop,  J.  B.,  charge  of  Washington  office 58 

Blackburn,  J.  C.  S.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 64 

Blair,  Montgomery,  Joint  Commissioner 59,  70 

Board  of  Health,   reorganization 195 

See  also  Health,  public. 

Board  of  Local  Inspectors,  organization  and  powers 92,  96,  113,  132,  182 

Boats,  licensing  in  Canal  waters... 290 

Boggs,  F.  C,  General  Purchasing  Officer 80 

Boilers,  inspection  on  steam  vessels 113 

Bonds: 

Bail  in  criminal  cases 150 

Court 296 

For  employees 57,  93 

Bookkeeper,  etc.,  classification 158 

See  also  Civil  Service. 

Bookkeeping 22,  36,44 

See  also  Accounting. 

Boundary  monuments,  interference  with 79 

Bouve,  C.  L.,  Joint  Commissioner .'. 214 

Breach  of  peace,  punishment 74 

Brick,  authority  to  purchase  from  Rogers  &Co 71 

Bridges.     See  Municipal  engineering;  Highways. 

Bristow,  Joseph  L,  report  of,  Panama  Railroad 25,  34,  44 

British  Government,  nomination  of  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Brown,  T.  E.,  Associate  Justice 107 

Building  lots,  revocable  licenses 113 

Bull  fights,  promotion 116 

Bumpus,  E.  C,  Joint  Commissioner 81,83 

Buoys,  Canal  waters 183 

Burr,  Wm.  H.,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Business  conditions,  permits  to  corporations  or  companies _ 142 

C. 

Cable  messages,  tolls  and  services 173 

Cables,  landing  and  operating 290 

Canal  Zone,  possession  taken  by  United  States  Government 21 

Cane  rack,  license  taxes 202 

Captains  of  the  Port,  operation  and  navigation  of  Canal. 178 

Cargo :  ' 

Dangerous,  Canal  operation 178 

Flamenco  and  other  islands ^ 29 

Vessels  or  passengers,  claims  for  damages 182 

Carriages.     See  Vehicles. 

Carter,  H.  R.,  Joint  Commissioner 42 

Carts.     See  Vehicles. 


308  INDEX 

Page. 

Censorship  of  mail,  1918 246 

Census,  order  for  1912 124 

Ceremonies  for  opening  of  Canal 175 

Chairman,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

Geo.  W.  Goethals 64 

Powers  and  duties 17,  55,  64,  65,  72 

Chance,  games  of,  prohibition 200 

Chandlery,  war  vessels  during  hostilities : 225 

See  also  Supplies. 

Chauffeurs,  licenses,  regulations 247,  276,  277,  283 

See  also  Traffic  regulations. 

Chickenpox  (varicella),  reporting. 120 

Chief  Attorney,  duties 55,  97,  102 

See  also  Counsel,  District  Attorney. 

Chief  Engineer: 

1905 36,  40,  51,  52 

1906 55 

See  also  Chairman,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 

Chief  Executive,  authority  vested  in  Chairman 65 

Chief  of  Office: 

Appointment  of  F.  C.  Boggs 80 

Assistant  to,  authorized  to  sign  vouchers,  appointments,  etc 81 

Children: 

Abandonment 62 

Cruelty  to 92 

Chinese: 

Diplomatic  and  consular  agents 223 

Exclusion 222 

Fines  for  failure  to  prevent  escape 75 

Cholera: 

Quarantine  regulations 198 

Reporting  contagious  disease 1 20 

Christian  Science,  practice  of  healing 123 

Church,  healing  practices  under  tenets 123 

Circuit  Court,  use  of  term 17 

See  also  Courts. 

Citizenship: 

Preference  as  to  employment 158 

Waiver  for  employees _ 34 

Civil  actions 98,  295 

Civil  Administration,  department,  reorganization 72,  79,  82 

Civil  Government 36,  42,  54,  56 

Civil  procedure: 

Amendments  to  code,  pleadings,  dockets,  and  costs 119 

Appeals,  provision 164 

Authentication  of  signatures 80 

Code,  effective  date -- 64 

Rules  of  December  30,  1921 — 294 

Security  for  costs — 196,  263 

Civil  process,  issue  and  return ..- .-         97 

Civil  Service: 

Artisans,  transfer  of ..- 133 

Appointment  outside  of  rules- 33,  43,  49,  75,  82,  83,  84,  215,  238 

Appointments,  recommendations  affecting 95 

Classification  of  Canal  employees - 28 

Commission  authorized  to  establish - 22 

Exemption  of  alumni  of  Mexican  National  School  of  Engineering 121 

List  of  classified  positions 51 

Maximum  salary  without  examination 249,  288 

Regulations  for  permanent  force .'. 158 

Reinstatement  in  classified  service - 78 

Exceptions 123, 125,  211,  252 

Rules  for  removal - 44 

Transfers 65,  66, 85,  87, 100,  107, 177,  207 

Transfers,  interdepartmental 231 

Waiver  for  appointment,  1905 _ '. 43 


INDEX 


309 


Page. 

Civilian  aircraft,  Proclamation  regarding 237 

See  also  Aircraft. 
Claims  for  damages: 

Responsibility,  pilotage — 240 

Vessels,  cargoes  or  passengers..... 182 

Claims  for  injuries  to  employees,  adjustment 134,    142 

Classified  service.    See  Civil  Service. 

Clerk,  etc.,  classification 158 

See  also  Civil  Service. 

Clerk  of  Court,  duties,  and  validity  of  acts .- 177 

Coaches.    See  Vehicles. 

Coaches,  removal  of  packing  from  railroad >- 118 

Coca  leaves,  traffic,  regulations 210 

Cock  fighting,  promotion  or  holding.... — 116 

Coco  Solo  Naval  Reservation — 272 

Code  of  Civil  Procedure.    See  Civil  Procedure. 

Code  of  Criminal  Procedure.    See  Criminal  Procedure. 

Collections: 

Accounting  for ■. - 156,  208 

Disposition 210 

Collector,  accounting  to  Auditor  for  War  Department. -..       208 

Colliers,  transfer  of  naval 265 

Collisions,  Canal  waters 178,  192 

Colombian  laws,  extended  to  Canal  Zone —         23 

Colon: 

And  Panama,  ports,  sanitation 30 

City  and  harbor  boundaries 30 

Water  and  sewer  connections 71 

Commerce,  ports  of  Canal  Zone  open 26 

Commissaries,  privileges  of  tropical  employees .-   34,  103 

Commission.     See  Isthmian  Canal  Commission. 
See  Joint  Commission. 

Commission,  Special  Panama  Canal,  1921,  investigation  by. 288 

Commissioner  for  Panama  Railroad,  J.L.  Bristow 25,  34,  44 

Common  carriers,  disposition  of  unclaimed  freight  and  baggage 74 

Companies,  permission  to  do  business 142 

Compensation  and  appointment,  permanent  organization 158 

See  also  Conditions  of  employment. 

Compensation  for  injuries  to  employees 134,  142,  160,  165,  200,  217,  218 

Compulsory  process,  criminal  prosecutions 23 

Concas,  V.  M.,  Umpire,  Joint  Commission..... 214 

Conditions  of  employment 134,    142 

See  Employment,  conditions  of. 

Connolly,  G.  A.,  Joint  Commissioner 229 

Connor,  W.  D.,  Special  Panama  Canal  Commissioner,  1921 - 288 

Constables,  duties , 194 

Construction  and  Engineering,  department,  reorganized,  1908..... 72 

Construction,  Canal,  organization 55 

Construction  contracts 37-41 

Construction  work: 

Organization,  1905 36-41 

Rules  to  facilitate  and  protect .-         98 

See  also  Organization. 

Consular  agents,  Chinese 223 

Consular  fees  of  Panama,  agreement 29 

Consuls,  foreign: 

Administration  of  estates ...- 127 

Authority  over  deserting  seamen 108 

Consulting  engineers,  board 37-38,  43,  44,  50,  51 

Contagious  diseases: 

Exclusion 23,  223 

Quarantine  regulations 198,  266 

Reporting ._ 120 

Contracts: 

Canal,  waiver  of  8-hour  law.„ 130 


310 


INDEX 


Contracts — Continued:  Page. 

Competitive  bids  for  supplies  or  construction. 56 

Panama  Railroad,  public  policy 25 

Payment  of  interest 153 

Supplies,  advertisements  for 73 

Supply  or  construction 37-41 

Ten  thousand  dollar  limitation 39 

Contract  work  for  Canal,  specified 22 

Contractual  rights,  Canal  Zone 23 

Conveyances: 

Executing  and  recording. _ 104 

Married  women 99 

Tax  sales 101 

Convicts: 

Good  behavior  allowance 90 

Penalty  for  return  of  deported ^ _ 107 

See  also  Felons;  Prisoners;   Pardons. 

Copyright,  laws  concerning 59 

Cornet,  Nicholas,  Joint  Commissioner 200 

Corozal,  military  reservation „ 258 

Corporations,  permission  to  do  business 142 

Corrupt  influencing  of  agents.- __ 154 

Cost  of  living,  excessive  charges  for  tropical  goods _ 34 

Costs : 

Admiralty  cases 298 

Duties  of  constables 194 

Payment _ _ 119 

Rules.. : 164 

Security  in  civil  cases 196, 263,  296 

Counsel  and  Chief  Attorney,  duties 97, 102 

See  also  District  Attorney. 

Counsel,  criminal  prosecutions 23 

Counsel,  General,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  1906 55 

Courts : 

Administration  of  estates •.  126 

Amendments  to  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure 97 

Appointments,  Associate  Justice: 

Brown,  T.E 107 

Jackson,  W.  H 1 19 

Owen,  W.  M 86 

War\vick,  W.  W 107 

Assignment  of  district  judges : 131 

Authority  over  insane  persons '.  109 

Authority  to  celebrate  marriages. .If? 65 

Bail  in  criminal  cases.. 150 

Civil  procedure,  pleadings,  docket,  costs 119 

Clerks: 

Excepted  from  classified  service i^ 

Duties 177 

Consolidation  into  Cristobal  district 131 

Constables,  duties  of 194 

District,  application  of  term 17 

Empire  district  consolidated  wth  Gorgona 130 

Establishment  of  permanent  judiciary,  1914 163 

Gorgona  district  abolished 130 

Judicial  districts  defined 75 

Jurisdiction  limited 98 

Jury  trial _. 76,79,149 

Magistrate,  application  of  term 17 

Method  of  appeal  in  criminal  cases 85 

Misdemeanor,  licenses,  taxes,  and  fees _ 202 

See  also  Misdemeanors. 

Municipal,  relation  to  district.- 17 

Registrar  of  property 105 

Rules  of  practice  and  procedure 164,  294 

Security  for  costs  in  civil  cases 196,  263 


INDEX  311 

Courts — Continued:  Page. 

Supreme  and  Circuit,  use  of  terms :...         17 

Supreme,  to  conclude  its  work,  1914 165 

See  also  Felonies,  Judges. 

Crew  lists : 242,  290,  291 

Crews  of  vessels,  payment  and  discharge 221 

Crimes: 

Pardon  and  parole._ 174 

United  States  laws  on  Postal  Service __ 196 

See  also  Felony,  Misdemeanor. 

Criminal  cases,  information „_ 97 

Criminal  Code: 

Amendments 62 

Penalty  for  murder : 90 

Criminal  laws,  trial  by  jury. ." 76,  79 

Criminal  procedure: 

Amendments .' 62 

Appeals.- 85, 164 

Bail  bonds  and  money  deposits 150 

Code  of,  amendments  to,  in  1910._ 97 

Method  of  appeal 85 

Rules  of  December  30,  1921 294 

Criminal  process,  issue  and  return._ : 97 

Criminal  prosecutions: 

Right  to  trial 23 

Witness  against  one's  self 23 

Criminals: 

Exclusion 23,220 

Pardon,  parole,  labor,  good  behavior  awards...- 90,  174 

Cristobal : 

Court,  district 131,163,164 

Port  of  entry,  restrictions _ « — 26,  29-33 

Crossings,  street  railway  cars  at..._ 199 

Cruel  or  unusual  punishments  forbidden _ 23 

Culebra  Cut,  change  of  name 212 

Culebra  Island,  anchorage  and  lighterage  rights 29 

Cunningham  and  Hopkins,  doctors,  work  on  tropical  diseases 82 

Currency,  gold  standard  in  Panama 30 

Customs  and  avocations  of  inhabitants,  rights 23 

Customs  Service,  Agreement  (Taft  Agreement)  with  Panama._ 29-33 

Amendment  allowing  commissary  privileges  to  tropical  employees 103 

Duties  and  tariff.  Canal  Zone  and  Panama 27 

Duties,  levying  and  appropriating 24 

Establishment  and  administration.- ^ 26 

Free  entry  for  employees'  goods.- 33 

Limit  of  duties  raised  to  15  per  cent : 103 

Protection _ 27 

Vessels  to  account  for  cargo _ 195 

D. 

Daggers,  carrying  and  keeping 152,  267 

Damages  to  vessels,  responsibility  and  claims 24-0 

Dances,  license  taxes — 202 

Dangerous  weapons,  carrying  and  keeping — 267 

Darien  Naval  Radio  Station,  reservation 194 

Davis,  George  W. : 

Consulting  Engineer 40,43,  50,  51 

Governor  of  Canal  Zone 24 

Death  penalty,  murder '. ..         90 

Deceased  employees.    See  Administration  of  estates.    See  also  Compensation, 

employees. 
Deeds: 

Conveyances  by  married  women 99 

Executing  and  recording 58, 104 

Tax  sale  conveyances _..       101 


312  INDEX 

Page. 

Defalcation,  definition  and  punishment 62 

Defects  in  vessels,  control 182 

Defendant,  testimony  against  self ! 23 

Defensive  sea  areas,  protection  of  the  Canal ■..  227,  229,  251 

Defensive  weapons,  carrying  and  keeping _ 267 

Denby,  Edwin,  Joint  Commissioner 81 

Dentistry,  practice  of 120,  123 

Deportation: 

Of  undesirable  persons 23,  220 

Expenses 24 

Permission  to  return  temporarily 151 

Punishment  of  persons  returning 107,  151 

Repeal  of  order  of  May  2,  1911 152 

Desertion,  seamen 108 

Diphtheria  (croup),  reporting 120 

Diplomatic  agents,  Chinese 223 

Dirks,  carrying  and  keeping 152,  267 

Disbursements.     See  Accounting. 

Disbursing  Officer,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  duties,  1906 55,  68,  162 

Diseases: 

Contagious  and  infectious,  reporting 120 

Infectious  or  contagious 23,  266 

See  also  Quarantine. 
Disinfection  of  vessels.     See  Quarantine. 

Disorder,  public,  exclusion  of  persons  tending  to  incite 23 

Disorderly  conduct,  punishment 74 

Disorderly  persons: 

Additional  penalty  for  carrying  arms 153 

Exclusion 220 

Distillation,  rules  and  prohibition  of 112, 113,  130 

Distillers,  tax  on  alcoholic  liquors _ ♦. 112,  113 

District  Attorney,  use  of  term 17,  55,  97,  102 

District  Court.     See  Courts. 

Districts  of  Canal  Zone,  administrative 60 

Disturbance  of  peace,  punishment 74 

Division  of  Posts,  naming '. 82 

Docket,  keeping  of,  in  civil  cases 119 

Dog  fights,  promotion  or  holding 116 

Doll  rack,  license  taxes 202 

Draftsman,  etc.,  classification 158 

Driving,  vehicles,  rules,  1921 283 

Due  process.  Canal  Zone 23 

Duties: 

Customs,  levying  and  appropriating 24 

Free  entry  of  employees'  goods -. 33 

Free  trade,  Panama  and  Canal  Zone 30-33 

Imports  into  Panama 29-33 

Imports  provided 26 

See  also  Customs. 
Dysentery,  reporting 120 

E. 

Education,  public.     See  Schools. 

Eight-hour  law,  waiver  as  to  contracts 130 

Electric  current,  employees.^ 160,  207,  213,  215,  216,  292 

Embezzlement,  definition  and  punishment. 62 

Emigration,  Canal  Zone  to  U.  S 63 

Empire,  administrative  district  consolidation 130 

Employees: 

Absence,  leave  of — 

.     General 160,219 

Gaillard,  D.  D.. 151 

Joint  Commission 213 

Military  duty _ 250 

Sick  leave  for  aliens... _ 249 


IITOEX  313 

Employees — Continued:  Page. 

Administration  of  estates 66 

Classification 28 

Compensation,  injuries. 134, 142,  200,  217,  218 

Corrupt  influencing 154 

Increase  of  salaries.- _ 57 

Emplojanent,  conditions  of: 

Alien  laborers  prohibited  to  enter  United  States 134 

Aliens,  maximum  rate  of  pay 266 

Alumni  of  Mexican  National  School  of  Engineering 121 

Appointment,  1905.... 36-41 

Appointment  without  classification 43, 49,  53 

Appointment  without  examination 50 

Citizenship,  waiver.—. 33 

Citizens  of  Panama  on  Gold  .Roll 86 

Compensation  of  employees,  authority  of  Governor ..— —- 217 

Compensation  for  employees'  injuries 165,  200,  218 

Employees'  relations  with  Congress 94 

Excepted  appointments 33, 215 

See  also  Civil  Service. 

Exemption  from  examination 238 

Filipino  excepted  from  alien  rules 107 

Free  entry  of  personal  goods —- 33 

Gold  roll  employees  restricted  to  American  citizens 78 

Increases  in  salary,  1905-1906... 57 

Interdepartmental  transfers 231 

Laborers,  reorganization,  1908 _ _ 72 

Licenses  required  of  marine  employees 93 

List  of  classified  positions _ 51 

Maximum  rate  of  pay  for  aliens..._ 266 

Maximum  salary  for  nonclassified  employees 249,  288 

Panama  Railroad  employees  transferred  to  classified  service 107 

Permanent  appointment  of  unclassified  employees 53 

Permanent  force 158 

Promotions  and  transfers 52 

Provisions  for  transfer  of  artisans  to  classified  service 133 

Recommendations  affecting  employments 95 

Reinstatement  of  P.  B.  Banton 125 

Reinstatement  of  F.  H.  Wang 252 

Rental  and  other  charges 207,  213,  292 

Removal  of  employees 44 

Salary  from  date  of  embarkation.. 255 

Saturday  half  holiday  not  applicable  on  Isthmus : 89 

Sick  leave  for  alien  employees 249 

Surety  bonds 57 

Train  dispatchers  and  telegraph  operators,  hours  of  work 93 

Transfer  to  classified  service 57, 64, 65,  66, 100, 177,  207 

Tropical  employees  and  commissaries 34, 103 

Waiver  of  8-hour  law  on  contracts _ 130 

Endicott,  Mordecai  T.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 37,51,52 

Enemies,  alien,  conduct,  entrance  or  departure  during  hostilities.- 230,  240,  246,  250 

Engineer  depot,  military  reservation 258 

Engineering  commission,  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers 37-38 

Engineering  work  authorized. 22,36,41,55 

See  also  Organization. 

Engineers,  classification  and  license 92 

Enticement  of  laborers,  penalty 94 

Entry-  of  employees'  goods,  free 33 

Entry,  ports  of _ 26 

Epileptics,  exclusion .-.. 23,220 

Equipment : 

Regulations  for  sale  of... 212 

Safety  Appliance  Act  extended  to  railroad.- 86, 89 

Ernst,  O.  H.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner.- 37,51,52 

Erysipelas,  reporting  .- 120 


314  INDEX 

Page. 

Elstates,  administration  of 66,89,  126, 141 

Evidence: 

Authenticated  instruments 106 

Rules 164 

Examiner  of  accounts,  duties 68,  72 

See  also  Accounting. 

Exclusion  of: 

Chinese,  regulations 222 

Undesirable  persons.- 23,  220 

Excursion  steamers,  special  permits 115 

Executive  Committee,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 36,39 

Executive  Secretary: 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  office  abolished 98 

Permanent  organization 157 

Execution  of  instruments,  procedure 99 

Explosive  cargo,  navigation  of  Canal 178 

Exposition,  Panama- Pacific  International,  proclamation. 125 

Ex  post  facto  law  forbidden 23 

Expropriation  Commission.    See  Joint  Commission. 

Expropriation  of  lands,  authority 22 


Fabrega,  Joint  Commissioner 81 

Falkner,  R.  P.,  Joint  Commissioner 133 

Fares,  transportation  for  hire,  1921 277 

Feeble-minded  persons,  exclusion 220 

Fees:  * 

Attorney,  compensation  cases 171 

Duties  of  constables 194 

Inspection  of  steam  vessels 114 

Licenses  for  vehicles 216 

Payment  into  Treasury „ 88 

Registrar  of  property 106 

Felons : 

Exclusion _ 23,  220 

Good  behavior  time 90 

Pardon  and  parole 174 

Felonies,  grand  larceny  and  embezzlement 62,  81 

Felony : 

Jury  trial , 76,149 

Murder  in  the  first  and  second  degrees 90 

Perjury  in  census  return 124 

Perjury  in  compensation  cases 139,  142 

Purchase  of  supplies  from  soldiers  or  sailors 121 

Return  of  deported  convict.... - 107, 151 

United  States  laws  on  Postal  Service 196 

Violation  of  liquor  regulations 70 

Fights,  promotion  of  animal 116 

Finances: 

Accounting  of  Collector 208 

Canal,  instructions  relating 22 

Canal,  transfer  of  War  Trade  funds 249 

Expenses  of  Canal  Zone  Government _ 25 

See  also  Accounting. 
Fines: 

Authority  to  remit 174 

Duties  of  constables 194 

Excessive,  forbidden 23 

Judicial,  raising  and  appropriating 24 

Payment  into  Treasury 88 

Rules 164 

Fire  arms,  carrying  and  keeping 152, 182,  267 

Fire  department,  change  of  name 83 

Fire  insurance  regulations 60 


INDEX 


315 


Page. 

Fire  protection,  passenger  steamships 115, 193 

Fiscal  affairs 36, 40 

See  also  Accounting. 

Fishing,  Canal  waters 193 

Flag,  designation  for  Governor 213 

Flamenco  Island,  anchorage  and  lighterage  rights 29 

Flying  machines,  unauthorized  use  prohibited 150 

See  also  Aircraft. 

Footnotes,  method  of  using 17 

Forfeitures: 

Authority  to  remit 1 74 

Duties  of  constables 1 194 

Rules 164 

Violation  of  customs  regulations 195 

Formal  opening  of  Panama  Canal 274 

Forts: 

Amador 252 

Clayton 258 

Davis 256 

Grant 252 

Randolph 272 

Sherman 237,  276 

Fortune  tellers,  license 202 

France  Field  Military  Reservation 272 

Frauds,  customs,  prevention 27 

Free  trade,  Panama  and  Canal  Zone 29-33 

Freedom  of  press  and  speech 23 

Freight,  unclaimed,  disposition 74 

See  also  Cargo. 

French  Canal  Company,  payment  of  $40,000,000 „ „ 21 

French  Government,  nomination  of  consulting  engineer 43 

Fry,  A.  B.,  Special  Panama  Canal  Commissioner,  1921 288 

Fuel: 

Charges  for  employees ,. 207,  292 

Employees'  quarters 160,  213,  215,  216 

War  vessels  during  hostilities 225 

Funds  for  Canal  work 22 

See  also  Accounting. 

G. 

Gaff,  Thomas  T.,  Joint  Commissioner 35 

Gaillard,  D.  D.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 63,  151 

Gaillard  Cut,  name  changed  from  Culebra 212 

Gambling,  forbidden 25,  200 

Garbage,  prohibition  of  dumping,  in  Canal  waters 191 

General  Purchasing  Officer:  ^ 

Appointment 69,80 

Permanent  organization 162 

German  Empire,  acquisition  of  vessels 226,  255 

German  Government,  nomination  of  consulting  engineer 43 

See  also  Enemies,  alien.     See  also  War. 

Glanders,  reporting 120 

Gold  coins,  export  tax  abolished 31 

Gold  roll  employment,  citizens  of  United  States  and  Panama  admitted 78,  86 

Gold  standard,  currency  of  Panama 30 

Goethals,  George  W. : 

Chairman,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 64 

Committee  for  opening  of  Canal 175 

Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner , 58 

Gorgas,  W.  C: 

Committee  for  opening  of  Canal 175 

Compensation  as  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 67 

Gorgona,  made  part  of  Empire  district— 130 


316  INDEX 

Government:  Page. 

Canal  Zone,  in  1904  and  1905 ,. 22,36-^1 

Canal  Zone,  payment  of  expenses 25 

Commanding  Officer  of  Army  in  charge  during  hostilities 224,251 

Government-owned  vessels,  tolls 201 

Governor  of  the  Canal  Zone: 

Authority  vested  in  Chairman 65 

Powers  and  duties 17,24 

Governor  of  The  Panama  Canal: 

Assistance  by  military  and  naval  forces _ 214 

Authority  during  hostilities 224 

Flag  for 213 

Pardons  and  reprieves,  remission  of  fines  and  forfeitures 174 

Permanent  organization 155 

Guarapo  Naval  Air  Station 248 

Guerard,  — .,  appointment  as  consulting  engineer. 43 

Gun  club,  authority  to  carry  arms 95 

Gypsies,  exclusion 220 

H. 

Haines,  Peter  C,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 37,51,^ 

Hand  organ,  license 202 

Harbors  at  Canal,  sanitation,  quarantine  regulations  of  1920....,.„ 271 

Harbors  of  Colon  and  Panama,  boundaries 30 

Harrod,  B.  M.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 37,51,52 

Headquarters,  transferred  from  Washington  to  Panama _         39 

Health: 

Department,  permanent  organization 156,  157 

See  also  Hospitals. 

Organization,  1904 _ 36-41 

Public- 
Care 25 

Exclusion  of  persons  a  menace 23,  220 

Infectious  diseases,  reporting. 120 

Power  of  Commission 24 

Promotion 2i 

Quarantine  regulations — 

1913 143 

Amendment,  1914 197 

1920 268 

Reorganization  of  Board  of  Health _ 195 

Sick  leave  for  alien  employees.- 249 

See  also  Employment,  conditions.    See  also  Hospitals. 

Hecker,  John  J.,  Joint  Commissioner 25 

Highway  to  Sabanas,  Panama,  repairs 31 

Highways : 

Charges  against  private  property  owners. 96 

Regulations  for  vehicles 78,  283 

Street  railway  cars  at  crossings --       199 

Transportation  for  hire,  regulations  of  1921 277 

See  also  Traffic  regulations. 

Hoboken  pier,  lease  to  Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line -  275,  291 

Hodges,  H.  F.: 

Committee  for  opening  of  Canal 175 

General  Purchasing  Officer 69 

Holidays: 

Permanent  organization 159 

Saturday  afternoon,  Order  fixing 88,89,  176 

Sunday  holidays  to  be  observed  on  Monday i-—         88 

Hopkins  and  Cunningham,  doctors,  work  on  tropical  diseases 82 

Hospitals: 

Insane,  lepers  and  indigents 31,  79,  109 

Office  of  director  abolished '■ 88 

See  also  Health. 

Hospital  ships,  transfer  of  naval 265 

Hostile  nations,  acquisition  of  vessels 255 

See  also  Enemy  aliens. 


INDEX 


317 


Page. 

Hostilities,  control  of  Canal  during 224,  240,  246 

Hotels  and  restaurants,  sale  of  liquors  and  wines 70 

Hours  of  work 161 ,  220 

Hours  of  work,  train  dispatchers  and  telegraph  operators 93 

Housing,  quarters  for  employees 159 

See  also  Employment  conditions. 

Humane  Society,  agents  authorized  to  act— 92 

Hunter,  Henry,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Hunting: 

Authority  for  Gun  Club  members  to  carry  arms _ 95 

Permit  to  carry  arms 152 

Permits...... 121,153,268 

Soldiers  and  sailors  exempted 121 

Use  of  fire,  spring,  or  trap  guns 91,  155 

Hurdy-gurdy,  license .". 202 


Ice  cream,  license 202 

Idiots  and  imbeciles,  exclusion ' 23,  220 

Import  duties.  Republic  of  Panama.    See  Taft  Agreement. 

Importations,  duties  provided 26 

Imports,  free  trade,  Panama  and  Canal  Zone „ 30-33 

Incitement  to  public  disorder,  exclusion  of  persons 23 

Indemnity  insurance  regulations,  1907 60 

Indigent  sick,  charges  for  care 31,  79 

Industrial  insurance  regulations,  1907 60 

Industrial  liquors,  regulations 261 

Infectious  diseases: 

Exclusion  of  persons  having _ 198,  220,  266 

Reporting  of 120 

Inflammable  cargo,  navigation  of  the  Canal 178 

Informations,  who  may  file 97 

Inhabitants  of  Canal  Zone,  rights 23 

Injuries  to  employees,  adjustment  of  claims 134,  142,  200,  218 

Insane: 

Admission,  treatment,  and  discharge — -•- 109 

Asylum,  government 109 

Charges  for  care  of  Panaman „ 79 

Custody  of,  in  criminal  cases 109 

Estates,  administration 127,  141 

Exclusion 23,  220 

Hospitals  and  paym.ent 31 

Inspection  Department,  retention  of  nonclassified  employees 84 

Inspection  of  vessels: 

Quarantine  regulations,  1920 269 

Rules 113 

Insurance  companies: 

Exception  re  bonding  employees 93 

Regulations,  1907... 60 

Interdepartmental  Statistical  Committee,  appointment  and  work 82 

Interest : 

Legal  rate 153 

On  deposit  money  orders 218 

Intoxicated  persons,  additional  penalty  for  carrying  arms 153 

Into.xicating  liquors,  sale  in  restaurants 70 

latoxication,  penalty 74 

Investigation  by  Special  Panama  Canal  Commission,  1921 _ 288 

Invoices  and  manifests,  ports  of  entry 29-31 

See  also  Customs. 

Involuntary  servitude,  forbidden -'. 23 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

Appointments  and  compensation 20, 40,  43,  51,  52,  63,  64,  67,  96,  150 

Approval  of  acts,  1907 57 

Approval  of  acts  and  resolutions,  1914_ _ 174 


318  INDEX 

« 

Isthmian  Canal  Commission — Continued:  Page. 

Authority  to  establish  rules  and  regulations  to  faciliate  and  protect 

Canal  works 98 

Chairman,  powers  and  duties , 17,  58,  64 

Duties  and  powers 19,  35,  72 

Executive  committee 36,  39 

Legislative  authority 23 

Meetings,  quarterly 24,  54 

Organization  under  direction  Secretary  of  War. 19 

Reorganization — 

1905 35-40 

1906 55 

Residence  on  Isthmus  required 73 

Termination.- 157 


Jackson,  W.  H.,  Associate  Justice _ 119 

Japanese  emigration.  Canal  Zone  to  United  States 63 

Jeopardy,  rules „ 23 

Johnson,  E.  R.,  Special  Commissioner  on  traffic  and  tolls 116,  154 

Joint  Commission: 

Appointment  and  compensation : 25, 

35,  42.  59,  70,  71,  81,  83,  133,  174,  200,  214,  229,  265 

Leave  regulations 213 

Umpire 214,224,274 

Joint  stock  companies,  permission  to  do  business 142 

Journal  boxes,  removal  of  packing 118 

Judges: 

Administrative  districts 61 

Appointment  authorized  and  jurisdiction  defined 23 

Authority  to  celebrate  marriages 65 

Excepted  from  classified  service 33 

Municipal,  relation  to  district 17 

Supreme  and  Circuit  Courts,  use  of  term 17 

See  also  Courts. 

Judgments: 

And  decrees,  authentication 106 

Enforcement .• 164 

Judicial  districts,  division  of  Canal  Zone 75,  163 

Judiciary: 

Assignment  of  district  judges 131 

Duties  of  clerk  of  court _ 177 

Establishment,  1914..... 163 

Limitation  of  jurisdiction  in  civil  actions 98 

See  also  Courts. 

Jugglers,  license _ 202 

Jury: 

Service,  rules 164 

Trial,  establishment  and  procedure 76,  79,  294 

Trials,  extended  to  felonies 149 

Justices  of  the  Peace,  continuation 23 

K. 

Kagy,  L.  M.,  Joint  Commissioner 174 

Knives,  carrying  and  keeping 152,  267 

Knuckles,  carrying  and  keeping _  152,  267 

Korean  emigration.  Canal  Zone  to  United  States 63 

Korp,  John  J.,  administration  of  estate _ -         87 

L. 

Labor  and  quarters,  manager,  1906,  duties 55 

Labor  law,  waiver  of  8-hour 130 


INDEX  319 

Page. 
Laborers: 

Conditions  of  employment -.. 36,  41 

Enticement  of,  from  Canal  employ 94 

Prohibition  of  entry  of  alien,  into  United  States 134 

Unskilled,  Washington  Office 84 

See  also  Employment,  conditions. 

Land  agent,  authorization 103 

Land  office,  organization  and  duties 103 

Lands: 

All  Canal  Zone,  declared  necessary  for  public  purposes 132 

Expropriation,  compensation  of  Joint  Commissioners 133 

Las  Sabanas,  excepted 133 

Method  of  leasing  public 102 

Purchase  of  expropriation,  authority 22 

Revocable  licenses  in  townsites 113 

See  also  Joint  Commission. 

Larceny,  grand,  definition  and  punishment 62,  81 

Las  Sabanas,   exception   from   order  declaring  lands   necessary   for   public 

purposes 133 

Law,  department,  organization : 56,  72,  102,  103 

Laws  of  the  Canal  Zone: 

Approval  of  acts  of  Commission 57 

Colombian 23 

Governor  authorized  to  administer 24 

Leases  for  public  lands 102 

Legal  affairs,  organization 56,  72,  102, 103 

Legislation : 

Limits  of  Commission's  power 24 

Status  of  employees  with  regard  to  proposed 94 

Legislative  authority.  Isthmian  Canal  Commission „ 23 

Lepers,  hospitals  for  care 31,  79 

Leprosy: 

Amendment  to  quarantine  regulations 198 

Reporting..... 120 

Lewis,  S.,  Joint  Commissioner 70 

Liberty,  right  to '. 23 

Licenses : 

Baseball  exempted. 71 

Chauffeurs' , 247 

Entertainments,  retailers 201 

Insurance  companies,  exception  on  account  of  bonding 93 

Liquor,  revenues.... 96 

Lots  in  townsites 113 

Marine  employees' _ 93 

Marriage 65. 

Medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy,  or  midwifery 120,  123 

Opium  and  coca 210 

Soldiers  and  sailors  exempted  from  hunting  permits 121 

Vehicles,  road  rules,  use  of  signals,  etc 201,  216,  247,  283 

See  also  Steam  vessels,  inspection. 

Lien,  steam  vessels,  violation  of  inspection  rules 114,  115 

Liens,  conveyances  by  married  women 99 

Life,  right  to 23 

Lifeboats,  floats,  rafts,  life  preservers,  line-carrying  projectiles,  drags,  steam- 
ships obliged  to  carry 115 

Life-insurance  regulations,  1907 60 

Life  preservers,  provision  for,  on  steamships -..  115, 132 

Lighterage  rights.  Pacific  terminus 29 

Lighthouses,  Canal  waters 183 

Lights  on  vehicles 217,283 

Liquors: 

Distillation  tax 112 

Licenses,  collection  of  monies 96 

Prohibition  of  distillation 130 

Sold  in  restaurants 70 

Sacramental,  scientific,  and  industrial  purposes 261 


320  INDEX 

Page. 

Living  costs,  excessive  charges  for  tropical  goods * ._ 34 

Loathsome  diseases,  exclusion  of  persons  having 23,  220 

Local  Inspectors,  Board  of,  organization  and  powers.- „ 92,  113, 132 

Lock  type  of  canal.  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers _ 37,  38,  43 

Locks,  dangerous  cargo  in 178 

See  also  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 

Locomotives,  removal  of  packing  from  journal  boxes. 118 

Loitering 74 

Lots  in  townsites,  revocable  licenses _ 113 

Lotteries,  forbidden _ 25 

M. 

Machinery: 

Condition,  vessels  using  Canal.... 178 

See  also  Steam  vessels'  inspection. 

Regulations  for  sale 212 

Magistrates  and  courts 17,  23, 164,  194 

Magoon,  Chas.  E.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 37,  51 

Mails,  censorship,  1918..._ 246 

Malarial  fever,  reporting : 1 20 

Manifests  and  invoices 29,  31,  195 

Marine  Corps,  licenses  for  hunting  permits 95 

Marine  licenses,  employees  on  Canal  floating  equipment 93 

Markets,  transfer  to  Civil  Administration 79 

Marks,  David,  Joint  Commissioner 174 

Marriages,  regulations 60,  65, 177 

Married  women,  conveyances  or  mortgages 99,  104 

Marshal,  excepted  from  classified  service 33 

Marshal  and  deputy  marshal,  peace  officers 97 

Masters,  classification  and  license 92 

Materials  and  supplies: 

Brick  from  Rogers  &  Co 71 

Contracts 73 

Coordination  of  purchases  with  War  Industries  Board _ 238 

General  Purchasing  Officer 69,  80 

Organization 56 

Purchase.... 36-40 

Regulations  for  payment  by  vessels ...—       172 

Regulations  for  sale 212 

Supervision  of  Chief  of  Engineers .-. 67 

Mates,  classification  and  license 92 

Mayors  of  municipalities,  excepted  from  classified  service H 

Measles,  reporting 120 

Measurement  of  vessels: 

General  regulations 131,  183,  205,  251 

Proclamation  placing  in  force 154 

Special  commissioner 116 

Tolls... 131 

Transit  without 205 

Mechanics: 

Classified  service,  transfer 133, 177 

Excepted  from  classified  service 33 

Medical  care,  employees 160 

Medicine,  practice  of,  prohibition 120.  123 

Medicinal  liquors,  regulations 261 

Meningitis,  epidemic  cerebrospinal,  reporting 120 

Merchants,  local,  excessive  charges  for  tropical  goods — 34 

Merino,  M.  W.,  Umpire,  Joint  Commission 224 

Merit  system,  policy  for  Canal 22 

Merry-go-round,  license  taxes 202 

Metcalfe,  R.  L.: 

Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner '. 150 

Committee  for  opening  of  Canal _ 1'5 

Mexico,  alumni  fi-om  National  School  of  Engineering 121 

Midwifery,  practice 120,  123 


INDEX  321 

Military:  Page. 

And  naval  forces,  assistance  furnished  Governor _ 24,  214 

Reservations . 237,  252,  256,  258,  272,  274,  276,  283 

Service,  leave  for  employees  returning  from 250 

Ministers  of  religion,  authority  to  celebrate  marriages .• 65 

Mints  and  assay  offices,  payment  for  bills 277 

Misdemeanor: 

Abandonment  of  wife  or  child 62 

Advertising  regulations 118 

Animal  fights,  promotion  of 116 

Arms,  unlawful  carrying  of 152,  268 

Assault - 62 

Automobiles,  speed  of : 78,  128,  286 

Bail 151 

Battery 62 

Birds,  protection  of 140 

Canal  work,  protection  of 98 

Census  regulations 124 

Chinese  exclusion  rules 75,  223 

Contagious  and  infectious  diseases,  failure  to  report 120 

Corporations  or  companies,  permission  to  do  business 142 

Corrupt  influencing  of  agents 155 

Cruelty  to  children  and  animals.„ : 92 

Customs  regulations .'. 196 

Distillation,  tax 112 

Prohibition   .-._ , 130 

Enticement  of  laborers 94 

Evading  payment  of  railroad  fare 112 

Exclusion  of  undesirables,  responsibility  for 222 

Firearms,  permit  to  carry 95 

Flying  machines,  unauthorized  use  of 150 

Gambling 200 

Hunting  by  fire  or  spring  guns 91,  155 

Insurance  business  without  license 60 

Interference  with  or  removal  of  boundary  or  survey  monuments 79 

Journal  boxes,  removal  of  packing  from 118 

Jurisdiction  of  district  judges 63 

License  taxes  and  fees,  ordinance  for _ 202 

Life-saving  appliances,  failure  to  carry 115 

Liquors  for  sacramental,  scientific,  and  industrial  purposes 263 

Loitering '..... 74 

Marriage  regulations .'..-         66 

Medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy,  or  midwifery  without  license....  120,  123 

Operation  and  navigation  of  Canal 178,  199 

Pardon  and  parole 1 74 

Passenger  list  on  steam  vessel,  failure  to  keep 115 

Postal  Service,  United  States  laws  on 196 

Purchase  of  supplies  from  soldiers  or  sailors -.-. 121 

Quarantine  regulations 149,  198,  222 

Rules  of  road,  violation  of 129 

Steamship  inspection  rules,  violation  of 114,  116 

Street  railway  cars  at  crossings 199 

Tax  regulations 71 

Transportation  for  hire,  regulations  of  1921 — 282 

Trespassing  upon  reservations —       1 29 

Vagrancy,  intoxication,  disorderly  conduct,  begging,  breach  of  peace, 

loitering,  peddling  goods -         74 

Vehicle  regulations 217,  287 

Wireless  apparatus,  vessels  without 178 

Molitor,  F.  A.,  Special  Panama  Canal  Commissioner,  1921 288 

Money,  gold  standard  in  Panama 30 

Money  orders: 

Accounts,  1905 47 

Postal  savings  system 199 

Monuments,  boundary  and  survey,  interference 79 

MR  79216 21—5-1-22—1.000  books 


322  INDEX 

Mortgages:  Page. 

Conveyances  by  married  women 99 

Executing  and  recording 104 

Recording 59 

Motor  boats,  transfer  of  naval _ 265 

Motor  vehicles: 

License , 201,216,283 

Licensing  of  chauffeurs , 247,  276 

Maximum  speed 128 

Transportation  for  hire,  regulations  of  192  L_ 277 

Municipal: 

Councils,  abolition 62 

Courts,  relation  to  District  Courts 17 

Engineering  work,  reorganization 79 

See  also  Organization. 

Improvements,  charges  against  private  property  owners 96 

Judges,  relation  to  District  Judges 17 

Laws,  Canal  Zone,  administration 23 

Secretaries,  excepted  from  classified  service 33 

Murder,  penalty 90 

Musicians,  public,  license  taxes 202 

N. 

Naos  Island,  anchorage  and  lighterage  rights._ _ 29 

Nationality  of  vessels,  requirements  for  use  of  Canal 178 

Naval  air  station,  Guarapo 248 

Naval  assistance,  use  of,  by  Governor 24,  214 

Naval  service,  leave  for  employees  returning  from 250 

Naval  station: 

Balboa,  radio ._ 175,  239 

Coco  Solo 272 

Darien,  radio 194 

Guarapo,  radio 248 

Punta  Mala,  radio _ 266 

Navigation  of  the  Canal: 

Admiralty,  court  rules 298 

Anchorage  and  movement  of  vessels^ : 239,  240,  251 

Authority  to  establish  rules 98 

Bills  of  health „_ 206,  266 

Crew  lists 242,290 

Defensive  sea  areas 227,  251 

General  rules  and  regulations... 178,  183 

Laws,  conditions  of  employment  for  seamen 108 

Payment  for  tolls  and  other  services 172,  277 

Quarantine  regulations 143, 197,  268 

Radio  communications,  sparks  and  smoke,  licensing  of  boats 290 

Responsibility  and  claims,  pilotage _ 240 

Tolls 131,172,277 

Tonnage  certificate,  amendment  to  form _ 251 

Transit  of  vessels  without  measurement 205 

Transit  pending  payment  of  tolls  and  for  services 201 

Wireless  apparatus  on  vessels 178 

See  also  Steam  vessels,  inspection.  * 

Navy: 

Authority  to  transfer  vessels 265 

Supplies  or  equipment,  prohibition  of  purchase 121 

Yards,  safety  appliances  to  rolling  stock _ 141 

Netherlands,  nomination  of  consulting  engineer.- 43 

Neutrality: 

Proclamation  of,  November  13,  1914 203 

Protocol  with  Panama  concerning  vessels  of  belligerents 205 

Rules  for  maintenance  of 224 

New,  Burt,  Joint  Commissioner 229 

New  Panama  Canal  Company,    See  French  Canal  Company. 

Noble,  Alfred,  Consulting  Engineer. 43 


INDEX  323 

Page. 

Notaries  Public : 33,  122 

Notations,  method  of  using,  in  this  book 17 

O. 

Oaths: 

Board  of  Admeasurers 194 

Board  of  Local  Inspectors.^ 96 

Customs  officer 196 

Quarantine  officers _ 221 

Offensive  weapons,  carrying  and  keeping 267 

Office  hours  and  hours  of  labor 161,  220 

Official  opening  of  Canal: 

Committee 175 

Executive  Order : .^ 274 

Oils,  dangerous  cargo ". 178 

Opening  of  Canal,  formal 175,  274 

Operation  and  maintenance,  department  of,  permanent  organization.- 155,  157 

Operation  of  Canal,  rules  and  regulations 178,  199 

Operators  of  motor  cars,  licenses i 276 

Opium,  traffic,  regulations 210 

Order,  public,  police  force  authorized.- '. 24 

Ordinances,  authority  to  enact 62 

Organ,  hand,  license  taxes 202 

Organization,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission: 

1904 19,20,28 

1905..._ 35,  38, 40, 43 

1906.- 51,  52,  54,  55 

1907...- : 58,  63,  64,  65,  67 

1908...- 72,73 

Office  of  Executive  Secretary  abolished 98 

Permanent,  outline 155,  157 

Overtime  work,  employees  on  monthly  basis.- 159 

Owen,  W.  M.,  appointment  as  associate  justice 86 


Packing,  removal  of ,  from  journal  boxes 118 

Page  references,  method  used  in  this  book.- 17 

Paitilla  Point  Military  Reservation 274 

Panama  Arsenal,  military  reservation..- 258 

Panama  Canal: 

Ceremonies 175 

Formal  opening  of  the.  Executive  Order 274 

Panama  City: 

And  harbor,  boundaries : 30 

Water  and  sewer  connections. 71 

Water  rates,  ratification  of  contract 70 

Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition,  proclamation 125 

Panama  port,  sanitation 30 

Panama  Railroad: 

Adjunct  of  Canal 25 

Bristow  report '25 

Lease  of  Hoboken  p^er 275,  291 

Ownership,  control,  and  administration 25 

Panama,  Republic  of,  cession  of  Canal  Zone  and  payment  of  $10,000,000 21 

Pardons  and  reprieves,  Governor  authorized 24,  174 

Parking  of  vehicles,  regulations  of  1921 283 

Parole  system  for  prisoners 174 

Parsons,  William  Barclay,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Passenger  lists,  rules  for  use  of  Canal _ 178 

Passengers : 

Cargo  on  vessels,  claims  for  damages 182 

Entrance  or  departure  during  hostilities 240,  246 

On  steam  vessels,  list  and  safety  precautions 115 

Passports..- _ 240,  246,  252,  288,  291 


324  INDEX 

Passengers — Contimued:  Page. 

Quarantine  regulations  of  1920 268 

Vessels  to  carry  wireless  apparatus 178 

Passports: 

Entrance  or  departure  of  persons 240,  246 

Exceptions  for  United  States  citizens 252 

Temporary  stop-overs 287 

War  regulations  rp  aliens  revoked 282 

Patents,  laws  concerning 59 

Paupers: 

Charges  for  care  of  sick 79 

Exclusion 23,220 

Payment  for  Canal  services 172,  201 

Peace  officers,  designation  of...' 97 

Peddlers: 

License  taxes I 202 

Punishment  for  unauthorized... 74 

Penal  Code: 

Amendment  concerning  vagrancy,  intoxication,  and  disorderly  conduct....  74 

Amendment  re  hunting 91 

Code  of  Criminal  Proceedure,  amendments  to 62 

Cruelty  to  children  and  animals 92 

Good  behavior  time : 90 

Punishment  for  grand  larceny 81 

Punishment  for  murder _ : 90 

Penal   institutions,    pardons,    paroles,    labor   and   employment,   award  for 

prisoners 174 

Penitentiary: 

Employment  of  prisoners,  awards  for  good  behavior 174 

Good  behavior  time 90 

Warden  of,  excepted  from  classified  service - 33 

Perico  Island,  anchorage  and  lighterage  rights :— .  29 

Perjury: 

Falsification  of  census  returns 124 

Violation  of  employees'  compensation  rules 139,  142 

Permanent  organization  for  Canal,  outline 155,  157 

Personal  injuries,  employees'  compensation 165 

Persons,  rights  of,  in  Canal  Zone 23 

Petition,  right  of 23 

Pharmaceutical  liquors,  regulations 261 

Pharmacy,  practice  of , 120,  123 

Physician,  etc.,  classification 158 

Piano,  street,  license  taxes 202 

Pier  space  at  Hoboken 275,  291 

Pilotage: 

Bills  for,  mints  and  assay  oflfices - 277 

Payment  for '. 172 

Responsibility  and  claims 240 

Rules  for  use  of  Canal 179 

Transit  of  Canal  pending  payment 201 

Pilots: 

Classification  and  license 92 

Employment  and  duties 1'9 

Plague:  ^ 

Amendment  to  quarantine  regulations _ - 198 

Reporting 120 

Plan  of  Canal,  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers 43 

Pleadings,  provision  for  oral ■- 119 

Police  and  prisons,  change  of  name - 83 

Police  force,  authorized _ 24 

Police  magistrates  and  justices.  Canal  Zone 17,  23,  164, 194 

Police  ordinances,  authority  to  enact 62 

Policemen: 

Designated  peace  oflScers -- 97 

Excepted  from  classified  service *- 33 

Ponce,  Joint  Commissioner : , °1 


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INDEX  325 

Postal  savings:  Page. 

Deposit  money  orders,  interest. 218 

Establishment  of  system '. 117 

Interest  on  deposits ' 218 

System,  money  order  method 199 

Postal  service: 

Authorized 27 

Censorship  of  mail,  1918 ...; 246 

Crimes  against,  United  States  laws  extended  to  Canal  Zone 196 

Expenditures  for  stamps 54 

Money  order  accounts : ^ 47 

Panama  stamps  used 30 

Reinstatement  of  F.  H.  Wang 252 

Post  offices,  places  where  authorized 27 

Population,  order  for  taking  census,  1912 124 

Ports  of  entry ...1 26,29-33 

Practice,  rules..... 164 

See  also  Civil  Procedure;   Criminal  Procedure. 
Pratique.     See  Quarantine  regulations. 

Press,  freedom  of 23 

Principles  of  government 23 

Prisoners,  awards  for  good  behavior;  employment;  parole -90,  174 

See  also  Convicts. 
Procedure,  rules  for.     See  Civil  Procedure;  Criminal  Procedure. 
Process : 

Civil  and  criminal,  issue  and  return 97,  294 

Compulsory,  criminal  prosecutions v-  23 

Prohibition: 

Distillation  forbidden 130 

Liquors  for  sacramental,  scientific,  and  industrial  purposes 261 

Property : 

Of  French  Canal  Company,  possession  taken  by  United  States 21 

Owners,  charges  for  municipal  improvements 96 

Registrar.... 105,177 

Rights 23 

Prosecuting  Attorney: 

Duties  and  authority « 17,  97 

See  also  District  Attorney. 
Protection  of  Canal: 

Abrogation  of  rules  governing  civilian  aircraft 254 

Defensive  sea  areas 227,  229,  251 

Proclamation  of  1917 224 

See  also  Military  Reservation;  Naval  Reservation,  Army,  Navy;  Fortifica- 
tions; Radio  communication;  Belligerents;  War;  Alien  enemies. 

Public  disorder,  exclusion  of  persons  tending  to  incite 23 

Public  health:  t 

Practice  of  medicine,  surgery,  dentistry,  pharmacy,  or  midwifery .• —   1 20,  123 

Quarantine  regulations  of  1920 268 

See  also  Health;  Hospitals;  Quarantine. 
Public  lands: 

All  lands  declared  necessary  for  Canal  purposes 132 

Las  Sabanas,  excepted  from  order 133 

Method  of  leasing 102 

Organization  of  Land  Office 103 

Revocable  licenses  for  lots 113 

Public  works: 

Contingent  expenses,  appropriation.- 80 

Superintendent 61 

Transfer  of  work 79 

Puerperal  septicemia,  reporting _ 120 

Pumps,  fire,  on  steam  vessels 115 

Punishment,  cruel  or  unusual ^ 23 

Punta  Mala  Radio  Station 266 

Punta  Paitilla  Mihtary  Reservation 274 

Purchasing  department: 

Authorization  and  various  reorganizations— 36^0,  67,  72,  84 


326  INDEX 

Purchasing  department — Contimied:  Page. 

Coordination  with  War  Industries  Board _ 238 

Permanent  organization 156, 157, 162 

Purchasing  Officer,  general  duties,  etc 55, 69,  80,  85 


Quarantine: 

Bills  of  health _ 206 

Charges,  regulations  of  1920 266,  271 

Officers,  authority  to  administer  oaths 221 

Panama  and  Colon : 30 

Regulations — 

1913 „ 143 

Amendment,  1914 197 

Reenactment,  1917 _ 222 

1920 268 

Quarry  Heights  Military  Reservation 256,  283 

Quarters: 

For  employees 159,  207,  215,  216 

Rent  and  maintenance  charges,  December  3,  1921 292 

Revocation  of  charges  for  rent,  etc 213 

Quellennec,  — .,  appointment  as  Consulting  Engineer 43 

R. 

Radio  communication: 

BaLboa  station 175,239 

Darien  reservation _ 194 

Ocean-going  vessels 178 

Punta  Mala  station _ 266 

Remission  of  charges  on  Canal  business 203 

Report  of  arrival  and  control 181,  290 

Rights  of  belligerents,  proclamation  of  1917 226 

Vessels  of  belligerents,  privileges 205 

Railroad : 

Adj  unct  of  Canal 36 

Catching  rides  on  trains 112 

Commissioner,  Bristow 25, 34, 44 

Equipment — 

Removing  packing  from  journal  boxes ^ 118 

Safety  appliances  on  French  equipment 103 

Evading  payment  of  fare 112 

Operation  and  organization 36, 40,  55 

Safety  Appliance  Act  extended  to 86,  89,  103 

Safety  appliances  on  rolling  stock  at  Navy  Yards..._ — 141 

Telegi-aph  operators,  hours  of  work.- A 93 

Railways,  street  cars  at  crossings 199 

Randolph,  Isham,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Range  lights,  Canal  waters -s 183 

Real  estate: 

Married  women 99,  1 04 

Method  of  conveying 58,  104 

Registrar  of  property,  acts  declared  valid  and  binding,  1914 177 

Taxation  and  forfeiture 101 

Recording  of  documents  of  property  or  personal  relations 59, 104 

Records,  custody  of  land 103 

Recruitment  of  laborers,  penalty 94 

Reed,  C.  A.  L.,  Joint  Commissioner 35 

Registrar  of  property 59, 105,  177 

Registration  of  vessels: 

Foreign  built „ —       254 

Provisional  certificates- 212 

Relapsing  fever,  reporting— _ 120 

Religion: 

Freedorn - - —         23 

Practice  of  healing — 123 


INDEX  327 

Page. 

Rent,  employees'  quarters 160,  207,  213,  292 

Repairs  to  vessels: 

Belligerents,  rights  under  neutrality  proclamation.- „ 205 

Regulation 172 

Toll  exemption 291 

Transit  of  Canal  pending  payment , 201 

War  vessels  during  hostilities _ 225 

Reports,  Chairman  required  to  make 73 

Reprieves,  authority  to  grant 24,  174 

Republic  of  Panama: 

Authentication  of  signatures  and  judical  records 80, 106 

Charges  for  indigent  sick,  lepers,  and  insane 79 

Citizens  perferred  for  Canal  employment— 86,  158 

Protocol  concerning  vessels  of  belligerents 205 

Ratification  of  contract  re  water  rates 70 

Residents  of  Canal  Zone  voting  in _ _ 31 

Stamps,  purchase.- '  54 

Reservations,  trespassing  upon._ 1 29 

See  also  Military  Reservations. 

Resolutions  and  Acts  of  Isthmian  Canal  Commission,  1914,  approved 174 

Restaurants,  permission  to  sell  liquor 70 

Revenue  accounts,  1905. - 46 

Revenues: 

Accounting  of  collector - 208 

Canal  Zone,  power  to  raise  and  appropriate 24 

Charges  against  property  owners  for  municipal  improvements 96 

Collector  of,  collection  of  taxes 101 

Customs  duties  in  Panama  increased  to  15  per  cent _ 103 

Department  of,  changed  to  Division  of  Posts _ 82 

Liquor  licenses 96 

Ripley,  Joseph)  appointment  as  consulting  engineer _ 43 

Road,  rules  of  the.     See  Traffic  Regulations. 
Roads.     See  Highways. 

Rogers  &  Company,  authority  to  purchase  bricks 71 

Roosevelt,  Theodore,  Orders  signed  by — 1-87 

Rousseau,  H.  H.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 63, 175 

Rowe,  L.  S.,  Joint  Commissioner 133 

Rubella,  reporting 120 

Rules  of  the  road.  Canal  waters.     See  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 


Sabanas  Road,  Panama,  construction  and  repairs. 31 

Sacramental  liquors,  regulation _ 261 

Safety  appliance: 

Act,  extension  to  Panama  Railroad 86,  89 

Act,  French  equipment  excepted 103 

Rolling  stock  at  Navy  Yards 141 

Sailing  vessels,  regulations  for  use  of  Canal ; 179 

See  also  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 

Sailors  and  soldiers,  exemption  as  to  hunting  permits 121 

See  also  Hunting. 

Sailors,  Navy  equipment  received  from 121 

Salaries  and  wages.     See  Employment,  conditions  of. 

San  Francisco  Exposition,  Panama-Pacific 125 

Sanitary  Officer,  Chief,  duties,  1906 _ 55 

See  also  Health,  public. 

Sanitation: 

And  hygiene,  instructions  concerning 20,  25,  36, 41,  56 

Charges  against  private  property  owners. 96 

Department  of,  reorganization,  1908._ 72 

Insane  asylum ., 109 

Ordinances,  authority 24,  62,  195 

Ports  of  Panama  and  Colon,  authority.- _ 30 

Quarantine  regulations.     See  Quarantine. 


328  INDEX 

Sanitation — Continued:  Page. 

Sewer  and  water  connections  in  terminal  cities 71 

See  also  Public  health. 

Saturday  afternoon  holiday 88,89 

Savings.     See  Postal  savings. 

Scarlet  fever,  reporting 120 

Schools: 

Contingent  expenses,  appropriation. 80 

$50,000  appropriated,  1906    54 

Schussler,  Herman,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Sea-level  canal,  consulting  engineers 37,  38, 43 

Seamen: 

Chinese,  rules  for  discharge 223 

Conditions  of  employment 108 

Crew  lists 242,  289,  291 

Entrance  or  departure  during  hostilities 240,  246 

Payment  and  discharge  of  crews 221 

Suits  for  wages 299 

Sea  stores,  report  to  customs  officer 196 

Search,  unreasonable 23 

Secretary  of  War,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  placed  under  direction  of 20,  22 

Secretary  to  Governor,  excepted  from  classified  service ..: 33 

Seizure  and  forfeiture,  customs  regulations 27 

Seizure,  unreasonable 1 23 

Seniority,  permanent  organization 158 

Sentences,  authority  to  commute 174 

Servants,  corrupt  influencing 154 

Service  beyond  the  seas,  transfer  to  classified _ 177 

Servitude,  involuntary 23 

Sewer  and  water  systems: 

Charges  against  private  property  owners 96 

Panama  and  Colon ..- 71 

Transfer  to  Civil  Administration 79 

Shipping  Board: 

Acquisition  of  vessels  of  Germany 226 

Lease  of  Hoboken  pier  to  Panama  Railroad '. 275 

Shipping  Commissioner,  authority  over  seamen's  contracts _ 108 

Ships.     See  Vessels. 

Shonts,  T.  P.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 37,51,52,58 

Shooting  gallery,  license  taxes 202 

Sibert,  W.  L.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner '. 63,  175 

Signals,  ships  in  Canal  waters 183 

See  also  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 

Signals,  vehicles  required  to  give 283 

See  also  Traffic  Regulations. 

Signatures,  authentication 80 

Signs  for  advertising  purposes,  prohibition 118 

Slaughter  houses,  transfer  to  Civil  Administration 79 

Slavery,  forbidden 23 

Smallpox: 

Amendment  to  quarantine  regulations 198 

Reporting 120 

Smith,  H.  A.  A.,  Joint  Commissioner .' 265 

Smith,  Jackson,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 67 

Smoke,  regulation  by  vessels 290 

Smuggling,  prevention 27 

Soda  water,  license  taxes 202 

Soft  drinks,  license  taxes 202 

Soldiers: 

Army  equipment  received  from .'. 121 

And  sailors,  exemption  as  to  hunting  permits 121 

Special  Panama  Canal  Commission,  1921,  investigation  by 288 

Speech,  freedom 23 

Speed  regulations: 

Ships  in  Canal  waters 183 

See  also  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 


INDEX  v5z9 

Speed  regulations — Continued:  Page. 

Vehicles ,^ .    217,283 

See  also  Traffic  regulations. 

Spirits,  alcoholic,  distillation  tax „ .       112 

See  also  Alcoholic  liquors- 
Spring  guns,  use  in  hunting.     See  Hunting. 

Stamps  of  Republic  of  Panama,  used  in  Canal  Zone.,.;.- 30,54 

Statistical  committee,  appointment  of  interdepartmental.. 82 

Steamship  line: 

Lease  of  Hoboken  pier.... 275 

Organization. 36,  40,  55 

Steam  vessels,  inspection 92,  113,  132 

Stearns,  Frederick  P.,  Consulting  Engineer 43 

Stenographer,  etc.,  classification .       158 

Stevens,  John  F.:  ■ 

Chairman,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission _. .         58 

Con  pensation : 52 

Street  piano,  license  taxes ...: 202 

Street  railway  cars,  regulation  for  crossings.......; ..-..j. ...:......;.. 199 

Striking  machine,  license  taxes 202 

Submarine  cables.     See  Cables.  •        .  , 

Submarine  chasers,  transfer  of  naval-i 265 

Subpoenas,  criminal  cases ■. 97 

Subsistence  for  employees,  regulations 159 

Supplies: 

Contracts  and  purchase .:. 37,  41,  73 

Coordination  of  purchases  with  War  Industries  Board j... 238 

Customs , , 56 

Regulations  for  sale 212 

Rights  of  belligerents  under  neutrality  proclamation ...:. 204 

Transit  of  Canal  pending  payment , 201 

■  War  vessels  during  hostilities.. 225 

Supply  Department,  permanent  organization ..:       156 

Supply  ships,  transfer  of  naval... 265 

Supreme  Court.     See  Courts. 

Surety  bonds,  employees' 57 

Surgeon,  etc.,  classification 158 

Surgery,  practice ". 120,  123 

Survey  monuments,  interference 79 

Surveys,  borings,  etc.,  authority -■. 22 

Suez  Canal,  consulting  engin  er 43 

Sword  cane,  carrying  and  keeping 152,  267 


Taft  Agreement .-.....: :........  29-33,  103 

Tariff  regulations,  Canal  Zone  and  Panama '. : 27 

Taxation: 

Baseball  withou*^  license  fee 71 

Collection  of  distillation  tax 112 

Liquor  licenses ::....:....... 96 

Opium  and  coca j ...i.. — 210 

Ordinances,  authority  to  enact 62 

Raising  and  appropriating j 24 

Regulations 61,  101 

Sales 101 

Vehicles : 216 

Tax  assessors,  excepted  from  classified  service ..-.. -.  33 

Tax  collector,  office  abolished 101 

Tax  districts ..:. ...:...:... 61 

Telegraph  operators,  hours  of  work ........:...:.......^..... : 93 

Terminal  facilities,  reciprocal  privileges,  Panama  and  Canal  Zone 29 

Testimony,  witness  against  one's  self 23 

Tetanus,  reporting 120 

Thatcher,  M.  H.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner 96 

Tincauzer,  Eugene,  Consulting  Engineer ..; :......    43 

MR  79216 22 


330  INDEX 

Pagr. 

Tobacco,  retail  sale,  license  taxes..._ .- 202 

Tobey,  E.  C,  Joint  Commissioner _ 42 

Tolls: 

Amendment  to  form  of  tonnage  certificate 251 

Exemption  for  vessels  account  of  repairs 292 

Payment  of  bills,  mints  and  assay  offices _ 277 

Proclamation  fixing _ 131 

Regulations  for  payment.... 172 

Rules  for  measurement  for  collection,  proclamation „  ,  154 

Soecial  commissioner 116 

Transit  of  vessels  without  measurement 205 

Vessels  make  transit  pending  payment _ ; 201 

Tonnage: 

Certificate,  amendment  of  form _ 251 

Dues,  revocation  of,  proclamation,  1909 „ 90 

Rules  for  measurement,  proclamation.- _ 154 

Rules  for  use  of  Canal... _ 178 

Transit  of  vessels  without  admeasurement. _ 205 

Towage : 

Bills  for,  mints  and  assay  offices 277 

Payment 172 

Restriction  on,  in  Canal  waters _ 182 

Transit  of  Canal  pending  payment 201 

Trademark,  laws  concerning.. 59 

Trading  with  the  enemy,  transfer  of  war  trade  funds 249 

Traffic  and  tolls,  special  commissioner  on 116 

Traffic  regulations: 

Automobiles,  licenses,  lights,  speed,  rules  of  the  road _ 78,  128,  216,  283 

Automobiles,  special  service..— „ 251 

Chauffeurs ^ 247,276 

Licenses  for  vehicles  other  than  automobiles 201,  283 

Motorcycles 128,276 

Regulations  and  fares — 

1918 : 232 

1921 ......^:.  277 

Street  railway  cars  at  crossings .  199 

Train  dispatchers,  hours  of  work „ = 93 

Trained  nurse,  etc.,  classification.. -. 158 

Transfers  in  the  classified  service • 66,  100 

See  also  Employment,  conditions  of. 

Transportation,  employees,  privileges 158 

See  also  Employment,  conditions  of. 

Transportation  expenses,  Isthmian  Canal  Commission.... 20 

Transports,  transfer  of  naval 265 

Transient  residents,  civil  jurisdiction  of  courts 99 

Transit  through  Canal,  regulations  for.     See  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 

Travel  expenses.  Isthmian  Canal  Commission 20 

Treasurer  of  Canal  Zone,  1905 —  45 

Treasurers  of  the  United  States,  payment  of  bills  for  Canal  services -•-  277 

Treasury,  deposits  and  withdrawals,  accounting,  1905 45 

Treasury  of  Canal  Zone,  payment  of  fees  and  fines 88 

Trespassing  upon  reservations 129 

Trial,  criminal  prosecutions , 23 

Trial  by  jury: 

Establishment  of 76,  79 

Extended  to  felonies ;—  149 

Trials,  practice  and  procedure .:.-..: ..„...;...  294 

Trick  riders,  license  taxes - 202 

Tropical  diseases,  microscopic  work  on - 82 

Tropical  goods,  excessive  charges  by  local  merchants 34 

Tuberculosis,  reporting : ..,..,. ...,..-... ^-.^ 120 

Tugs,  restriction  on,  in  Canal  waters •. : '. 182 

See  also  Navigation  of  the  Canal;  Steam  vessels. 

Type  of  Canal,  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers 37-38,43 

Typewriter,  etc.,  classification , 158 


INDEX  331 

Typhoid  fever:  Page. 

Quarantine  regulations 198 

Reporting 120 

Typhus  fever,  reporting 120 

U. 

Undesirable  persons,  exclusion 23,  220 

Uniforms  and  equipment,  prohibition  of  purchase  from  soldiers  and  sailors 121 

Unreasonable  search  and  seizure '. 23 

Usury,  prohibition 1....; 153 

V. 

Vacations,  employees'.... 160 

See  Leave  privileges. 

Vagrancy,  punishment 74 

Vampero,  Juan,  Filipino,  exception  from  alien  law 107 

Van  Fossan,  E.  H.,  Secretary  of  Special  Panama  Canal  Commission,  1921 288 

Vehicles: 

Licenses  for , 78, 128,  201,  216.  283 

Licensing  of  chauffeurs 247,  276 

Motor,  use  of  roads,  lights,  etc 78,  128,  216,  232,  247,  251,  276,  277,  283 

See  also  Traffic  regulations. 

Venereal  disease,  exception  from  free  treatment 160 

Venue,  change  of  rules : 164 

Vessels : 

Admiralty  rules 298 

Aerograms  on  Canal  business,  remission  of  charges 203 

Anchorage  and  movement,  1918 239 

Bills  of  health ..,  206 

Bills  for  Canal  services,  payment 277 

Cargo,  accounting  for. 195 

Cargo  or  passengers,  claims  for  damages 182 

Crewli^ts 242,  290 

Defensive  sea  areas... 227 

Exclusion  of  undesirables,  liabihty.. 221,  222 

Exemption  from  tolls  account  of  repairs 292 

Hostile  nations,  acquisition 226 

Licenses  for  boats :.....  290 

Measurement — 

Rules  for,  proclamation 154 

Transit  without 205 

Naval,  transfer  of 265 

Quarantine  charges  and  regulations — 

1913 143 

1920 _ : : 268 

Radio  communication;  smoke;  licensing  of  boats 290 

Registry — 

Foreign-built 254 

Provisional  certificates  of... 212 

Rules  and  regulations  for  use  of  Canal 178 

Special  commissioner 116 

Steam,  inspection  of 1 13 

Tolls 131 

Tonnage  certificate,  amendment  to  form 251 

Transit  pending  payment  of  tolls  and  for  services 201 

War,  neutrahty  proclamation 203 

Wireless  apparatus 178 

View  machine,  Hcense  taxes 202 

Voting  at  Panama  elections,  residents  of  Canal  Zone 31 

W. 

Wages  and  salaries.     See  Conditions  of  employment. 
Wagons.     See  Vehicles. 

Walker,  John  G.,  Joint  Commissioner 25 

Wallace,  John  F.,  Isthmian  Canal  Commissioner..._ 37 

Wang,  F.  H.,  reinstatement 252 


332  INDEX 

War:  t>age. 

Aircraft 150,  205,  254 

Aliens,  temporary  stop-overs...... 287 

Aliens,  passports  for 282 

Alien  enemies,  regulations 230,  240,  246,  250,  255 

Authority  of  Governor  and  Commanding  General 224,  251 

Control  of  Canal  during 224 

Defensive  sea  areas,  revocation  of  order 227,  229,  251 

Entrance  and  departure  of  persons  not  enemies 240,  246,  252,  282,  287 

Leave  for  employees  returning  from  military  duty ..„....„.,„.  250 

Naval  vessels,  transfer ,, • 265 

Neutrality  and  protection,  proclamation  of  1917 225 

Purchases,  coordination  of :.....: 238 

Restriction,  transfer  of  war  trade  fund 249 

Revocation  of  order  re  maximum  salary  for  nonclassified  employees 288 

War   regulations.     See  Vessels;  Radio   communication;    Belligerents;   Alien 
enemies;  Supplies;  Repairs;  Civil  Service;  Navigation  of  the  Canal. 

War  trade  funds,  transfer  to  Canal  operation 249 

Warden  of  penitentiary,  excepted  from  classified  service "...  33 

Warmouth,  H.  C,  Joint  Commissioner 35 

Warwick,  W.  W.,  Associate  Justice 107 

Washington  Office: 

Authorization  to  sign  vouchers,  appointments,  etc 81 

Exemption  from  classification  of  inspection  force 84 

General  Purchasing  Officer,  F.  C.  Boggs 80 

Permanent  organization 162 

Reorganization 67 

Watchman,  permit  to  carry  arms 152 

Water: 

Connections  for,  in  Panama  and  Colon 71 

Charges  against  employees ; 292 

Water  and  sewer  systems: 

Charges  against  private  property  owners 96 

Transfer  to  Civil  Administration 79 

Water  rates,  Panama  City,  ratification  of  contract :.;..  70 

West  Indian  employees,  exclusion  from  commissaries 34,  103 

Wharves,  dangerous  cargo .• 1 78 

Whooping  cough,  reporting 120 

Wilson,  H.  P.,  Special  Panama  Canal  Commissioner,  1921 288 

Wines  and  liquors,  sale  in  restaurants 70 

See  also  Alcoholic  liquors. 
Wireless  communications.     See  Radio  communication. 

Witness,  accused  need  not  testify  against  himself 23 

Witnesses: 

Authority  of  Board  of  Admeasurement .^ 194 

Examination,  criminal  cases , 97 

Wife,  abandonment  of 62 

Working  hours 88,89,93,161,176,220 


Yachts,  transfer  of  naval 265 

Yellow  fever: 

Amendment  to  quarantine  regulations 198 

Citation  of 25 

Reporting.. 120 


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